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Today’s date of 8-11 is being used as a reminder for Nebraskans to call the free 8-1-1 hotline before doing any digging. Pete Vielhaber is spokesman for the group Common Ground, which works to protect underground utility lines and the safety of the people who dig near them. No matter what the size of the [...]
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Four motorcyclists, three men from Iowa and one man from Nebraska, were killed Monday, when they were hit by a pickup in a construction zone on Interstate 29, in western Iowa’s Harrison County. Officials with the Iowa State Patrol say a pickup truck driven by a 21-year-old Nebraska man crossed the center line of a [...]
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A truck fire on Interstate 80 near Paxton in western Nebraska shut down the interstate for a short time Sunday. According to the Nebraska State Patrol, a semi truck hauling potatoes caught fire Sunday afternoon just before 3 mountain time. Trooper Kevin Horst said 26 year old Naseer Shafiq of Canada was headed eastbound between [...]
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During the month of June, 25 persons were killed in traffic accidents on Nebraska roads. The Nebraska Department of Roads reports that eighteen of the twenty-one occupants in vehicles were not wearing seat belts. Five fatalities happened on the Interstate, ten on highways and ten on local roads. Fourteen of the fatalities happened in single [...]
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A portion of Webster Street in Omaha is being renamed “Adam Herold” Street. Specialist Adam Herold was killed in action in June of 2007 in Iraq. Senator Gwen Howard, who represents Omaha’s District 9, started the project and helped with the proposal. She also became a close friend with Adam’s parents. Lance and Debbie Herold [...]
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