1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (114+ words) The X-Men cast was revealed Friday during the Disney Entertainment Showcase at D23. The movie’s mutants will include Kit Connor as Cyclops, Inde Navarrette as Rogue, Christopher Abbott as Professor Xavier, Samara Weaving as Emma Frost, Maya Boyd as Storm and…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (264+ words) Staffing cuts at the U.S. Department of Agriculture have Nebraska farmers wondering whether they have enough support to participate in federal conservation programs. The Center for Rural Affairs says Nebraska has lost 89 Natural Resources Conservation Service positions, dropping from 407 to 318. Fifth-generation…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (156+ words) Sandhills Express BROKEN BOW— Melham Medical Center of Broken Bow provided free sports physicals to 127 student athletes this summer through events in Sargent, Dunning, and Broken Bow. The events were one of the first ‘Community First’ initiatives executed since Melham…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (349+ words) Darla June Banzhaf, 73, of Eustis, Nebraska, passed away on Wednesday, August 13, 2026, at CHI Health Good Samaritan in Kearney surrounded by her loving family. Darla was the kind of person whose love could be felt in everything she did. For 55 years, she…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (513+ words) (WASHINGTON) — Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren wrote a letter to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. seeking more information about what she called the administration’s “calamitous” response to the cyclosporiasis outbreak and expressing concern that politics could be to blame. ABC…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (160+ words) Sandhills Express The Nebraska Secretary of State’s office announced today that Brett Lindstrom did not meet the statutory requirements to appear as a nonpartisan candidate for governor on the 2026 general election ballot. The Lindstrom campaign submitted 5,765 signatures, of which 3,358 signatures…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (730+ words) (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow construction of President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom to continue after a lower court put it on pause. The administration on Friday asked the high court for an emergency…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (260+ words) (NEW YORK) — Tropical Storm Lala continues to track through the central Pacific Ocean and is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane as it approaches the Big Island of Hawaii on Saturday. As of 5 a.m. ET, Lala is moving west-northwest at…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (615+ words) (NEW YORK) — Luigi Mangione admitted to shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson as he pleaded guilty Friday to two federal stalking counts. Mangione, wearing tan prison clothes, addressed the court himself, saying, “After years of enduring severe pain from a broken…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (194+ words) (FREEPORT, Fla.) — Isabelle Johnson, a suspected murderer who authorities say had been using multiple disguises and identities, has been arrested and taken into custody, according to the Walton County Sheriff’s Office. “We got her,” officials said in a post on…...