Cozad News

In collaboration with the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, the Sheldon Museum of Art at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will present "Dan Christensen: Forty Years of Painting," a survey of paintings by the Nebraska native post-painterly abstract artist, opening Oct.

"I have begun to plant thee, and will labour to make thee full of growing." Duncan from "Macbeth," Act 1, Scene 4 That must be how the Nebraska Shakespeare Festival troupe feels about the students, teachers and others who participated in its fall workshops and "Macbeth" performances.

In a separate case, Bates was sentenced to 20 to 60 months on a charge of making terroristic threats against a Cozad woman, both charges are class 4 felonies.

Freezing rain and heavy snows caused several power outages for Dawson Public Power District customers in the North Platte, Brady, Gothenburg, Farnam, Cozad, Eustis, Lexington, Smithfield and Sumner areas.

A Cozad man is asking the Nebraska Supreme Court to overturn his life sentence in the stabbing death of a co-worker. Stephen France was convicted in December of first-degree murder and use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony.

A soldier who served alongside Justin Duffy is keeping the Cozad soldier's memory alive.

Cozad officials are planning to market and sell the local Tenneco plant after its closes next year.

A lawsuit filed by the Cozad school district in western Nebraska has revealed the former employee accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Nebraska will be losing 500 jobs with the closing of the Tenneco plant in Cozad, but a company spokeswoman says sales could force production increases at the Seward plant.

Sen. Ben Nelson is asking the federal government to help the Nebraskans who will lose their jobs as Tenneco closes its shock-absorber plant in Cozad.

Cozad residents are reeling after news that their largest employer, Tenneco, is shutting down leaving 500 people without a job.

A nude juice bar that opened near Cozad amid local opposition last year has already closed.

Despite protests from neighbors, a nude strip club moved into Cozad last year. Shakers juice bar opened on Highway 21, south of the interstate, in March 2008.

The Nebraska State Patrol is investigating the disappearance of $218,000 in activities money from the Cozad school district.

Every week in the United States, 125 teenagers are killed in car accidents. It's a problem that's been long overlooked by many Americans.

Local News NEW SHINGLES: The former St. Johna s Lutheran Church, at the corner of Avenue D and 15th Street, is getting a face lift.

Local News EVENT PLANNERS: Committee members for the 15th Annual American Cancer Society Relay For Life included, l-r: Front - Pam Berke of Lexington, logistics; Grace Molina and Stephanie Block, both of Lexington, registration; Coleen Favinger of Cozad, event co-chairperson; Verla Montey of Cozad, luminaria; Pam Ackerman of Lexington, publicity; ...

The Marines are honoring a Nebraska native with its second-highest decoration for his heroism in Afghanistan last year.

The Marines are honoring a Nebraska native with its second-highest decoration for his heroism in Afghanistan last year.

His first is scheduled to begin at 9am CT this morning at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds in .