Gibbon News

Monday's heat didn't stop volunteers from lending a hand to help move Gibbon Public Schools into a brand new building, but it did mean starting early so they could end early.

Several tornadoes, including one that hit a pet food plant west of Aurora, were reported Wednesday night as a severe storm system stretched across central Nebraska.

Associated Press - June 19, 2009 1:25 PM ET GIBBON, Neb. - The National Weather Service says at least two tornadoes left damage behind in eastern Buffalo County.

Severe weather rolled through Central Nebraska Wednesday evening spawning several tornadoes.

Eventualities Inc. has found a niche by creating "glaciers" suitable for icing down 7-foot-tall mock beer cans.

Buffalo County Emergency Manager Darrin Lewis says the leak from a farmer's ammonia tank was discovered just before 4:30 p.m. Thursday.

OMAHA, Neb. - Union Pacific Railroad yesterday moved its 200,000th loaded coal train out of Wyoming's Southern Powder River Basin coal field since Union Pacific and the former Chicago & North Western completed a 107-mile rail line to the region in August 1984.

Gibbon students linked together on Tuesday to celebrate the end of another school year.

Gibbon Public Schools will be getting more than $50,000 from the federal government.

A Gibbon man has died following a motorcycle crash northeast of Kearney. The Buffalo County sheriff's office says 66-year-old Robert "Bob" Mitchell crashed his motorcycle in a field on Sunday afternoon.

The Nebraska State Patrol says a trooper pulled over an eastbound vehicle Monday afternoon for speeding on Interstate 80.

A trooper with the Nebraska State Patrol Troop C Headquarters-Grand Island, seized 47 lbs.

B uffalo County, NE: Buffalo County Youth Advisory Board is seeking applications for youth in grades 7th - 12th in the following communities; Ravenna, Gibbon, Kearney Catholic, Horizon/Sunrise Middle Schools, Sumner-Eddyville-Miller and Shelton.

Accident-Old Statesvile Rd @ Gibbon Northeast Minor Roads Alternate: Statesville Rd , WT Harris.

The lakes _ all in eastern or central Nebraska _ will be stocked with 10-inch rainbow trout.

Wilson Trailer Announces Layoffs Wilson Trailer blames conditions due to the economic recession for the decision to let go dozens of workers in three states.

Approximately 500,000 sandhill cranes stop to gain energy from the fertile lands along the Platte River.

When choosing which three stops to make on their American exchange trip, a group of Colombian students and teachers picked Chicago, Denver and Gibbon, Nebraska.

A 16-mile police chase in central Nebraska on Tuesday ended with two people injured, at least one critically.

The Central Platte Natural Resources District's board of directors approved the request to help the City of Gibbon with improvements to the storm water system in the amount of $50,000. Heavy flooding this ...