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The contents of a box truck carrying a large paper shredder caught fire Thursday afternoon, about 3 p.m., as it traveled down South Lincoln Avenue. Inside the truck was a large automated paper shredder – and a very large volume of shredded paper. The driver was able to pull the truck over to the side of the road, east and across the road from where the Cornerstone Technology Center is located. It appeared the shredder machine caught fire inside the box – and being surrounded by all the shredded paper didn’t help the situation. York Fire and Rescue, along with the York Police Department, responded and firefighters were using foam to extinguish the situation. The truck was eventually moved to Hitz Towing so the contents could be removed without passing traffic being a factor. 

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The ACLU is warning Northwest Public Schools in Grand Island that closing the school paper and ending the journalism program because of LGBTQ+ articles is a violation of students' rights. 

Duane Hansen has been dreaming of capturing a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records. This summer, he finally had the perfect giant pumpkin boat to accomplish his goal. 

The Aurora man and two coworkers were driving back to their Lincoln hotel early Thursday morning when he allegedly cut the neck of one of his colleagues.

The Beatrice woman alleged that two men who had been driving her to get a car in Lincoln instead shot at her, attacked her and robbed her of $10,000 cash. 

Red balloons rising into the sky to herald the first touchdown at home games is the latest Husker football tradition to disappear. But it wasn't the first. 

The crash involved a single car and a Cozad Public School bus.

Ricketts said students should go slow when they become politically active.

When officers arrived at the scene, they did not find the motorcycle. Witnesses reported a truck drove up and the occupants picked up the motorcycle and drove away. The truck was found in a parking lot in the area.

The train pushed the vehicle for at least a half mile, nearly to the U.S. 81 bypass.

Romeo Chambers, 25, is wanted in Kearney in connection with a homicide and in Omaha in connection with a robbery. Investigators have worked leads on this case in Omaha, Des Moines and Kansas City.

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