Grand Island News

At previous fairs, people had to wait in line for wristbands that would get them into the arena for free, but seats were not assigned.

Authorities have released the name of a 23-year-old man who died in a vehicle rollover Tuesday evening on U.S. Highway 281 south of Doniphan.

Northbound Highway 281 south of Doniphan remains closed as the Nebraska State Patrol investigates a fatal crash between Grand Island and Hastings.

Judge James Livingston has announced his intention to retire from the 9th Judicial District Court bench.

Judge James Livingston has announced his intention to retire from the 9th Judicial District Court bench.

Although nursing mothers have the right, thanks to Obamacare, to take breaks at work to pump milk in a room that's clean and private and not a bathroom, many employers don't follow that law.

The superintendent of the Lincoln Public Schools says he learned long ago to separate himself from the immigration debate and focus on children.

Complaints filed with the Labor Department show that breastfeeding mothers can face serious hardships when they need to pump at work, including lost wages, lack of privacy and dirty bathrooms.

Off-lease equipment is unlike than used equipment, just like a certified formerly owned car is dissimilar than a used car, says AXIS Capital, Inc. a group of companies headquartered in Grand Island, NE.

Grand Island is now the "State Fair City" after City Council approved it Tuesday night.

Workers at the JBS beef slaughter and processing facility in Grand Island, Nebraska, who belong to United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 293 ratified a new contract on Thursday, July 17. The new five-year agreement will cover more than 2,600 workers.

UNDER FEDERAL LAW, SCHOOL DISTRICTS CAN -NOT- TURN AWAY STUDENTS BECAUSE OF THEIR LEGAL STATUS.

Exchange-Comfort Dog: When their work vests are off, it's play time for comfort dogs Eddie and Moses on Friday, June 13, 2014, at Peace Lutheran Church in Grand Island, Neb.

Grand Island police are searching for the culprit of an armed robbery that took place at the Snac Shac on South Locust.

Grand Island and Kearney work together on a lot of issues and projects, but they haven't found much common ground as far as a new state veterans home since last July when Governor Dave Heineman announced a new one would be built in Kearney.

Michael Petersen has entered a no contest plea to a first degree murder charge in the shooting of Todd Elsbernd.

After a week full of events, the Hall County Fair came to an end Sunday. The fair's attendance has been low in the past few years and continues to decline.

Why do people stay in a community? It's a question that can have many answers, and Grand Island leaders say it's one of several they're asking not just city residents, but their neighbors county-wide as well.

For the Grand Island schools on the continuous calendar, Wednesday was their first day of school.

As Hall County continues to grow buildings and homes are getting bigger. But small towns like Alda, Doniphan, Cairo, and Wood River don't have inspectors to check that work.