Bennet News

Officials with the Bennet Rural Fire Department say a couple dozen pine trees caught fire Tuesday afternoon, after a firework a teen was playing with spun out of control.

Here is a sampling of the responses we received. Additional letters will be published in the Sunday World-Herald. Larry Carstenson was a student at the University of Nebraska.

BENNET, NE, May 07, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The five weeks from Mother's Day in May to Father's Day in June is National Family Month.

BENNET, NE, April 08, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- April is the designated Couple Appreciation Month, a reminder for couples to show their appreciation to their partners.

Mondaya s tornadoes by the numbers: Nebraska: Tornadoes believed to have occurred between about 4:30 p.m. and 5:10 p.m. : Lancaster County * Tornado 1: An EF1 tornado with winds of about 105 mph followed a path about 50 yards wide and two miles long from four miles south of Hickman to two miles southeast of Hickman.

"When the sirens sound, you better listen." That's what Randy Knudson of Bennet has to say after a storms swept through his property on 148th Street, near Highway 2, shortly after 5 p.m., Monday.

While severe storms blew through southeast Nebraska Monday afternoon, a semi was blown over on to its side east of Bennet.

Three clerks in Lancaster County have been cited for selling alcohol to minors during a recent enforcement.

Tips to save a failing marriage are delivered through weekly E-mails. BENNET, NE March 18, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- In celebration of Women's Month, I-Choose-Us.com launched its latest topic-focused resource, the Marital First Aid Toolkit.

A Lincoln couple has filed a lawsuit against the owner of a convenience store where their son was sexually assaulted.