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A Houston police officer was injured early Friday morning after a crash involving an 18-wheeler along the Highway 290 ...

Nebraska State Patrol found more than 20 pounds of suspected fentanyl pills and methamphetamine during a traffic stop Friday on Interstate 80 near York. At about 3:10 p.m., a trooper pulled over ...