Panhandle Scanner News

On Friday night, scanner traffic indicated a horrific car crash that required Airlink. The location was Lusk, Wyoming and the report was a T-bone accident with a semi. Our prayers and condolences go to the families of the three souls that were lost in the accident. Our prayers for the one woman who did survive and was transported to regional West Medical Center.   Well, the U.S. National Weather S...

It's time for Scanner News, and I'm your host, Brian Hale, brought to you by RNC Welding in Gering, Nebraska.  Another swatting incident took place in the Panhandle yesterday. This one, Gering High School was the target. A series of this type of calls is happening nationwide, with selected Walmarts being targeted recently, and now schools. On Thursday the 30th, at approximately 12:32 PM, the Scott...

No school today for Hay Springs. Due to 14 staff members and numerous students being sick, Hay Springs Schools is canceling school for today, April 30th. The elementary fourth and fifth grade music concert scheduled for today will be rescheduled. Boys golf will compete pending health of the team and coach. The school wrote that they apologize for any inconvenience that this cancellation will cause...

Let's start off with some crime news today. Lots of cases to report from around the panhandle. Let's start off in Alliance in Box Butte County. Thomas Wiendell, 74, pled no contest to a Class 3A felony charge of 3rd degree sexual assault of a child. Wiendell was originally charged with three different counts. Two other counts were plea bargained down.   You may remember the ATV or UTV crash on Hig...

Back in 2009, Hale Multimedia set up a free public broadcast to five feet so that every individual in the world could listen to the scanner without buying an expensive piece of equipment. Just visit any police scanner app in your favorite app store. Just search for Scotts Bluff County Public Safety. Or go directly to PanhandleScanner.com, where you can listen anytime.   Now let's take a listen to...

On Saturday, a serious ATV rollover accident occurred around 11:00 am near the Scotts Bluff, Banner County line on Highway 71, south of Gering. Airlink at Regional West was unable to fly due to weather, and one male was transported via ground ambulance to Regional West Medical Center. We ask that everyone please pray for this very serious situation.   Then on Saturday night, local Scanner traffic...

Tornado totals are in so far, only one tornado warning in Nebraska thus far in the season. And we are last on the list. Thankfully, with Illinois leading the way at 131 warnings issued so far this season. Wisconsin, surprisingly, and Missouri round out the top three. Our special tornado tracking reports make sure you follow Panhandle Scanner on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter and frequently visit o...

The big news this morning are the wildfires that are raging across Nebraska again this morning. Last night, the town of Whitman, Nebraska was evacuated due to the wildfires. We have made several posts on our Penhandle Scanner Facebook page covering the fire, including maps and acreages burned with information provided by the WatchDuty app. According to the WatchDuty app, there are currently 10 fir...

Well things are getting a little squirrely out there with all of the power outages around the Panhandle. In fact, on the 21st at approximately 7.13 am, County Road 17 and Highway 92 was the 10-20 or location of said suspect, a squirrel, who caused a power outage that occurred recently.   On Tuesday, Scottsbluff Rural Fire was dispatched to a fire in a ditch on County Road 17 south of Highway 92. T...

It's time for Scanner News and I'm your host Brian Hale. Brought to you by R&C Welding in Garing, Nebraska. Now in their fourth year of sponsorship.   With a lack of bad news over scanner traffic in the last 24 hours, we're happy to bring you some good news. This is a positive message from Sandhills Center for Hope.   Make today a good day and never forget how far you've come, everything you'v...

In Alliance around 1 a.m. on Saturday night, Alliance Police Department had one male under suspicion of DUI and after some testing and 4130 located, we had one male 10-15, headed to the Box Butte County Jail.   And around 2:40 a.m., Trooper 290 ran a Triple I Check, which came up positive and also had conducted a search of the vehicle and that also resulted in one male 10-15 with 4130 located afte...

Early yesterday morning a vehicle accident, which was a semi-versus car accident, occurred on Highway 92. Scanner traffic indicated no major injuries.     Around 6:40 pm on Wednesday, Scottsbluff Fire was dispatched to an apartment complex with smoke showing on West 19th Street in Scottsbluff.  Crews actively searched for the cause and several hours into the incident, fire started showing from und...

Nebraska State Patrol troopers were once again busy on the highways last night. Multiple traffic stops on an area highways with one on Hwy 385 resulting in an arrest of a local man.   Remember all parties are innocent and tell proven guilty in a court of law.   [SCANNER TRAFFIC]   And you can listen to that scanner traffic anytime courtesy of Hale Multimedia streaming by Broadcastify, just visit p...

Well today we're going to take a look at some overnight scanner traffic.   Broadcastify, the company behind all of the internet feeds that make it possible for you to listen to a scanner without owning one, has undergone a recent major upgrade.   In reviewing scanner traffic overnight, there were several arrests. Trooper 346 had a 1015 or suspect in custody taken to the Kimball County Sheriff's Of...

An interesting fact on this day in history, 1700 JC Penny stores were opened by 1959, but it was on this day, April 14th, JC Penny opened its first store in Wyoming, and it spread to Nebraska soon after that. For an interesting collection of newspapers chronicling this store, and even how you could buy a home through the JC Penny catalog at Julie's Antiques up on the walls, she has several old new...

I'm sure everyone's heard about the devastating wildfires this past month and the community is coming together to pray for rain. HorizonServe is hosting a community prayer gathering at the Scotts Bluff County Fairgrounds to pray for rain on April 19th at 3pm. Currently, the majority of Nebraska is considered to be under severe drought or extreme drought. We have seen multiple wildfires already thi...

In Alliance, authorities received a report of a man involved in a domestic assault. He fled the scene but was later arrested on possession charges. On April 9, officers with the APD responded to a report of a physical domestic assault in the 1200 block of West 14th Street. Officers learned that a male suspect had fled the scene in a silver Toyota Corolla. The vehicle described as having front end...

Well, back in January on the 16th, you may remember a situation where a police officer had to fire a service weapon and struck a fleeing subject in the face. That happened to Mitchell police officer Logan Weiss. He was immediately put on leave pending the investigation and coincidentally went to work for the city of Minatare in the meantime, but now that the investigation has been concluded, we ha...

(HARRISBURG, Neb.) -- First of all, we want to tell you about that road closure that's going on this morning actually right afternoon at 12.45 p.m. today. According to the Banner County Sheriff's Office, Road 33 and 28 going north of Harrisburg will be closed for approximately one hour starting at 12.45 p.m. today. The closure is for the dedication of a new memorial in honor of Jacque Larson. The...

(GERING, Neb.) -- There was another Power outage yesterday in Gering. Roosevelt Public Power District wrote, "We are aware of the large Power outage in Gering Valley and are currently working with our power providers to find the cause. We apologize for the inconvenience and are working hard to get it restored." Nearly one hundred comments piled in when we ask folks in the area in a Facebook post i...

Well over 10,000 people have seen our post that we shared from the Panhandle Humane Society about the low-cost vaccine and Microchip Clinic being held April 18th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Carpenter Center in Terrytown. That's April 18th. Go take care of your pets there with low cost vaccines and microchips.   There was a hit and run yesterday in Scottsbluff on the corner of 16th Avenue and Eri...

Dangerous fire conditions continue again today and despite the fact that the Governor has lifted the burn ban, there are very few, if no, fire chiefs willing to issue burn permits at this time. Most of the excess rain fell in the central and eastern part of the state, leaving western Nebraska still dries a bone.   On Thursday, Scanners traffic indicated a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head i...

Do you know about the QPR Institute? Question, Persuade, Refer. Learn how to respond when someone you know shows signs of struggling. Join Panhandle Public Health District for a QPR session to learn how to have the important but difficult conversation. Upcoming dates for the QPR Institute are April 8, May 13, June 10, and August 12. Find that information on Panhandle Scanner. Just look for the Pan...

(ALLIANCE, Neb.) --The Alliance Police Department is issuing a public safety alert to inform parents, guardians, and young people about the increasing threat of sextorsion. Sextorsion occurs when an individual, often posing as a peer on social media, manipulates a juvenile into sharing explicit photos or videos. Once those images are obtained, the offender threatens to distribute them unless the v...

Kimball I-80 exit is still under construction and will be for quite some time, and the road outside of Minatare, that's County Road P that links to 79E link, will be closed for several weeks. That's the road that leaves Minatare to the south, that will be closed for the next few weeks. Yesterday, the Sidney School District partnered with local law enforcement and emergency responders for a full da...