Dave Griek

1 week ago | 1011now.com | Dave Griek

KEARNEY, Neb. (KSNB) - A driver was hospitalized Sunday afternoon after a car crashed into a building on 2nd Avenue in Kearney. The crash was reported around 1:50 p.m. near the intersection of 17th Street and 2nd Avenue, where the building housing Intellicom is located, according to the Kearney Police Department. Police said the vehicle was heading south on 2nd Avenue when it struck the guardrail multiple times on the overpass.

1 week ago | ksnblocal4.com | Dave Griek

KEARNEY, Neb. (KSNB) - A car crashing into a building on 2nd Avenue in Kearney Sunday afternoon sends one to the hospital. The call went out at 1:50 p.m. for a vehicle crashing into a building at 17th St. and 2nd Ave. in Kearney where Intellicom is housed. The car was heading south on 2nd and hit the guardrail a couple of times on the overpass, according to the Kearney Police Department.

1 month ago | central.newschannelnebraska.com | Dave Griek

KEARNEY, Neb. - Kearney dignitaries from past and present made their way to the new Kearney SportsPlex on Thursday. “It’s a wow experience," State Sen. Stan Clouse said. "It meets and exceeds what our dreams could have been, I think.”Clouse, the former Kearney mayor, shared how he told people who ask about the brand-new facility after the ribbon cutting Thursday night that Kearney was once trying to make a decision between a sports complex and a potential casino.

1 month ago | central.newschannelnebraska.com | Dave Griek

KEARNEY, Neb. -- World Autism Awareness Day is recognized annually on April 2. Around 1 in 36 kids are diagnosed with autism, and its four times higher in boys than girls in the U.S., according to autismspeaks.org. A central Nebraska organization is making awareness for it a year-round effort. "The saying goes if you’ve met one individual with autism, you’ve met one individual with autism, because it’s just so completely different," Aaron Bly said. Bly is no stranger to autism.

2 months ago | central.newschannelnebraska.com | Dave Griek

CENTRAL CITY, Neb. — The Merrick County Sheriff’s Office responded to a pair of bad accidents over the last couple of weekends. Ethan Wibben, a Wayne County resident, was cited after his small SUV crossed the center line heading west and hit a sports car head-on halfway between Grand Island and Chapman on Highway 30. Wibben was taken to a hospital with minor injuries.