Ricketts’ Weekly Column: The Good Life in 2026

Jan 2, 2026 / Pete Ricketts

Every New Year, we have the opportunity to reflect on the last year and plan for the future.  With family and friends by our side, we enter th...

RTC inmate death

Jan 2, 2026 / NDOC

January 2, 2026 (Lincoln, Neb.) – Vern Krimmel #34989, age 63, died yesterday at the Reception and Treatment Center (RTC).  Krimmel&rsq...

Teens Apprehended After Pursuit in Western Nebraska

Jan 2, 2026 / Cody Thomas – Public Relations Director

JANUARY 2, 2026 (NORTH PLATTE, NEB.)  — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested one person after a pursuit and search in w...

Winter Weather Advisory Issued

Jan 2, 2026 / NWS

Key Message #1: Winter Weather Advisory in effect this morning into this evening Key Message #2: Freezing rain, freezing drizzle, and some snow po...

Hastings Police Report

Jan 1, 2026 / HPD

January 1st 2026Reported Offenses: On December 31, 2025, a 63-year-old Hastings resident reported a hit and run in the 800 block of West South Str...

Five Huskers Earn Annual Senior Awards

Dec 22, 2025 / NU Athletics

Five Nebraska football seniors have been named winners of 2025 team awards.  The group will formally receive their awards as part of the Outla...

Buyuktuncel's Triple-Double Leads Huskers past North Dakota

Dec 22, 2025 / NU Athletics

Lincoln - Behind Berke Buyuktuncel’s first triple-double, No. 15 Nebraska overcame a slow first half and posted a 78-55 win over North Dakota...

UNK Women Roll South Dakota Mines Sunday, 80-67

Dec 22, 2025 / UNK Lopers

Kearney, Neb. – Redshirt senior point guard Jillian Aschoff scored a career-high 31 points and became Nebraska Kearney's all-time assist lead...

Huskers Set Attendance Record, Fall to No. 5 Cowboys 22-12

Dec 21, 2025 / Nebraska Athletics

Despite his biggest victory of the season, the upset from No. 6 Antrell Taylor (157) was not enough in No. 6 Nebraska wrestling’s effort to w...

Northwest Grad Ellsworth Tabbed QB Coach For K-State

Dec 21, 2025 / https://www.kstatesports.com/

MANHATTAN, Kan. – A former Wildcat staffer with strong ties to the Midwest, Christian Ellsworth has been named Kansas State's quarterbacks co...