A Navy veteran and industrial mechanic from Omaha who led the local union strike at Kellogg’s in 2021 has announced Thursday he is running to be Nebraska’s newest U.S. Senator.
Kyvell Stark, 20, pleaded guilty to one count of manslaughter and one count of DUI to cause serious bodily injury, which combined holds a possible jail sentence of over 20 years.
Investigators say the blast that prompted evacuations near Union Pacific’s massive railyard in western Nebraska last week appears to be accidental, but it’s not yet clear what caused it.
Nebraska authorities said they don’t expect any lingering problems related to Thursday’s explosion of a railroad shipping container carrying an acid used to make explosives because the chemical largely burned off and any residue was contained at the scene.
The Iowa Democratic Party announced a date for in-person caucuses in 2024, after the party’s national leaders stripped the state of its first-in-the-nation status.
This week Nebraska Senator Pete Ricketts introduced legislation he says will “boost the retirement income of millions of seniors in Nebraska and across the country.
Incidents evaluated by the Nebraska Office of the Inspector General have increased in the past year, according to the annual report on child welfare in the state.