The trial for the Hemingford woman charged with being an accessory to the death of former Alliance resident Josh Bullock, which was scheduled to start Monday morning in Box Butte County District Court, will NOT be held. Friday afternoon, Judge Travis O’Gorman accepted the guilty plea of 20-year-old Rose Seifke to an amended charge of [...]
Alliance High School Class of 2013 Valedictorian Kacey Horn (center) and Salutatorians Jaycie Sward (left) and Ellie Applegarth (right). 101 seniors will receive their diplomas during Commencement exercises Sunday, May 19, at 2 pm at Bulldog Stadium. The ceremony will begin with the traditional playing of Pomp and Circumstance by the AHS Band. After the [...]
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Dustin Elliott, the 2004 world champion bull rider and a four-time qualifier for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, announced on May 16 that he was retiring from a career in ProRodeo that “was so much more than I ever expected.” Elliott joined the PRCA in 2001 – the same year he [...]
The Big Ten Conference has released its 2014 football schedule, when the league debuts its new East-West divisional alignment and new league members Maryland and Rutgers. Each of the 14 teams will play 8 Big Ten games…6 against the other schools in its division and 2 from the other. Nebraska will be in the West [...]
A bill to repeal Nebraska’s motorcycle helmet law will wait until next year. Sponsor Senator Dave Bloomfield of Hoskins said Thursday that he has asked the speaker to take LB393 off of this year’s legislative agenda because there are just 11 days left in the session. Hoskin’s bill…advanced to the floor in March on a [...]
A hospital is more than a place where people go to heal, it is a part of the community that fosters health and represents hope. From providing treatment and comfort to the sick, to welcoming new life into the world, hospitals are central to a healthy and optimistic community. That’s the message organizers are touting [...]
ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA CITY COUNCIL MEETING School Board Meeting Room 1604 Sweetwater Avenue May 16, 2013 – 7:00 p.m. Televised Live on Charter Cable Channel 6. AGENDA Call to Order Roll Call Open Meetings Act Announcement For the public’s reference a copy of the Open Meetings Law has been posted on the north wall of this [...]
It will be at least three years before construction begins on the Heartland Expressway between Alliance and Angora. During the annual meeting of the Heartland Expressway Wednesday morning at the Knight Museum in Alliance, Randy Eldorado of the Nebraska Department of Roads told the full house that the 60-million dollar project is being held by [...]
Today is Peace Officers Memorial Day, created to honor law enforcement officers who’ve died in the line of duty. President Barack Obama and the governors of the 50 states have issued proclamations to fly American and state flags at half-staff today in memory of those officers. Peace Officers Memorial Day fall during National Police Week, [...]
Chadron State put 18 athletes on the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference men’s and women’s Indoor Track All-Academic teams. Leading the way for the Eagles was senior Kelly Troester, a men’s 1st-team choice. To qualify for RMAC All-Academic honors, student-athletes must have a GPA of 3.30 or better, be a starter or reserve, and completed two [...]