Buffalo County News

The end is in sight for phase one of the Buffalo County Justice Center. Officials hope to move inmates in as early as January.

On Monday, Governor Dave Heineman announced a plan to slash $334 million from the budget with cuts across the board.

Two girls are expected to testify against their alleged attacker in a sexual assault trial.

In October 1919, the town of Ravenna was preparing for a huge homecoming for the returned soldiers of World War I. The war ended nearly a year before, but the celebration was postponed from its May 1919 date because many of the veterans hadn't returned yet.

A 25-year-old Kearney man has been sentenced to 5 to 12 years in prison for attempted sexual assault of a child.

A Kearney man remains in jail after pleading guilty in Buffalo County District Court to five counts of possessing child pornography.

The Arc of Buffalo County has received a mini grant from Serve Nebraska to mobilize more than 30 young people with and without disabilities in an Inclusive Service Project on Saturday, October 17, 2009.

There has been wet weather and some bumps along the way during construction of the new Expo Center on the Buffalo County Fairgrounds.

A Kearney man angered at his neighbors has admitted threatening them with a handgun.

After a year of uncertainty a local company celebrates 40 years of staying in business.

A woman shot three times by her ex-husband has recovered from her physical wounds and says she tries not to remember that horrible night in Kearney a year ago.

A man who disappeared from Kearney for nine days and turned up in at a Kansas hospital has pleaded guilty to stealing from his former employer.

The Central Platte Natural Resources District's board of directors held their meeting on Thursday.

With the woman's 13-year-old daughter in tow, a Detroit couple robbed and burglarized their way across the eastern half of Nebraska this week before being captured in Kearney, authorities say.

A newlywed couple has had a run of bad luck, and burglary. Robert's marriage has had a bumpy start, "I broke my leg the day before." For him, and his bride Jessica, things have been uphill since.

In April 2008 the Downtown Improvement Board began discussions on improving the Downtown streetscape and replacing street trees.

Nebraska's unemployment rate remained steady at 5% in August, the same rate recorded in July.

A traffic stop for speeding on Interstate 80 near Kearney, Nebraska led to the seizure of 31 lbs.

At approximately 9:45 p.m. on September 15, 2009, officers of the Kearney Police Department were called to the Walgreens store at 2516 2nd Avenue to investigate an armed robbery.

Tuesday is a big day for Kearney Public Schools, as voters decide the fate of the $45 million dollar bond referendum and levy over-ride. There will be two separate parts of the proposed plan to vote for.