A rundown of entertaining events in North Platte and Lincoln County, May 22-June 2:

Debate on proposed city fees for vacant properties dominated the city council meeting Tuesday, where several citizens voiced their concerns.

Four people have been arrested at a suspected drug house at 502 S. Cottonwood in North Platte, with two of them are charged with meth distribution.

In a wild night for weather, severe thunderstorms, hail and a twister pounded the Sutherland-Hershey area on May 14, but the emergency warning siren in Hershey remained silent.

About 200 music fans braved strong winds Friday for the opening night of Music on the Bricks, but around 1,000 turned out in the sunshine on Saturday during the 11th edition of the downtown festival.

From 1-2 inches of welcome rain fell within an hour or so around 9 p.m. Sunday in much of west-central Nebraska, providing nourishment for grass pastures and a bit of relief from moderate-extreme drought conditions.

Mid-Plains Community College has signed a purchase agreement to buy the former Osgood Elementary School building and its 4.83 acres of land for just under a half-million dollars.

Volumes of trash have been removed from North Platte’s Pawnee Hotel, which was left there by the occupants when the hotel closed as an assisted living residence in 2013.

Gov. Jim Pillen signed bills Tuesday banning fake meat in the state, and also restricting technology from kids.

Nebraska public power suppliers can impose requirements on cryptocurrency mining operations and data centers for the cost of infrastructure needed to serve them, under a bill sponsored by Sen. Mike Jacobson.

“An 83-year-old Lincoln woman lost more than $14,000 in a text message scam known as ‘smishing,’ according to Lincoln Police.”

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the administration's new Farmers First: Small Family Farms policy Monday in Nebraska.