Worker accused of abusing developmentally disabled patient
BEATRICE, Nebraska - An employee at the Beatrice State Developmental Center has been accused of abusing a patient, less than a month after the federal government ended its oversight of the facility...
View ArticleWrongly convicted 'Beatrice 6' to get new trial in lawsuit
OMAHA, Nebraska - A federal appeals court ruled Monday that six people wrongly convicted in a 1985 slaying of a woman in southeast Nebraska should get a new trial in their lawsuit against the officials...
View ArticleNebraska teachers explain September 11th to today's students
BEATRICE, Nebraska - Discussing the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in school is different now because most of today's students weren't born when two planes crashed into the twin...
View ArticleBeatrice district voters reject bond issue for elementary
BEATRICE, Nebraska - A bond issue for construction of an elementary school has been rejected by Beatrice district voters in southeast Nebraska.
View ArticleAppeals court agrees to rehearing of Beatrice 6 appeal
LINCOLN, Nebraska - Within weeks of an 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel granting a new trial in the lawsuit of six people wrongly accused of a 1985 Beatrice rape and murder, the court has agreed...
View ArticleBeatrice officials write off $880K in bad debt
BEATRICE, Nebraska - The Beatrice City Council has written off collecting $880,000 in outstanding balances on three loans with companies that are no longer operating, but it's not giving up hope that...
View ArticleCity of Beatrice, mayor seek to have lawsuit dismissed
OMAHA, Nebraska - The city of Beatrice and its mayor are asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit by a former mayoral candidate who says his property was condemned in retaliation because he criticized the...
View ArticleCity of Beatrice latest to ban sky lanterns
BEATRICE, Nebraska - The city of Beatrice is now off-limits to sky lanterns.
View ArticleBeatrice leader seek ideas for vacant hospital building
BEATRICE, Nebraska - Beatrice's mayor is considering ideas for new uses for a vacant hospital building in town.
View ArticleNebraska authorities say crash victim was from Colorado
BEATRICE, Nebraska - Nebraska authorities say the woman killed in a second accident after her car struck a deer has been identified as a Colorado resident.
View ArticleNebraska AP high school football rankings
The Associated Press Nebraska high school football rankings in Classes A through D2. Listings include name of school, season record, previous week's ranking, previous week's result and this week's...
View Article4 women who died in crash had ties to Creighton University
BEATRICE, Nebraska - Four 21-year-old women with ties to Creighton University were killed when one of them swerved her car to avoid a deer and collided with an oncoming vehicle in southeast Nebraska.
View ArticleBeatrice school uses class time for college applications
BEATRICE, Nebraska - Beatrice High School is taking part in a new program pressing schools to set aside classroom time to allow students to fill out college and scholarship applications.
View ArticleSolar Challenge cars to stop at Homestead Monument
BEATRICE, Nebraska - Officials say Homestead National Monument in southeast Nebraska will serve as a stop for American Solar Challenge cars next year.
View ArticleMonument volunteers sought to harvest native prairie seeds
BEATRICE, Nebraska - Volunteers are being sought to help harvest native seeds from the tallgrass prairie at Homestead National Monument in southeast Nebraska.
View ArticleDowntown Beatrice could become national historic district
BEATRICE, Nebraska - Downtown Beatrice is in the running to become a national historical district.
View ArticleRetrofitting nearing completion at Nebraska biodiesel plant
BEATRICE, Nebraska - Retrofitting is nearing completion and tests are underway at the Beatrice biodiesel plant in southeast Nebraska that's yet to produce any fuel.
View ArticleExmark recalls riding mowers that could catch fire
BEATRICE, Nebraska - Exmark is recalling several hundred riding lawn mowers because of a fire hazard.
View ArticleFamily members sue Gage County employees in death of inmate
BEATRICE, Nebraska - Family members of a Gage County Jail inmate who died in custody have filed a lawsuit against the county.
View Article3 people injured in camper explosion remain hospitalized
BEATRICE, Nebraska - Three people injured in a camper explosion at a Beatrice park remain hospitalized.
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