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Grand Island Fire Remembers Former Chief
Dec 13, 2023 / KRGI News
(Grand Island, NE) - Grand Island Fire Department Facebook Post: We were saddened by the news of Richard L. Simpson's recent passing. As he is laid...
Accident Then Foot Chase Leads To Arrest In Grand Island
Dec 13, 2023 / KRGI News
(Grand Island, NE) - On Tuesday, December 11th Grand Island Police reported that Ethan Engelhardt was determined to be the driver involved in a tra...
Grand Island Senior High Launches Revamped Academies & Pathways Model
Dec 13, 2023 / GIPS
GRAND ISLAND (NE) — The Academies of Grand Island Senior (GISH) will have a revamped look for innovative education starting next school year....
Iowa Man Arrested In The Death Of A Nebraska Priest
Dec 12, 2023 / Ap
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A man has been arrested in the stabbing death of a Catholic priest who was attacked over the weekend in a church rectory i...
Hastings PD Makes Warrant Arrest
Dec 12, 2023 / City Of Hastings
(Hastings, NE) - On Monday December 11, 2023, the Hastings Police Department served a search warrant at 922 North Washington Avenue. This search wa...
Trooper Recovering, Suspect Charged with Assault on an Officer
Dec 12, 2023 / Nebraska State Patrol
DECEMBER 12, 2023 (LINCOLN, NEB.) — A Nebraska State Trooper has begun his recovery after being injured Monday when a suspect rammed hi...
Update:Trooper Injured After Suspect Rams NSP Cruiser During Pursuit
Dec 11, 2023 / Nebraska State Patrol
(LINCOLN, NEB.) — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested one person after a pursuit, during which the suspect ramm...
1-R Teacher Receives 2023 Kim West Dinsdale Excellence In Teaching Award
Dec 11, 2023 / KRGI News
(Grand Island, NE) - On Tuesday, December 5th the Greater Grand Island Community Foundation named Tammy Chohon the 2023 recipient of the Kim West D...
Santa Fun at Grand Island Public Library
Dec 8, 2023 / Grand Island Public Library
Grand Island, Neb. — This year, kids can write letters to Santa before meeting him in person at the Grand Island Public Library. In...
NSP AirWing Assist Leads to Arrest Following Pursuit
Dec 8, 2023 / Nebraska State Patrol
(LINCOLN, NEB.) — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested a Lincoln man after a pursuit that began near Beatrice and ende...
Stolen Firearm Recovered, Former Dundy County Sheriff Arrested
Dec 8, 2023 / Nebraska State Patrol
(Benkelman, NE) - Investigators with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested the former Dundy County Sheriff as part of an investigation into firea...
Update Arrest Made - 16 yr old GI Native Found Dead In Texas Apartment
Dec 8, 2023 / KRGI News/Edna Police Department
(Update/Sunday, December 10th) Edna, TX Police Department Release - On Saturday, December 9th, 2023, with the help of the community, friends, and f...
Doug Kristensen to retire as UNK chancellor after 22 years
Dec 7, 2023 / Press Release
University of Nebraska at Kearney Chancellor Doug Kristensen, a native Nebraskan, lifelong public servant and the longest-serving chancellor in the...
Area Crews Battle Tuesday Morning Fire
Dec 7, 2023 / Tyson Havranek
Multiple local fire departments battled a major structure fire near Cairo early yesterday morning. The damages include the total loss of eig...
Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Grant
Dec 7, 2023 / Press Release
The Hall County Sheriff’s Department was awarded $5,563.08 by Nebraska Highway Safety to carry out the Selective Overtime Enforcement for the...
Flags to Fly Half-Staff in Remembrance of Pearl Harbor Attack
Dec 7, 2023 / Press Release
Governor Jim Pillen in accordance with a request from the White House, announced that all U.S. and Nebraska flags are to be flown at half-staff on ...
GI Yard Waste Site To Close for the Season
Dec 5, 2023 / City of Grand Island Release
Grand Island, Nebraska — The Grand Island Public Works Department would like to issue notice that the Yard Waste Site, which is located ...
Grand Island Man Sentenced to 52 Years On Child Pornography Charges
Dec 5, 2023 / Press Release
Acting United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Scott Lee Meyer, 34, of Grand Island, Nebraska, was sentenced on December 1, 2023, in feder...
Stolen Tools From Lexington Found Following Social Media Post
Dec 5, 2023 / Press Release
On December 4th, 2023, officers executed a search warrant at 1414 St. Paul Road, Lot #5, reference stolen property. During the execution of t...
Gov. Pillen Joins Letter Calling for Halt to Foreign Land Grabs
Dec 5, 2023 / Press Release
Governor Jim Pillen has joined 16 Republican governors in calling on President Joe Biden, the U.S. Congress, and other federal leaders to take nece...
NSP Investigating Homicide in Aurora
Dec 2, 2023 / Nebraska State Patrol
(AURORA, NEB.) — The Nebraska State Patrol is investigating an incident early this morning in Aurora that left one person deceased and ...
Grand Island Man Arrested Following Fatality Accident Investigation
Dec 1, 2023 / Press Release
In relation to the fatality accident that occurred on Nov. 16, 2023, The Hall County Sheriff's Office has completed its investigation. On Nov. 30, ...
City Singers Christmas Concerts This Weekend
Dec 1, 2023 / Press Release
Grand Island City Singers will present their 2021 Concert, Sing of Joy, Saturday & Sunday, December 4-5, 2:00 PM at St. Paul's Lutheran Church,...
Tree Of Hope Fundraiser For CNCAA
Dec 1, 2023 / Press Release
Coming up this Saturday the Central Nebraska Council on Alcoholism and Addiction is bringing back its tree of Hope fundraiser This is a fundraisin...
Ricketts Fighting for Nebraska Priorities in Comprehensive Farm Bill Reauthorization
Nov 30, 2023 / Press Release
U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) commented on the recent temporary Farm Bill extension and highlighted the Nebraska priorities he’s pu...
