The newest state-of-the-art playground in Grand Island will officially host its ribbon cutting event on May 1 at 10:30 a.m.
The Northwest boys and girls soccer teams get wins on senior night.
Grand Island hosts its first Unified Track Meet
Registration for the 2024-25 school year showed only nine students enrolled for kindergarten at Seedling Mile Elementary, the district said, noting the move is also tied to staffing needs.
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Nebraska football coach Matt Rhule has a name for Saturday’s spring game. “The Red-White Shootout.”
Dr. Jeffrey Gold could be set to receive an annual salary of more than $1 million, plus benefits and perks worth thousands more, as president of the University of Nebraska.
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"The book, written by then-Sen. John F. Kennedy, with considerable help from Nebraska’s Ted Sorenson, details eight U.S. senators, whose acts of political courage were more notable for their fortitude than any impact on the Republic."
Suspect entered business twice
Hard-nosed third-graders send Goldilocks to the hoosegow.
Central Nebraska racing fans will get a chance to meet a legendary NASCAR driver, or three, during a brief stop in St. Paul on May. 5.
Storms may bring large hail and damaging winds to Nebraska.
Grand Island Senior High finishes fifth at home invite
This week's Grand Island Independent All-Area Track and Field leaders
Nebraska Christian's Hannah Swanson became the fourth athlete to win an individual event four times in the history of the Grand Island Independent Central Nebraska Track and Field Championships.
Strong field of 8 for Bosselman
Take a look back at the headlines from The Grand Island Daily Independent on April 25, 1974.
This Saturday is Nebraska football's annual Red-White spring game held at Memorial Stadium. Here's details about tickets, gate information, parking and more before the Huskers kick off.
Some people just get out of control on the track.
Nebraskans with intellectual and developmental disabilities often wait years for services like job coaching, group homes and independent living support. About 2,700 are on the state's waiting list.
The numbers are so high that a researcher initially had a hard time believing them. A Lee Enterprises investigation gives insight about the forces that have been fueling these deaths.
Sophomores lift Grand Island Senior High past Lincoln North Star
Northwest boys soccer fell to Crete 3-2 Tuesday night.
"It reminds me of the little kids on the playground, that when things didn't go their way they took their balls and they went home," a judge told the board.
A Sunday drive at 10 miles an hour. That's how I spent last Sunday afternoon. I took a two-hour ride near Pleasanton on an antique tractor.
In 2021, the last special session of the Nebraska Legislature lasted 13 days and cost the state $105,436.
Nebraska coaches challenged Dylan Raiola to bring more energy to last week's scrimmage — and the freshman five-star responded with a performance right out of playground "recess."
"If someone tasked me with taking care of a group of parrots, I would be more tempted to teach the creatures to say something meaningful like, 'Blah, blah, blah.'"
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"I'm glad we know where he is," Sarah Schultz said. She said her husband's body was at the state medical examiner's office and was being autopsied Thursday.
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District Court Judge Cindy Volkmer sentenced Brian Wasson to three and a half years to five years and eight months in prison for felony theft.
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As an “aggressive player” with a big catch radius, Bear Tenney had options, but his close friendship with Dylan Raiola sealed the deal for Nebraska.
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