Morrill News

Corey Richard Jackson, 37, of Scottsbluff, passed away peacefully at his home after a long battle with illness, Wednesday, Oct.

Several charitable groups were the recipients of help today at the ribbon cutting of the Wal-mart remodeling completion.. Scottsbluff Wal-mart employees presented checks to eight different organizations this morning as part of the re-grand opening of their store.

Several schools have closed Wednesday due to the winter storm. Bayard, Banner County, Morrill, Kimball, Lake Minatare, Hemingford, Kimball, WNCC's Alliance campus and the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing are all closed Wednesday.

The arctic blast of winter weather that pummeled the panhandle over the weekend led to some difficult driving conditions this morning.

Traffic is being diverted on Highway 26 near the Union Pacific Railroad overpass between Henry and Morrill after a head-on collision Saturday afternoon.

By Kay Bedlan of Lewellen, Neb. 2 qts. cucumbers, peeled and sliced 1 lg. onion, sliced 2 Tbsp.

Visitors can watch a free full-dome planetarium show on Thursday nights at the University of Nebraska State Museum in Lincoln.

A day after it was announced birds in Morrill and Dawes counties tested positive for West Nile Virus, Scotts Bluff County Health Director Bill Wineman says a mosquito sample west of Morrill has also tested positive for the disease.

The slow west nile season is now starting to pick up. Scotts Bluff County received word from the state testing lab in Lincoln that some mosquitoes collected in Scotts Bluff County, near the town of Morrill, tested positive for west nile.

Out fixing fences washed out by a hard spring rain in 1981, Morrill County rancher Verlin Livingston and his son Mark made a chilling discovery.

Out fixing fences washed out by a hard spring rain in 1981, Morrill County rancher Verlin Livingston and his son Mark made a chilling discovery.

Champion Market Lamb Sponsored By Country Kitchen - Reganis Auto -- Monument Chiropractic and Sioux County Feeders was won by Drew Curtis of Imperial, Neb.

The Scotts Bluff County Commissioners will hold a public hearing at 4:30 this evening on proposed increases in the county's Handibus rates.

By Joan McGinley of Lisco, Neb. 1 loaf white bread, thin sliced, crust removed 1/4 c. butter 1/2 tsp.

Gov. Dave Heineman has declared a state of emergency in response to high winds, heavy rain, flooding, and hail that started June 5 and continued through the night of June 10 in central and western Nebraska.

As a response to the increasingly persistent problem of noxious weeds and invasive species in the Nebraska Panhandle, the Counties of Scotts Bluff, Banner, Kimball, Morrill, Cheyenne, Garden, Deuel, and southern Sioux have joined together to create a partnership that will address this growing need.

The state is awarding more than $2.5 million to support tire recycling and cleanup projects across Nebraska, with 10 Panhandle projects getting more than $157,000. Department of Environmental Quality Director Mike Linder say the money will help gather in nearly 1.2 million scrap tires.

Panhandle residents will see a low-flying helicopter over the region for the next week or two.

KNEB News has learned assistance is needed to move approximately 120 horses from the Three Strikes Ranch south of Alliance to the Morrill County fairgrounds in Bridgeport.

Two girls who ran away from St. Joseph's Children's Home in Torrington received only minor injuries after their vehicle crashed in Mitchell Saturday night following a high speed pursuit.