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Nebraska filed a lawsuit against a health care payment processor over a February data breach that exposed the sensitive ...
17/12/2024

Nebraska filed a lawsuit against a health care payment processor over a February data breach that exposed the sensitive financial and health information of at least 575,000 Nebraskans.

Do you have a little bundle of joy born in 2024?Send us a photo and we’ll include your child or grandchild in the annual...
17/12/2024

Do you have a little bundle of joy born in 2024?
Send us a photo and we’ll include your child or grandchild in the annual Baby Bundles section in the Grand Island Independent!
Deadline to enter is January 10. Upload photo and information at: go.theindependent.com/babybundles?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_The_Grand_Island_Independent

Check out the final Grand Island Island area football leaders for the 2024 season.
17/12/2024

Check out the final Grand Island Island area football leaders for the 2024 season.

Nebraska prison officials plan to demolish a housing unit at the State Penitentiary that flooded in 2022, according to i...
17/12/2024

Nebraska prison officials plan to demolish a housing unit at the State Penitentiary that flooded in 2022, according to internal emails and other public records obtained by the Journal Star.

Central Valley's Tae Soto is The Independent’s All-Heartland Super Squad 8/6-man football defensive captain.
17/12/2024

Central Valley's Tae Soto is The Independent’s All-Heartland Super Squad 8/6-man football defensive captain.

Central City quarterback Parker Zikmund is the offensive captain of The Independent All-Heartland Super Squad.
17/12/2024

Central City quarterback Parker Zikmund is the offensive captain of The Independent All-Heartland Super Squad.

Here's what we know about the shooting at Abundant Life Christian Church in Madison, Wisconsin.
17/12/2024

Here's what we know about the shooting at Abundant Life Christian Church in Madison, Wisconsin.

Check out the All-Heartland Super Squad football teams and honorable mention selections for the 2024 season.
17/12/2024

Check out the All-Heartland Super Squad football teams and honorable mention selections for the 2024 season.

Central City cornerback Truman Ryan is the defensive captain of The Independent All-Heartland Super Squad.
17/12/2024

Central City cornerback Truman Ryan is the defensive captain of The Independent All-Heartland Super Squad.

The arrangement is expected to deliver several benefits to the community, including enhanced collaboration, streamlined ...
17/12/2024

The arrangement is expected to deliver several benefits to the community, including enhanced collaboration, streamlined services and stronger advocacy.

Read through the obituaries published today in Grand Island Independent.
17/12/2024

Read through the obituaries published today in Grand Island Independent.

Christmas Cheer, which began in 1910, provides a grocery store voucher for a holiday meal to those in need in Hall Count...
17/12/2024

Christmas Cheer, which began in 1910, provides a grocery store voucher for a holiday meal to those in need in Hall County.

Police are investigating the shooting death of a 6-year-old girl Sunday afternoon inside a North Omaha residence.
17/12/2024

Police are investigating the shooting death of a 6-year-old girl Sunday afternoon inside a North Omaha residence.

A judge has rebuffed one of President-elect Donald Trump’s arguments for throwing out his hush money criminal conviction...
17/12/2024

A judge has rebuffed one of President-elect Donald Trump’s arguments for throwing out his hush money criminal conviction, but others have yet to be decided.

A former Gering teacher has been charged after allegedly sending inappropriate text messages to a 10-year-old girl.
16/12/2024

A former Gering teacher has been charged after allegedly sending inappropriate text messages to a 10-year-old girl.

Nebraska football will play its first game at Arrowhead Stadium since 2006, packing Husker fans into the home of the Kan...
16/12/2024

Nebraska football will play its first game at Arrowhead Stadium since 2006, packing Husker fans into the home of the Kansas City Chiefs.

TikTok asked the Supreme Court to block the federal law that would ban the popular platform in the United States unless ...
16/12/2024

TikTok asked the Supreme Court to block the federal law that would ban the popular platform in the United States unless its China-based parent company agreed to sell it.

The nation's top cartoonist weigh in on the fall of Bashar al-Assad's brutal regime in Syria.
16/12/2024

The nation's top cartoonist weigh in on the fall of Bashar al-Assad's brutal regime in Syria.

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One of Grand Island's oldest businesses didn't actually get its start in Grand Island.

What is now The Grand Island Independent began as The Platte Valley Independent in 1869.

Publisher Seth P. Mobley moved the paper to Grand Island after an angry mob gathered in front of the newspaper's North Platte office. The group was upset over columns that had been written about the Union Pacific Railroad.

As part of a peace agreement between the railroaders and Mobley, he and his editor, Maggie Eberhart, had to leave town. Around the same time, a group of Grand Island businessmen were looking for a newspaper proprietor and welcomed The Independent to town.