Tekamah News

TEKAMAH, Neb. a ' Walking through their lowing herd of several hundred cattle, Ali and Kenny Petersen were like two Gullivers on a Lilliputian roundup.

Even with gas prices roughly a buck lower compared to the this time last year, it's expected many people will cut back on summer travel.

Reporting from Tekamah, Neb. -- Walking through their lowing herd of several hundred cattle, Ali and Kenny Petersen were like two Gullivers on a Lilliputian roundup.

Ali Peterson brushes out the winter coat of a miniature Hereford cow on a ranch near Tekamah, Nebraska.

OFFICIALS AT BLACK HILLS ENERGY WOULD LIKE TO ALERT CUSTOMERS IN TEKAMAH... BECAUSE OF CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY, A LOSS OF NATURAL GAS SERVICE OCCURRED IN THE CITY OF TEKAMAH ROUGHLY IN AN AREA FROM 10TH STREET TO 14TH STREET AND FROM H STREET TO K STREET, AFFECTING BETWEEN 70 AND 80 HOMES.

The Gothenburg Times made it three in a row capturing the top spot in its circulation class in the Nebraska Press Association's Better Newspaper Contests.

LINCOLN a ' A vote Thursday morning sets the stage for debate on one of this yeara TMs most controversial legislative issues -- whether to switch the statea TMs method of execution to lethal injection.

A state senator considered the main swing vote in the committee where the lethal-injection bill has been stuck said on Wednesday that he will likely vote to advance the bill to the full Legislature.

A bill that would give as much as $500,000 to people wrongly imprisoned has been advanced to the final round of debate in the Legislature.

Nebraska lawmakers are discussing a $500,000 cap on payments to people who are wrongly imprisoned for felonies.

Those who think student government amounts only to something symbolic, not useful, haven't seen Sarah Fech in action at the state Capitol.

That message came Wednesday from supporters of a bill from Sen. Kent Rogert of Tekamah.

Nebraska lawmakers will hold a public hearing next week on a bill that could sideline an entire petition if there are questions about signature gathering.

How much do you pay someone who sat in jail for 20 years for a crime they didn't commit? That's the question state lawmakers were faced with Monday when debating LB 260, a bill that would pay at least $25,000 ...

Alcohol was a theme this week at the Nebraska Legislature, with four bills in committee hearings aiming to change liquor provisions.

The way Brittney Taylor went about defeating her semifinal opponent in the 103-pound weight class Friday night was exactly how she diagramed it going in.

By NATE JENKINS Associated Press Writer LINCOLN, Neb. -- Deaths, flying beer cans and thoughts of calling the National Guard to control crowds at Lake McConaughy in 1994.

Lincoln, NE - There's a saying among state lawmakers in Nebraska: "The job pays 12 thousand dollars a year and all you can eat." And if one senator gets his way look for even more hand-outs. Rioht now lawmakers ...

Joseph White showed Nebraska lawmakers a picture of his infant son taken 20 years ago, before White was imprisoned for the 1985 rape and murder of a Beatrice woman.

The Legislature's Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee is holding a hearing on the bills Wednesday.