Governor Pete Ricketts ordered flags to fly at half-staff all day on Wednesday to honor the passing of Elwood Volunteer Fire Department Chief Darren Krull.
EDISON, Neb. (AP) A wildfire in southern Nebraska fueled by dry conditions and strong winds forced the evacuation of the small village of Edison, destroyed several homes and factored into the death of a rural fire chief who was killed in a crash while responding to the blaze.
The town of Edison lay in the path of a fast-spreading grass fire that Elwood and Lexington firefighters engaged Thursday in central Gosper County, west of the intersection of U.S.