Josh Funk, Associated Press Updated 5:49 pm CST, Wednesday, December 12, 2018 FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2018 file photo Republican Kansas gubernatorial candidate Kris Kobach addresses the crowd during a campaign rally in Topeka, Kan. An eastern Nebraska city will continue paying Kobach at least $10,000 a year to defend its immigration ordinance even though the last legal challenge to the rule ended in 2014. Fremont's City Council unanimously approved its annual agreement with Kobach on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018. less FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2018 file photo Republican Kansas gubernatorial candidate Kris Kobach addresses the crowd during a campaign rally in Topeka, Kan. An eastern Nebraska city will continue paying Kobach at ... more Photo: Charlie Riedel, AP Photo: Charlie Riedel, AP Image 1 of / 1 … [Read more...] about Nebraska city keeps paying Kobach to defend immigration rule
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Relatives of Mormon pioneer ask to relocate Nebraska grave
Updated 12:18 pm PST, Thursday, November 15, 2018 This Nov. 14, 2018 photo shows the grave of Mormon Trail pioneer Rebecca Winters in east of Scottsbluff, Neb. The Scotts Bluff County Board of Commissioners is forming a committee to look into the request to move Rebecca Winters' burial site near Scottsbluff. The National Park Service says Winters was among thousands of Mormon pioneers in the 1800s to die from disease while migrating west in search of religious freedom. (Irene North/The Star-Herald via AP) less This Nov. 14, 2018 photo shows the grave of Mormon Trail pioneer Rebecca Winters in east of Scottsbluff, Neb. The Scotts Bluff County Board of Commissioners is forming a committee to look into the request to ... more Photo: Irene North, AP Photo: Irene North, AP Image 1 of / 1 … [Read more...] about Relatives of Mormon pioneer ask to relocate Nebraska grave
Construction begins on Nebraska park to memorialize veterans
Published 11:45 am PST, Saturday, November 10, 2018 In this Nov. 3, 2018 photo, U.S. Navy veteran Eric Weber of Hastings, Neb., who came back to his hometown of Cairo, Neb., for a groundbreaking ceremony of the Cairo Veterans Memorial Park has a pin placed on him by committee member LaTonna Brand. (Andrew Carpenean /The Independent via AP) less In this Nov. 3, 2018 photo, U.S. Navy veteran Eric Weber of Hastings, Neb., who came back to his hometown of Cairo, Neb., for a groundbreaking ceremony of the Cairo Veterans Memorial Park has a pin placed on ... more Photo: Andrew Carpenean, AP Photo: Andrew Carpenean, AP Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 In this Nov. 3, 2018 photo, U.S. Navy veteran Eric Weber of Hastings, Neb., who came back to his hometown of Cairo, Neb., for a groundbreaking ceremony of the Cairo … [Read more...] about Construction begins on Nebraska park to memorialize veterans
Nebraska’s message for tourists? ‘It’s not for everyone’
LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska's no longer nice, at least in its next tourism campaign. The new sales pitch has a decidedly self-deprecating bent: "Nebraska. Honestly, it's not for everyone." The slogan, which the Nebraska Tourism Commission unveiled Wednesday at a Nebraska City conference, will replace the current "Through My Eyes" campaign this spring, commission marketing manager Jenn Gjerde said Thursday. State tourism director John Ricks told the Omaha World-Herald that because Nebraska consistently ranks as the least likely state tourists plan to visit, the marketing campaign needed to be different. "To make people listen, you have to hook them somehow," Ricks said. "We had to shake people up." Nebraska has used several slogans in its efforts to entice tourists, including, "America's Frontier," ''My Choice, Nebraska" and "Nebraska ... the good life." The slogan that debuted in 2014 was: "Visit Nebraska. Visit nice." One of the new video ads that will begin running next spring … [Read more...] about Nebraska’s message for tourists? ‘It’s not for everyone’
Nebraska toddler dies of trauma in wind-tossed inflatable
Grant Schulte Associated Press Published 3:44 PM EDT Oct 5, 2018 Lincoln, Neb. – A 2-year-old Nebraska boy was killed and his sister was injured when wind tore a giant inflatable from its moorings and tossed it 30 feet into the air before depositing it, with the toddler wrapped up inside, more than 100 feet away, authorities said Friday. The Lancaster County sheriff’s office said Caleb Acuna suffered severe head trauma in his ordeal Wednesday evening at JK’s Pumpkin Patch, just north of Lincoln. Caleb was taken off life support Thursday afternoon. His 5-year-old sister, Arra, suffered a broken arm. “It’s certainly a tragic situation,” said Lancaster County Sheriff’s Capt. Tom Brookhouser. “The sheriff’s office has never worked an incident like this in the 28 years I’ve been here.” The siblings were playing on the bounce pillow – similar to a bounce house, but without any walls – around 6 p.m. Wednesday … [Read more...] about Nebraska toddler dies of trauma in wind-tossed inflatable