Jury finds former NY state trooper guilty of manslaughter in highway chase that led to the death of an 11-year-old girl

Jury finds former NY state trooper guilty of manslaughter in highway chase that led to the death of an 11-year-old girl

March 13, 2026Updated: March 13, 2026

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Jury finds former NY state trooper guilty of manslaughter in highway chase that led to the death of an 11-year-old girl

Regional

Fire nearly Halsey burns 36,000 acres

Fire nearly Halsey burns 36,000 acres

Fire south of Valentine, Kilgore burns thousands of acres, damages buildings

Fire south of Valentine, Kilgore burns thousands of acres, damages buildings

One person arrested after fatality crash in Lincoln County

One person arrested after fatality crash in Lincoln County

Fatal crash reported on I-80 west of North Platte

Fatal crash reported on I-80 west of North Platte

State

Massive Morrill Fire burns 330,000 acres across Nebraska Panhandle, remains 0% contained

Fire nearly Halsey burns 36,000 acres

Fire south of Valentine, Kilgore burns thousands of acres, damages buildings

Pillen declares emergency, mobilizes National Guard as wildfires burn across Nebraska

All 6 airmen on a US refueling plane that crashed in Iraq are dead, US military says

Google proposes Nebraska data center requiring more power than all of Lincoln

Sports

#4 DC West upsets #1 Ogallala 43-39 in C-1 semifinals

McCool Junction wins rubber match with East Butler in D1 quarters

Auburn survives last-second shot by upset-minded Gothenburg

DC West hangs on against GICC to advance to state semifinals for the first time

Freeman edges Valentine in overtime thriller at state tournament

WNCC baseball wins second straight on Spring Break trip in Arizona

Ag & Outdoor

‘Worst-case scenario’: Fertilizer, fuel cost spikes hitting Nebraska farmers hard

Outdoor notes: Haag shares 100 years of Nebraskaland

Supplementing dryland wheat and irrigated corn with proso millet in drought years

Nebraska Extension to host March 17 Webinar on Confinement Feeding Cow-calf Pairs

Outdoor notes: Join Game and Parks in virtual fisheries discussion

Outdoor notes: Game and Parks releasing rainbow trout this spring