Players and coaches announced for Northeast Nebraska All Star basketball games

40 of northeast Nebraska’s top boys and girls basketball players will compete in Norfolk in all-star games next week.

May 27, 2026Updated: May 27, 2026
By Michael Shively

Regional

South Fork Fire grows to more than 23,100 acres, 5% contained

The South Fork Fire burning near Crawford has grown to 23,112 acres and is now 5% contained, according to the Rocky Mountain Complex Incident Management Team 2 (RMCIMT2), which took control Thursday morning.

Wildfire near Crawford grows to more than 23,000 acres, prompting evacuations

A fast-moving wildfire burning near Crawford has grown to more than 23,000 acres, according to the latest perimeter data submitted to the National Interagency Fire Center.

Top high school Nebraska rodeo athletes gather in Valentine for state finals

More than 150 of Nebraska’s top high school rodeo athletes are in Valentine this week for the Nebraska High School Rodeo Association State Finals.

Sandhills Cowboy Hall of Fame honors new class of inductees in Valentine

The stories shared inside the Nebraska Sandhills Cowboy Hall of Fame sound like something out of a western television show — but for this year’s inductees, they’re real life.