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Whisker Wednesday With Start Over Rover / November 19, 2014
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- Whisker Wednesday With Start Over Rover / November 19, 2014
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- It's Whisker Wednesday and that means Anne Halbert, from Start Over Rover, stopped by with some adorable kitties looking for a forever home.
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- National Bread Pudding Day / November 13, 2014
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- A loyal NBC Nebraska viewer, Todd Kirshenbaum, joined the morning crew with a delicious pan of bread pudding.
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- Whisker Wednesday With Start Over Rover / November 12, 2014
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- New Devices In Time For Holiday Shopping / November 10, 2014
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- Computer Hardware's Thomas Hiatt and Gavin Raitt stop by NBC Nebraska Today with some cool new devices just in time for the holiday season.
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- Ziggy's Looking For A Forever Home, Start Over Rover / November 7, 2014
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- Whisker Wednesday With Start Over Rover / November 5, 2014
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- Hastings Museum, Shining Light On WWII / November 3, 2014
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- Becky Tideman, of the Hastings Museum, stopped by NBC Nebraska Today with some cool historic artifacts and all the details on their upcoming World War II tours and exhibit.
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- Last Minute Halloween Tips with Home Depot / October 31, 2014
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- Home Depot's Ritch Havranek stopped by NBC Nebraska Today with some last minute Halloween decorating tips.
Happy Halloween!
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- Iowa Father Publishes Book About His Son, "The Unbreakable Boy" / October 28, 2014
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- For one father and son from Iowa, life hasn't always been easy, but they've made the most of it, and now they are sharing their journey with all of us.
18 year-old Austin LeRette Has a rare brittle bone disease. He's had open heart surgery and he has autism. His father Scott has been beside him through it all and shares their stories of heartache and triumph in his new book.
In many ways Austin LeRette is your typical quirky teenager boy.
He loves x-men, video games, and cooking, but Austin has Autism and a rare brittle bone disease.
"I've broken 50 bones and I've broken my t12 and my spine luckily I was never paralyzed," said Austin LeRette.
"I've seen him trip over floor molding like this here and break an ankle," said Scott LeRette.
Austin often pines to do sports like his brother.
"I wish some days that I could switch bodies with him for one day and just be able to skateboard like he did be a...
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- Grey House Haunts Opens New Haunted Manor in Holdrege / October 26, 2014
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- For most people Halloween only comes around one day a year, but for those in the haunting industry, the spookiness lasts year round.
Are you ready for a scare? Gone are the days when all it took was some ketchup and a white sheet to make a creepy haunted house I'm going to show you what it really takes to make this Holdrege haunted manor so spooky.
"Paying super deep attention to detail and making sure that it even scares us, which it does," said Volunteer, Preston Rath.
Jan Knuth Has been scaring people for 7 years.
"It started with me and my sister dressed as witches with a fake kettle in my yard and it kind of just exploded from there," said Owner of Grey House Haunts, Jan Knuth.
But this year she's taking it to the next level.
"It's pretty much consumed my life for the past 6 months," said Jan.
Back in March Jan decided to purchase a house dedicated to haunting her guests.
"My fa...
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- Fans Look For A Royal Win / October 22, 2014
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- Controversy Over Request for Mayor Candidate's Emails / October 17, 2014
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- Some controversy in Grand Island as 2 city council members were denied the opportunity to discuss public records requests.
Council President Chuck Haase and Councilman Mike Paulick said they wanted to review the way public records requests are made after a request was put in for Haase's emails since he was elected to council.
City Attorney Bob Sivick said no.
Haase said he wanted to discuss this because he felt there was favoritism towards former mayor Margaret Hornady who made the request.
"The communication was that it was going to cost over $5,000 for this public records request and ultimately the city attorney gave it to them for free without any cost which meant the tax payers were then paying the cost," said Haase. "This is where I would object to the taxpayers paying $5,000 plus."
But Sivick said there was no favoritism. And he denied the discussion on this because there is nothing council can do to change the way ...
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- Kearney Police Investigating Bank Robbery / October 17, 2014
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- The Kearney Police Department and FBI are investigating an armed robbery which was reported at 9:22 a.m. Friday at the Eaton Federal Credit Union in Kearney.
The first suspect is a black male, 6’-0” to 6’-2”, 175-190 pounds, short hair, black long sleeve shirt, blue jeans, tan boots, wearing a white construction hard hat, and blue back pack. The second suspect is a black male 5’-“9 to 6’-0”, 160-180 pounds, short hair, blue long sleeve shirt, blue jeans, and white construction hard hat.
The subjects fled west on foot. One subject was armed with a hand gun. There were no injuries reported. The suspects left with an undisclosed amount of money.
Anyone with additional information is asked to call the Kearney Police Department at 308-237-2104 or Crime Stoppers at 308-237-3424.
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- Local Hospitals Prepared for Potential Ebola Cases / October 16, 2014
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- The spread of the Ebola virus has people concerned worldwide. While that fear is warranted, health officials say getting Ebola isn't all that simple.
"Once they start showing symptoms they're considered contagious and you have to have direct contact with their blood and other body fluids, so that means that those body fluids have to get on you," Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department Communicable Disease Program Supervisor Tim Timmons said.
Once those fluids are on a person, they must also get into a cut or opening to have any effect.
The Centers for Disease Control is working to prevent the virus from spreading by adding temperature checks at international airports and updating personal protective equipment guidelines for health care workers.
The recent Ebola diagnosis of two Dallas nurses has prompted hospitals like CHI Health St. Elizabeth to toughen up on policies and procedures when it comes to treating infectious diseases. H...
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- Liquor Commission Calls for Stricter Regulation for Party Buses / October 16, 2014
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- In the days following the death of Maury Lorence, the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission is calling for new laws regarding alcohol on party buses.
It's nothing new, the Executive Director of the commission, Hobert Rupe, said he brought the issues to state lawmakers in 2013, but that unfortunately it sometimes takes a tragedy to get something done.
Now, Rupe wants party buses to be required to have liquor licenses.
"What we're seeing is one of the unintended consequences of these party buses that go from bar to bar to bar and act more like rolling bars," said Rupe. "And if you're gong to act that way you should be regulated that way."
Rupe said a liquor license would hold these kinds of businesses more accountable, mainly when it comes to underage drinking.
"If you have a liquor license, patrol or LPD or any other law enforcement officer has a right to go to the bus to make sure that the liquor laws are being conformed," s...
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- 88-year-old North Platte Woman Gets Her High School Diploma / October 16, 2014
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- What started out as a birthday party turned into a graduation ceremony for an 88-year-old North Platte woman.
Gladys Laune slipped on her cap and gown. She then marched down the isle to accept her high school diploma.
This comes 70 years after her senior year in high school.
She says in 1945, she had enough credits to graduate for half a term, but her dad made her quit school.
She went back later and earned the remaining requirements, but was never given a diploma.
“I think school is an opportunity for all children,” Gladys said. “I hope they will all want to go like I did.”
Her family contacted Superintendent Dr. Larry Ramaekers and made him aware of the situation.
Once he was on board, they made her believe was attending a birthday party for her sister.
Little did she know, it’s a day she’s been waiting for since she was 18 years old.
“I always prayed tha...
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- Heartland Pet Connection interview, NBC Nebraska Midday / October 17, 2014
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- Update On Leona From Start Over Rover / October 17, 2014
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- State Softball Impacts Hastings Economy / October 16, 2014
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- Thousands of people are flooding Hastings this week for the state softball tournament. The tournament brings players, coaches, fans, and a boost for the local economy.
2007 was the first time the Smith Softball Complex, one of the premiere softball venues in the Midwest, hosted the state tournament.
"The teams, the players, the coaches have all commented on what a great facility this is. We are really fortunate to have the opportunity to play here," NSAA Assistant Director Sarah Sasse-Kildow said.
The event draws around 5,000 fans per year. Through day one over 2,000 people have showed up to watch the contests. That means full hotels and packed bars and restaurants in Hastings.
Rivals Bar and Grill, just blocks from the complex, was packed front to back Wednesday from 11 until 3:30.
"I would say we will probably do as much sales Wednesday, Thursday, Friday as we would, say, all last week combined," Rivals Manager John Lam...
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- Fun New Way for Kids with Food Allergies to Trick-or-Treat / October 16, 2014
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- When most kids think of Halloween, they think candy, that sugar rush you can only get once a year. But, for some children, Halloween can be difficult.
Food allergies leave many kids feeling excluded during the holiday, but, this Halloween, kids with food allergies will be searching for the color teal.
For Leann Krueger, Halloween can be a tricky time of year
"In the past it was a very stressful situation for all of us she would go with her sister and everything that she got we had to monitor very closely," said Leann Krueger.
Last year, Leann's daughter Ellie was diagnosed with f-pies a rare and severe food allergy.
"Some kids have allergies to only one or two foods they call it trigger foods other kids have multiple trigger foods and there's a lot of foods that they are not a allowed to have," said Leann.
But this year project teal pumpkin is putting the fun back in Halloween for kids with food allergies.
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- Storm Paint Out Cancer / October 16, 2014
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- The Triy-City Storm is coloring out cancer.
The event took place tonight at the Viaero Event Center in Kearney. Fans could walk out on the ice and paint a memorial, message, or leave well wishes to someone battling cancer. Those messages will be sealed into the ice for the team to play on this weekend.
The team's event is therapeutic for the fans.
"We thought it would be a good memorial to my husband and her dad and we lost him about 5 years ago to colon cancer," Marcia Elder said. "We miss him dearly and we thought this would be a fun tribute."
"I think it's great to just kind of send a little message," Marcia's daughter, Hayley, said.
"It's going to be great when the ice is covered," Storm play-by-play caller and media relations director, Jared Shafran, said. "I can't wait to see all the photos of what the Ice is going to look like when it's completely covered in tributes, well-wishes, memorials, and all of that kind of...
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- 3 Community Leaders Go to Washington D.C. to Try to Keep Vets Home in GI / October 16, 2014
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- It's been 15 months since Governor Dave Heineman chose to move the Grand Island Veterans Home to Kearney. But Grand Island still isn't giving up hope.
Grand Island Mayor Jay Vavricek, Hall County Supervisor Pam Lancaster, and Hall County Veterans Service Officer Don Shuda all took a trip to Washington D.C. to speak with federal officials about getting help to prevent the Grand Island Veterans Home from moving to Kearney.
These three community leaders handed out booklets in their meetings to show why the Vets Home shouldn't move.
"The trip to Washington was to update, I think, some of the VA staff, the Congressional leadership, U.S. Senators, and the military affairs committee with an appointee from the President's office actually, on our thoughts and our reasons why we should keep the home in Grand Island," said Don Shuda.
Shuda said they also informed everyone they met with there is still an option to build a new home in Grand Island...
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- Governor Heineman Gets Subpoena To Testify / October 16, 2014
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- Lawmakers have issued a subpoena for Governor Dave Heineman to testify in front of them later this month to explain what he may know about the prison problems senators are investigating.
The committee voted unanimously to subpoena the Governor. They believe the Governor was involved in the decision making process about some inmates getting released too early. Now, they want questions answered that go to the top of state government.
"Answer questions about what he knew, and when he knew it, and why people over at the Department of Corrections were breaking the law when he was telling him that's not supposed to happen under his watch and it looks like they were," said Sen. Steve Lathrop.
The hearing date is set for Cctober 29th.
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- October Art Fest interview / October 16, 2014
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- More Parking Coming To Stolley Park Elementary / October 15, 2014
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- Parking at Stolley Park Elementary in Grand Island has always been a hassle, but that hassle got even bigger when the city implemented no parking signs on Stolley Park Road.
"At the beginning of the year we had an adjustment period just because it was new and the parking lot painting was new," Principal Elizabeth Lamken said.
About 250 students attend Stolley Park Elementary. The current parking lot only accommodates a few dozen cars. Some parents say they're forced to park far from the school to stay out of the gridlock.
"He walks over here to the fence where they have a crosswalk and a teacher, and we park right over there, and he comes to us," said parent Pete Klaus.
There's good news for parents who say the parking lot is too congested during pick up and drop off. The district owns two homes across the street. They plan on tearing them down and building a gravel parking lot.
Grand Island City Council unanimously appro...
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- Hastings Russ's Market Holding Grand Opening With Finished Parking Lot / October 15, 2014
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- Grab your shopping carts. Now that the parking lot is complete, Russ's Market in Hastings is holding a grand opening this week.
Owners say customers are really enjoying the new look.
"We're now finally complete, so it's been a big load off my shoulders and all the associates, we can actually operate as a normal functioning business," Store Director Steve Richardson said.
Russ's will be holding a grand opening event this Saturday starting at 7 a.m. The Nebraska Lottery will be there, you can sample food made in Nebraska, and the Oreo cookie mascot will be on hand.
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- See to Learn Program Offers Free Eye Exams / October 15, 2014
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- Being able to see is a crucial part of learning, especially for young children who's minds absorb things each day. Governor Dave Heineman recently signed a proclamation, declaring October "See to Learn" month in Nebraska.
See to learn is a program that allows children under four to receive free eye exams at various locations around the state.
According to the Nebraska Foundation for Children's Vision, 80 percent of learning is done visually and one in five children entering kindergarten have undetected vision problems.
Optometrist Rachel Smith said the earlier the better is best when it comes to detecting vision problems among kids.
"The sooner we can catch those problems, the sooner we can correct them so that when they hit school their [at their] maximal level for success in school, so we like to see them early," Smith said. "Three years [old] is generally when we do the See to Learn."
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- Members of the Isom Family React to Semi Truck Driver's Not Guilty Plea / October 15, 2014
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- The 53 year old Eagle man charged in the Clay County crash that killed three members of a Hastings family, entered a plea today. Kenneth Johnson was in Clay County District Court Wednesday morning.
Johnson sat quietly in the courtroom this morning. He pleaded not guilty to all three counts of manslaughter, and one count of habitual criminal. Greg Isom was in the courtroom today. He's the brother of Gary Isom, who was killed in the crash. Greg says he wants justice for his brother.
For Greg Isom, that day still seems like a nightmare.
"Devastated. It was just mind blowing. I mean I don't think I have words that would really explain that," said Greg Isom.
Clay County officials say on august 28th, Kenneth Johnson failed to stop at the intersection of highway 14 and highway 6. Authorities say his semi slammed into the Isom family's SUV. Gary and Susan Isom, and their children Tiffany and Justin were on the way to visit their sister Stepha...
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- Crossroads Mission interview, NBC Nebraska News at 5 / October 15, 2014
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- Whisker Wednesday, Start Over Rover / October 15, 2014
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- Anne Halbert from Start Over Rover stopped by with Wookie in our latest addition of Whisker Wednesday.
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- Helping With The Holidays, Salvation Army interview / October 15, 2014
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- VA Health Facilities Offering Free Flu Shots To Veterans / October 14, 2014
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- With flu season right around the corner, the Veterans Health Administration wants to make sure veterans are covered.
VA Healthcare facilities across the state, including the one in Grand Island, are offering veterans free flu shots starting Tuesday. Veterans must be enrolled in the VA Nebraska Iowa Healthcare System to be eligible.
Tuesday, over 90 veterans got a shot at the Grand Island clinic, taking measures to help prevent contracting the potentially deadly virus.
The walk-in flu clinic is available at the Grand Island location Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. through November 21st and at the Holdrege location Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Enrolled veterans can also receive the shot at any Walgreens location participating in the VA-Walgreens initiative.
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- Trade Mission Connects Nebraska Farmers And Their Asian Partners / October 14, 2014
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- Agriculture is Nebraska's biggest industry, but it wouldn't be what it is if it weren't for our international business partners.
Every year Nebraska exports millions of dollars worth of soybeans, corn, beef, and grain overseas. Last year Nebraska exported more than 566 million dollars worth of products to Japan alone, making Japan Nebraska's second largest agriculture market. South Korea is the 5th.
Brandon Hunnicutt with the Nebraska Corn Board recently traveled to Japan and South Korea for a trade mission with the U.S. Meat Export Federation in Japan and China.
"I think it opened our eyes in a lot of ways to exactly what our customers want," Hunnicutt said.
While in Asia, farmers and key buyers discussed what they saw in last year's crop, what they're seeing this year and some of the challenges they are facing.
Hunnicutt says one of the most surprising things they learned was their Asian buyers' concern about the qualit...
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- GI City Council Overrides Mayor's Veto / October 14, 2014
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- Grand Island Mayor Jay Vavricek was overruled by City Council Tuesday night. In a unanimous vote, Councilmembers overrode the Mayor's veto of sewer and water assessments in the Platte Valley Industrial Park East.
Council first voted to approve those assessments at a meeting in late September. Mayor Vavricek vetoed the assessments one week later. Tuesday, they were back discussing why water and sewer line assessments are necessary.
The City received a 925,000 dollar grant to improve the 280 acres of land at the industrial park, though some of the grant may have to be paid back if 37 new jobs aren't created in the industrial park by March of 2016.
Mayor Vavricek says that should be a major concern.
We may not get 37 jobs that fit the low and moderate wage earner classifications. So we may need an employer of 100 to get the 37 jobs that qualify for state reimbursement," Vavricek said.
Mayor Vavricek says there are too many u...
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- Merrick County Signs Proof of Loss / October 14, 2014
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- Man Charged With Motor Vehicle Homicide / October 14, 2014
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- Halloween Pub Quiz, Hastings Public Library interview / October 14, 2014
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- Man Killed In Detention Cell Crash / October 13, 2014
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- A Bridge To Independence / October 13, 2014
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- Transitioning into adulthood can be a difficult time for teens. But even more so, if they don't have the guidance of parents. Now, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services is launching a new program to help former foster children, known as wards of the state, to make that transition easier. It's a bridge to independence.
"Being a foster kid, it's complicated," said Stormy Chesmore. Stormy grew up in Valley, Nebraska. Things weren't picture perfect; they were quite foggy, in fact.
"When I was about 15 years old, we had some family complications," said Stormy. That's when she was placed into foster care, becoming a ward of the state of Nebraska.
"I went through multiple homes," Stormy added. And, what should have been a milestone birthday, was a tough one for Stormy, turning 18.
"You don't technically have parents, you're on your own," Stormy said. "You don't have anyone to lean on." That's where the Department of Health an...
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- Local LGBT Leader Reacts to Discussions of Homosexuality in Catholic Church / October 13, 2014
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- The Catholic Church is turning heads after documents from a meeting of bishops at the Vatican were released today.
"I think the holy father wants an open discussion, an honest discussion," said Father Michael Houlihan, from Hastings' St. Michael's Catholic Church.
At a two week meeting, or synod called by Pope Francis, Catholic Bishops are focusing on family issues.
Monday, an 83 page working document was released from the synod, sparking conversations over an evolving stance on homosexuality in the church.
Though one local catholic priest says while the doctrine isn't changing, attitudes can evolve.
"Every person is loved by God, every person is loved by the redeemer. So what can we do to make these people feel loved too," said Father Houlihan.
One top organizer of the synod was quoted as saying homosexuals have "gifts and and qualities" to offer the christian community.
While Father Michael Hou...
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- Remembering Maury Lorence / October 13, 2014
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- Authorities are still searching for answers after a 22 year-old Nebraska Wesleyan University student died. After being hit by three cars while walking on interstate 80 early Sunday morning. Maury Lorence was a Trumbull native. NBC Nebraska's Kelly Baumgarten follows up with friends as they remember Maury.
The questions are lingering in the town of Trumbull.
"I guess there's a lot of questions that we all want answered I guess just the thing that I'm most upset about is just that he's gone," said his childhood friend Cale Buhr.
Trumbull native Maury Lorence died after being struck by three cars while walking on interstate 80 near Lincoln early Sunday morning.
"It was a terrible situation I just feel horrible for the family, if Maury could take it back he would I don't know what he was doing," said his childhood friend Seth Meadows.
His friends say he was one of the most ambitious people they knew.
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- Hastings Program Provides Grandparents to the Community / October 13, 2014
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- There's nothing stronger than the heart of a volunteer. That's the motto Wanda Bartlett and the other volunteers with the foster grandparent program live by.
Wanda has been volunteering with the program for over four years helping kids with school work or simply just being a grandparent.
"One of the main things is the support, they just love to have someone that they care for, they run up and hug you, always call you grandma. They just love that support," said Wanda. "I think anybody that loves children would love to volunteer."
This program sends the elderly to schools, day cares as well as other sites to act as mentors.
"The kids love the seniors and the seniors love the kids...And you just couldn't have a better combination of people to work together," said Martha Dewitt, the Foster Grandparent Program Coordinator.
Age doesn't matter to the kids as long as they have someone who cares for them.
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- Injury Accident Closes Northbound Lanes of Highway 281 / October 13, 2014
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- An injury accident closed both northbound lanes of Highway 281 Monday near the Interstate 80 interchange.
A semi hauling grain was backing out of a driveway onto Highway 281 approximately one mile north of the I-80 interchange when it was rear-ended by a car.
The driver of the car was transported to the hospital. Police were redirecting traffic with both northbound lanes of Highway 281 closed.
No one has been cited. The accident is still under investigation.
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- Body Found In Water Detention Cell / October 13, 2014
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- Tom Osborne Leadership Seminar & Banquet interview / October 13, 2014
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- Authorities Searching For Body In Dentention Cell After Crash / October 13, 2014
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- Hastings Boy Scouts Food Drive interview / October 13, 2014
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- Friends and Family Host Color Run in Honor of Meghan Zimmerman / October 11, 2014
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- Meghan Zimmerman's friends and family gathered early Saturday morning in the small town of Juniata.
Their mission is to help raise awareness for Meghan's operation.
"She's in need of a double lung transplant so some of us, some of her friends, classmates got together and put together an event to help raise money for transplant related expenses for her." Says Autumn ludeke a good friend of Meghan.
In order to do this the group decided to host a color run in the Juniata area. A color run is where runners wear white and color them selves with washable colored powder.
The event kicked off with a mile run followed by a 5k around the town.
The group has already raised over $11,000 and plans to do more fundraisers around the state.
The goal of these fundraisers is to cover the $50,000 needed for meghan's life saving operation.
"We've been really good friends since we were in middle school. She was born with cystic fibrosis ,shes to the point in...
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- Grand Island Library Celebrates 130 Years / October 11, 2014
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- The Grand Island Library is celebrating this month as they've been serving the community for one hundred and thirty years.
While the celebration is all October the library chose October 11 back in 1884 to be the official anniversary.
The library has made changes since it first started, like being open 7 days a week and more activities for children.
"It's important that kids fall in love with reading when they're little," said Celine Swan, the Youth Services Librarian. "That way they'll do good when they go to school and when they go off to high school, college, and whatever career they choose. If they read they're going to do better so I think the community realizes how important our library is."
Library officials said they believe the two founders would be happy with how this library has turned out.
"I know Edith and Grace Abbot would be very proud of the library that we have today. We have lots of great programs for kid...
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- Grand Island Senior Suffering from Cancer is Inspired to Help Others / October 12, 2014
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- A 17 year old Grand Island girl has been battling cancer since August, but the Northwest high school senior hasn’t let the tough times get her down. In fact, her cancer has inspired her to help others.
Lindsey has taken a negative thing that happened to her and turned it into a positive. Today she hosted a fundraiser to raise money for others suffering from cancer. She tells me she feels fortunate that her cancer is curable and knows there are many others out there who have it much worse than her.
Senior year of high school. Most 17 year old girls spend it planning out their prom dress, making memories with their friends, and getting ready for college.
“It’s not the senior year I thought I’d have but it’s not as bad as it could be," said Lindsey Johnson.
But for Lindsey Johnson it’s meant having surgery, going through chemo therapy, and losing her hair.
“I have the attitude that it’ll be okay, it’ll be o...
