Scotts Bluff County News

The Nebraska State Patrol in conjunction with local law enforcement will have extra officers out through the Independence Day holiday to reduce the potential for alcohol violations and motor vehicle crashes.

Pea, marble and even golf ball size hail were reported in storms Tuesday night across portions of Scotts Bluff, Dawes, Kimball, Banner, Box Butte, Sioux and Morrill counties in the panhandle.

A Bridgeport couple will not receive any monetary damages from their suit against Regional West Medical Center, Dr.

One of two Scotts Bluff County Habitat for Humanity Homes being built at 15th Street and 10th Avenue in Scottsbluff was moved from Gering to that location with the help of volunteers and donations.

A 22 year old Scottsbluff man employed with the Super 8 motel as the overnight clerk is accused of taking nearly $600 from the business and then telling police he was robbed at gunpoint to cover up the crime.

A memorial to honor fallen military personnel from western Nebraska who served in Iraq and Afghanistan will be placed on property around the Scotts Bluff County Administration building.

A memorial to honor fallen western Nebraska military members who served in Iraq and Afghanistan will be placed on the Scotts Bluff County Administration building grounds.

Power is back on in the Scottsbluff area after lightning from a storm that moved through late last night hit a 5th Avenue substation, causing outages in the northern part of the community.

Scotts Bluff County authorities say a 52-year-old man has bled to death in a mowing accident.

The Scotts Bluff County Commissioners will hold a public hearing at 4:30 this evening on proposed increases in the county's Handibus rates.

Another intense storm moved through southeast Wyoming and western Nebraska late Sunday afternoon and evening, producing a tornado 15 miles west of Scottsbluff, short-lived funnels over southwest Scottsbluff, and hail as big as softballs ten miles east northeast of Hawk Springs, Wyoming in Goshen County.

A series of storms moving through the panhandle and southeast Wyoming resulted in the sighting of a number of tornadoes, heavy rain and hail.

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for parts of Nebraska's Panhandle.

An 18-year-old who escaped from a Kearney hospital and is suspected of assaulting a Buffalo County sheriff's deputy during an attempted escape has been apprehended in Gering.

An escapee from a Kearney hospital who's suspected in the assault of a Buffalo county Sheriff Friday was captured at a Gering apartment complex this afternoon.

Scotts Bluff County Attorney Tiffany Wasserburger says letters received by local residents are part of a national fake check scam.

Miss Scotts Bluff County, Jessica Reisig, says she's excited about the opportunity to compete this week in the Miss Nebraska pageant in North Platte.

Associated Press - June 3, 2009 6:25 AM ET GERING, Neb. - Thanks, but no. Scotts Bluff County board members have again declined the state's yearly invitation to drop the 21 designation from vehicle license plates.

The Scotts Bluff County Commissioners will hold a public hearing June 15th on proposed increases in the county's Handibus rates.

Thirty-two dogs and one cat were taken from a Sioux City home earlier this week by Sioux City Animal Control.