KTIC-AM (West Point, NE)

Pender head girls basketball coach Jason Dolliver was named the 2026 Girls Coach of the Year by the Omaha World Herald. This past season, Dolliver guided the Pendragons to a 28-2 overall record and the team’s fourth consecutive state championship. Under Dolliver, Pender won the Class C-2 State Championship in 2023, then won back-to-back titles in Class D-1 in 2024 and 2025, before winning again in Class-C2 in 2026. The Pendragons defeated Elkhorn Valley 63-48 to win this year’s Championship.

Junior Legion Area Baseball Tournaments got underway on Friday. Here are results from the weekend.

NEBRASKA — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol removed 35 impaired drivers from the road over the Independence Day Weekend. “As America turned 250 this Independence Day weekend, our troopers and dispatchers remained vigilant to keep Nebraskans safe,” said Colonel Bryan Waugh, Superintendent of the Nebraska State Patrol. “There are many more local events on the schedule as the summer continues across Nebraska.

LINCOLN, Neb. — Starting a business is often seen as a young person’s game. Len Dickinson and Jule Goeller proved otherwise. After moving back to rural Nebraska as empty nesters, the couple found themselves asking a simple question: What are we going to do for a living? “The question was, ‘What are we going to do for a living?’ The honest truth is, Len just said, ‘We’ll think of something,'” Jule Goeller said.

JD Gibbs- Construction in West Point has the city asking people to avoid using the walking trail along 18th Road. Boating is very popular this time of year and Greg Wagner says wearing a life jacket while boating is a must. The Nebraska State Patrol conducted vehicle inspections in Madison County on Thursday. …these stories and others are in this KTIC News Center update.

A lot of people are doing vacations this month. For those heading out on boats, Greg reminds us to have safety in mind. There are great water opportunities across the state both for swimming at state areas and float trips on rivers. The guys talk about these things and also fishing in the heat and deer permits now being available. Hear this week’s conversation here!

The Sioux City Explorers walked-off the Lincoln Saltdogs 9-8 in 11 innings at home Friday night on a Braulio Vasquez two-RBI Single. The Explorers trailed 6-5 entering the top of the 9th inning before scoring a run to send the game into extras. Sioux City improves to 23-27 on the year with the win and hosts the Saltdogs again on Saturday at 6:05 p.m. at Lewis & Clark Park.

The Sioux City Explorers walked-off the Lincoln Saltdogs 9-8 in 11 innings at home Friday night on a Braulio Vasquez two-RBI Single. The Explorers trailed 6-5 entering the top of the 9th inning before scoring a run to send the game into extras. Sioux City improves to 23-27 on the year with the win and hosts the Saltdogs again on Saturday at 6:05 p.m. at Lewis & Clark Park.

Juniors Area Legion Baseball Tournaments got underway on Friday. In B5 in West Point, Platte River defeated Stanton 13-8. Platte River advances to play West Point at 7:30 Saturday night in a game that can be heard on 107.9 the Bull. Wayne shutout Arlington 8-0 in 5 innings and O’Neill downed Pierce 12-3 so Wayne and O’Neill will play before West Point and Platte River at 5:00. Arlington and Pierce will play in an elimination game at 2:30.

LOUISVILLE, KEN. – John Rave hit a go-ahead, 9th-inning grand slam to lead the Omaha Storm Chasers (6-10/39-51) to a 6-4 victory over the Louisville Bats (7-8/46-42) on Friday night. Rave went 3-for-5 in the game, while Bailey Falter allowed just 2 runs over 5.0 innings in his start as the Storm Chasers won their first game of the series.