Ogallala News

The water in Lake McConaughy is not only up, ita s going to stick around longer.

Western Nebraska authorities are trying to determine what killed a 2-year-old girl found dead this week in her home.

By Jan Rahn Managing Editor Perkins County Health Services was honored last week when its Director of Nursing, Dana McArtor, won the "My Favorite Nurse" competition sponsored by KOGA/KMCX Radio in Ogallala.

The South Dakota Supreme Court has upheld the murder and kidnapping convictions of a deaf woman serving life in prison for killing another woman and cutting up the body with a chain saw.

The daughter of a McCook businessman is Nebraska's newest "Miss Nebraska." Brittany Jeffers of Lincoln was crowned "Miss Nebraska" during the state pageant June 6 in North Platte.

One Year Ago June 19, 2008 A A A Installation of the Citya s new sewer main is now complete.

While the number of irrigated acres is dropping in many parts of the country, it continues to rise in Nebraska, which now ranks first in the nation.

A portion of the wagon train prepare to get back on the trail. "We're roughing it smoothly," joked rider Frank Schulte of Mayo, Florida.

By Leah Dahlkoetter Summer InternA A A A A A There are bigger, better, and more rugged-looking recycle bins in town.

The most ambitious study of tornadoes ever - five weeks of storm-chasing by about 100 scientists and college students - ended with just one tornado documented.

OGALLALA, Neb. - Investigators are trying to determine what caused a speedboat to flip at Lake McConaughy, killing a Colorado man and injuring his family.

A new king of the small, plastic guitar was crowned at the Wild West Arena as a lead up to the Puddle of Mudd concert.

A A A There are more Relay For Life fundraising activities scheduled for June and July .

Miss Omaha is Miss Nebraska. The 2009 Miss Nebraska crown went to Brittney Jeffers, an Ogallala native who attends the University of Nebraska in Lincoln.

An Ogallala, Neb., native who became Miss Omaha took the Miss Nebraska title over the weekend.

For the second straight night, severe storms brought damaging hail, winds and rain across Nebraska on Saturday.

HOLDREGE, Neb.) -- State Senator Tom Carlson of Holdrege addressed The Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District's board of directors at the monthly meeting Monday, reviewing the Legislature's achievements during the recently concluded session.

Voters in Lexington recently endorsed two parts of an economic development proposal.

A A A To the untrained eye, the convoy of vehicles parked in the parking lot of the Best Western Hotel at Ogallala might have looked like the scene from a technological horror movie.

The Cornhusker State Games Torch Run, sponsored by the Nebraska National Guard and Air Guard, will be running its way through McCook and more than 24 other Nebraska towns beginning Saturday.