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Tuesday Dec 8 | KRVN-AM Lexington

Overton lottery winner

An Overton woman will have a little more jingle in her holiday season after winning $75,000 from a Nebraska Lottery scratch game.

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Sun Nov 22, 2009

Omaha World-Herald

Bird habitat program halfway to ...

The Platte River Recovery Implementation Program is halfway to a goal of protecting 10,000 acres of habitat for threatened and endangered birds.

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Mon Nov 09, 2009

Omaha World-Herald

Dawson killer dies in prison

A Dawson County man who killed two women died Saturday at the Nebraska State Penitentiary in Lincoln.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers a...

UP's coal train loadings lag again in October

In October, Union Pacific Railroad loaded 894 coal trains in the southern Powder River Basin compared with 1,135 trains in October 2008.

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Wed Oct 21, 2009

North Platte Bulletin

Cars come off rails near Lexington

Thirty-nine coal cars tipped over early Saturday morning in Dawson County. Union Pacific officials reported that the derailment occurred at 12:13 a.m. between Lexington and Overton.

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Mon Oct 19, 2009

KNEB-AM Scottsbluff

No one injured in Nebraska coal train derailment

All rail lines are open at the site where an eastbound Union Pacific coal train derailed in central Nebraska.

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Thu Jul 16, 2009

KTIC

Interstate 80 rollover near Overton injures two

A one-vehicle rollover accident on Interstate-80 Wednesday afternoon resulted in minor injuries for a Lexington man and more serious injuries for a 13 year old girl.

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