Twelve Kearney schools — 10 elementaries and both middle schools — are ranked among the best in Nebraska by U.S. News and World Report.
The first cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza — bird flu — have been detected this year in Nebraska flocks.
The University of Nebraska at Kearney men's basketball team closed on a 10-2 run to rally past Central Missouri, 57-52, Thursday night in Warrensburg, Missouri.