A rundown of entertaining events in North Platte and Lincoln County, April 18-May 3:

An informational picket line is planned from 4:30-6 p.m. Thursday, April 18 in support of keeping mail processing in North Platte.

North Platte's city council chambers was more than full Tuesday with supporters for a new tennis/pickleball complex at Cody Park.

More than 50 people attended a candidate forum Monday evening at the Eagle's Club in North Platte, organized by the Lincoln County Republicans.

Here's a You Tube link to the April 16 Senate committee hearing on changes and failures of the U.S. Postal Service:

A Union Pacific train that derailed Sunday afternoon near the Frenchman Valley Co-Op grain elevators in Chappell forced the evacuation of a few residents on the west end of the community for a brief time.

The North Platte police have charged two men with trying to pass motion picture money, and arrested a man for allegedly throwing rocks at the front door of a daycare center, and charged others with drug possession, from March 28-April 9:

More than 400 kids plus parents enjoyed the spring weather and playing on the downtown bricks Saturday afternoon at the fourth annual Kids on the Bricks festival.

Improvements to West Ninth St. in North Platte have been on the wish list of residents for decades.

The North Platte police are investigating the mysterious death of a 45-year-old man whose body was discovered early Sunday morning, April 7, on the edge of a residential area.

In the first 100 days of 2024, state troopers issued more citations for speeding above 90 and 100 mph than during the same length of time in any year of the past decade.

As the country observes Autism Acceptance Month, Nebraska families raising a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder are among those learning they will be receiving financial assistance.

Ceresco Police Officer Ross Bartlett died Friday evening after his patrol car was struck by another vehicle while Bartlett was performing a traffic stop.

Nebraska residents should have easier access to public records under a bill that, in effect, overrules a recent Nebraska Supreme Court decision allowing the state to charge high sums for retrieving public records.