Lincoln County News

A confirmed case of meningitis in Lincoln County sends one boy to the hospital, and has health officials investigating the cause of the sickness.

A one-time North Platte resident who allegedly stole more than $1,000 from Burger King and fled justice appeared in Lincoln County District Court Monday.

If the Sutherland ethanol company's property tax form was lost in the mail, it is tough luck for the company.

North Platte, Nebraska not only exceeded their seasonal average snowfall during the month of October 2009 ... they broke the all-time snowiest month record there with over 30 inches! According to ThreadEx, records have been maintained there since 1874.

New, replacement bunk lines under construction. Trees along the So. Platte are in the distance.

Two North Platte people were sentenced for drug possession Monday in Lincoln County District Court.

Red Willow County commissioners Monday morning asked for assistance from Nebraska Health and Human Services to rewrite the county's guidelines for requesting funds from the county's medical assistance program.

A heartland man tied to a case involving 16 pounds of marijuana sent through the mail has been sentenced to 90 days in jail.

A North Platte man stood mute before Lincoln County District Court Judge Donald Rowlands Monday afternoon, opting not to answer to charges of attempted second-degree murder and use of a firearm to commit a felony.

Current Conditions available on our Weather Page . Font Size: Alcohol use is suspected in a fatal crash just west of Maxwell in western Nebraska.

A single car accident early Sunday morning claimed the life of a Brady teenager.

North Platte's ship of state got its captain back Tuesday night as Mayor Marc Kaschke returned from his fellowship in Germany.

A heavy, wet snow is knocking down tree branches and knocking out power to some parts of southern Nebraska.

When Grant Portner was sentenced to prison Oct. 5 for the sexual assault of his stepdaughter, he received a lesser sentence than what usually accompanies a crime such as his.

Fish recently salvaged from the Sutherland Canal have been stocked in other bodies of water in western Nebraska.

The Nebraska State Patrol inspected more than 3900 vehicles Thursday, October 15, 2009, during a 13 hour checkpoint conducted at the Brady rest stop on Interstate 80 in Lincoln County, Nebraska.

A 24-hour vehicle checkpoint planned to begin in the morning hours on Wednesday, October 14.

The strange property dispute between Ken and Connie Bible and Allen Fugate seems headed for an equally strange court case.

All of the suspects involved in the mid-September vandalism at two North Platte golf courses will be charged as adults.

A conflict of interest has forced Robert Lindemeier to withdraw Thursday as Thomas Hunt's attorney.