Wilber News

“I still think the university is going to have a hard time getting money (to build Innovation Park)”

Issue date: 4/17/08 Section: News Media Credit: Teresa Prince On Wednesday, the Nebraska Legislature gave final approval to move the State Fair to Grand Island, leaving State Fair Park open for the University ... via Daily Nebraskan

“We'll celebrate a little Friday, but then we'll get to work”

Grand Island city officials were about as happy Wednesday as a kid at the fair. In fact, the granddaddy of Nebraska fairs, the State Fair, will be making its new home in Grand Island beginning in 2010 under a ... via Omaha World-Herald

“It's convenient, a good location”

Issue date: 4/4/08 Section: News Media Credit: Andrew Lamberson If you're looking, campus may be the best place to find a job. via Daily Nebraskan

“It's not as good a market as last year”

After tassels are moved and mortar boards are tossed this spring, more members of 2008's graduating class will have secured jobs than last year's graduates. via Daily Nebraskan

“Are we about freedom, or are we about bullying people to do what we want them to do?”

It's been a long time coming for some state senators and Nebraska residents, but the Legislature on Friday gave its blessing to a statewide smoking ban. via Lincoln Journal Star

“Where are people going to go to avoid a ban”

" A strict, statewide smoking ban cities and counties couldn't duck got strong support from lawmakers Thursday as they moved a step closer to a final decision. via Columbus Telegram

“Five years ago, we could not get people to attend any kind of convention.”

In a rural county where kolaches are as big a tradition as voting Democrat, Barack Obama barely edged Hillary Clinton in Saturday's caucus. via Omaha World-Herald

RUSS KARPISEK OF WILBER IS TRYING TO SNUFF OUT THE 2006 LAW THAT SAYS ALL CROSSINGS WITHOUT GATES, SIGNALS OR ALARM BELLS THAT ARE WITHIN A QUARTER MILE OF ANOTHER WITH SUCH WARNING DEVICES SHOULD BE REMOVED. via KOTA Television

“This legislation didn't set well”

Hundreds of railroad crossings across Nebraska could be closed under a law that is angering some residents who think state officials are being heavy-handed in applying it. via Beatrice Daily Sun

Anyone picked up with less of an ounce of marijuana in Nebraska can expect to pay a fine of about $100.00. Possession of less than an ounce of marijuana in Nebraska is not a criminal offense. via North Platte Bulletin

“It's one of those things us rednecks really get mad about”

Issue date: 1/15/08 Section: Opinion A state senator from Wilber who describes himself as a "redneck" wants harsher punishments for people caught with marijuana. via Daily Nebraskan

“This is a personal car. This is just going too far”

State Sen. Gwen Howard believes in protecting children. She worked to protect children as a state caseworker before she was elected to the Legislature. via Lincoln Journal Star

“It's one of those things us rednecks really get mad about.”

Smoking pot is just as serious a crime as teenage drinking, a state legislator says. via Omaha World-Herald

Nebraska lawmakers are up in the air about the future of the Nebraska State Fair. via Gretna Breeze

NEBRASKA IS THE ONLY STATE THAT USES THE ELECTRIC CHAIR AS ITS SOLE MEANS OF EXECUTION. via KOTA Television

“Cutting taxes should be done whenever it is fiscally prudent to do, and I am not convinced that we should make additional cuts at this time”

Nebraska has been collecting more tax dollars that it needs to pay the bills and a fight could be looming over those funds. via WOWT-TV Omaha

A free concert and movie screening featuring Michael Cwach and his Czech bagpipe. via Beatrice Daily Sun

A Lincoln man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife in Lincoln and transporting her body to an abandoned mobile home in Saline County. via Beatrice Daily Sun

“Usually, the main ties they have are crop dusters -- agricultural sprayers -- and medical, and probably freight.”

Wilbur Wright and Wilber, Nebraska, may have been equally excited about flying at one point, but that's so last century. via Lincoln Journal Star

“We're very satisfied to stay where we are”

The question of whether to move the State Fair to make room for a University of Nebraska research park won't come with a recommendation from a key legislative committee. via Beatrice Daily Sun