Before attending a conference today on rural development, about 25 community leaders from across the state got a first-hand example Thursday.

One of the two Aurora teenagers convicted of setting Aurora's Fidelity Building on fire was given three and a half years of probation on Monday.

Ord has been chosen for a state Department of Economic Development grant of up to $1 million to develop a new housing subdivision.

An Aurora telecommunications company announced Monday it will close its call center in Ord.

A St. Paul man was taken to the hospital after a rollover accident Sunday afternoon.

Hall County signs a contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to house federal detainees at the new Hall County jail.

It's one thing to be trying to raise $1 million for cancer research and treatment.

It's another thing to see exactly where that $1 million is going.

After record October rainfall, area aquifers are charging at a rapid rate, which could spell flooding trouble next year if there's a rainy spring. The Central Platte Natural Resources District is just completing its fall groundwater readings of selected wells across the district. Preliminary results indicate some well readings are near what was recorded last spring.

One Hastings man was killed and another was arrested for motor vehicle homicide and drunken driving in an accident in Hastings early this morning.

The Doniphan Economic Development Corp. will get a jump-start from a village sales tax and corresponding economic development plan passed Tuesday.

Expectant smiles graced the faces of about 50 employees Wednesday morning at Case IH, as they gathered in the plant's visitor center to learn the final fundraising total the plant garnered on behalf of United Way.

St. Paul public schools accomplished an impressive feat Tuesday when its $4.7 million bond issue for a classroom expansion passed, 942-654.

As you might expect, twins James and Josh Aitken have quite a bit in common.

They're both seniors at Centura High School, where they're both presidents of a school club. And today, on their 18th birthday, they're both voting for the first time, both as registered Republicans.

But don't expect their votes to line up as well as the rest of their lives.

Ord's LeRoy Jons, coordinator of Loup Basin RC&D, has been named the Nebraska RC&D's Coordinator of the Year. The fruits of Jons' determination are on display at every conference and workshop he runs.

A 19-year-old Central City man and his unborn daughter were killed in an accident Saturday afternoon west of Central City.

MINDEN -- Fourteen projects in 10 Nebraska communities were recognized at the 14th annual awards celebration of the Nebraska Main Street Program on Oct. 11 in Minden.

Parts of Central Nebraska are under a winter storm warning from the National Weather Service. Hall County is not part of the warning, but will see heavy wind gusts throughout the day.

Snow, along with thunderstorms and strong winds, is on its way to south central Nebraska as the National Weather Service in Hastings has snow in its forecast Wednesday night through Thursday.

The 48th annual Nebraska One Box Pheasant Hunt will be held Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 6-8, in Broken Bow.

A Broken Bow man was arrested Tuesday night after his neighbor was hospitalized with a gunshot wound.