A rundown of entertaining events in North Platte and Lincoln County, Dec. 12-24:

North Platte native Danny Woodhead was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame at the National Football Foundation (NFF) awards dinner on Dec. 10 in Las Vegas.

Douglas Baker of North Platte was sentenced Monday to 3-9 years imprisonment for distribution of an exceptionally hazardous drug.

North Platte Community College nursing students made short work Tuesday of wrapping gifts that Santa Cop will deliver to more than 40 families and 100 children.

On Monday evening, the North Platte public school board approved the sale of Osgood Elementary, plus a no-increase contract for Supt. Todd Rhodes, and the 2025-26 district calendar.

When seconds matter, having the most up-to-date information is critical. Now, callers to North Platte 911 can connect with first responders with photos, videos, transcriptions and prompt translations of foreign languages.

North Platte’s quality growth fund advisory committee voted Monday to recommend earmarking $360,000 to help finance Mulligan Meadows and other housing projects.

Two North Platte teenagers who tried to run away from police on Dec. 2 were caught and charged with felony burglary and other crimes.

State troopers and the North Platte police have released the results of special traffic enforcement during Thanksgiving week.

The North Platte police, along with law enforcement agencies nationwide, will participate in the "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign, a high-visibility, drunk driving enforcement from Dec; 11-Jan. 1.

North Platte’s first Alcoholics Anonymous meeting was in 1944, as AA programs were slowly starting to spread across the United States.

City officials held an open house Wednesday, Dec. 6 to receive feedback on two different design options for a new skate park in Centennial Park.

OMAHA -- The public housing agency serving Nebraska's largest city faces legal action amid claims of poor living conditions for a tenant with disabilities. The plaintiffs said it is an example of housing barriers limiting one's quality of life.

Shelby Olson of Kearney was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday in federal court in Lincoln for distributing 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine.

Nebraska’s mountain lion country will ring in the new year with the busiest hunting season to date for the species, including the first regulated hunt in the Wildcat Hills region.