One dead, 4 injured in 'accidental' explosion at Wood River ethanol plant ANDREW WEGLEY Lincoln Journal Star Apr 18, 2023 Apr 18, 2023 Updated May 28, 2023 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save kAm~?6 A6CD@? 5:65 2?5 7@FC A6@A=6 H6C6 :?;FC65 |@?52J :? 2? 6IA=@D:@? 2E 2? 6E92?@= A=2?E :? (@@5 #:G6C[ 2 E@H? @7 `[a__ E92E D:ED 23@FE `d >:=6D D@FE9H6DE @7 vC2?5 xD=2?5]k^AmkAm~?6 6>A=@J66 H2D AC@?@F?465 5625 2E E96 vC66? !=2:?D 6E92?@= A=2?E |@?52J 27E6C?@@? 7@==@H:?8 2? 6IA=@D:@? :?G@=G:?8 2 =:BF:5 9@=5:?8 E2?<[ 244@C5:?8 E@ 2 C6=62D6 7C@> E96 }63C2D<2 $E2E6 u:C6 |2CD92= p86?4J]k^AmkAmp?@E96C 6>A=@J66 :D :? 4C:E:42= 4@?5:E:@? 2E 2? ~>292 9@DA:E2=[ E96 ?6HD C6=62D6 D2:5]k^Am kAmp?5 E9C66 4@?EC24E@CD H@C<:?8 2E E96 724:=:EJ[ 2E fgfc $] `c_E9 #@25[ H6C6 EC62E65 2E 2 =@42= 9@DA:E2= 7@C >:?@C :?;FC:6D DF776C65 :? 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Intoxicated Lincoln woman stabbed man Saturday night, police allege The 43-year-old man told police he was at a gathering near 27th and Dudley streets when a woman walked up behind him and stabbed him, police alleged.
Lincoln man crashed into woman's car after mistaking her for ex-girlfriend, police say The 59-year-old then got out of his SUV, approached the woman "and immediately realized she was not who he thought she was," police said.
Lincoln man charged in shooting at north Lincoln apartment complex, police allege In court records, investigators identified the Lincoln man as the lone shooter who fired 29 rounds from a 9 mm handgun in the apartment comple…
Wood River explosion killed Grand Island man The explosion Monday at the Green Plains ethanol plant in Wood River also injured four people, including one critically.
