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Nebraska DHHS sends out second round of Summer EBT payments

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July 19, 2024

Nebraska DHHS sends out second round of Summer EBT payments

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – The second round of Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer payments were sent out by the Department of Health and Human Services on Friday.

Eligible households should have received a new Summer EBT card with $120 per child. Households will receive only one card with the full benefit amount for all eligible children.

Starting on July 19, Summer EBT card issuances will be provided to:

Households of eligible children based on free or reduced-price meal eligibility, determined through a school meals application completed at the child’s school during the 2023-2024 school year.
Households that completed a Summer EBT application during the covered summer period between June 3 and Aug. 31.
Households of eligible children based on direct certification or receipt of public assistance benefit programs.

Public assistance benefits include the following programs:

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Aid to Dependent Children
Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations
Medicaid with household income under 185% of the federal poverty level
Foster Children.

All households with eligible children will receive a letter of approval. Summer EBT cards will need to be activated once received.

To do so:

Call the phone number on the back of the card (877-247-6328).
When prompted for the primary cardholder’s date of birth, enter the 8-digit date of birth for the oldest child in the household.
When prompted for the primary cardholder’s zip code, enter the zip code of the address where the card was mailed.
Select a four-digit PIN.

Once received and activated, a Summer EBT card can be used like any other EBT card. Summer EBT benefits can be used at approved SNAP retailers such as supermarkets and grocery stores to purchase eligible food. To find a list of retailers, click here.

Summer EBT benefits will be available for use for 122 days, or four months. The 122-day count begins the day after the benefits are issued. If Summer EBT benefits are not used within 122 days, they will be returned to the United States Department of Agriculture as required and not reissued.

For questions about Summer EBT, please call 800-383-4278, option 5, or email DHHS.SEBT@nebraska.gov. To learn more about Summer EBT, eligibility information, and nutritional information, click here.

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Nebraska Softball Run-Rules Southeastern Louisiana, Advances to Baton Rouge Regional Final

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May 17, 2025

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Nebraska Softball Run-Rules Southeastern Louisiana, Advances to Baton Rouge Regional Final

One more win.

Nebraska softball dominated Southeastern Louisiana from start to finish Saturday in the winners bracket of the Baton Rouge Regional, getting the run-rule victory in five innings,14-1. The Huskers improve to 41-13 while the Lions fall to 49-15.

NU jumped out early with a three-run homer from Hannah Camenzind in the opening frame. SLU got an RBI single from Nebraska native Cydnee Schneider in the bottom half of the frame.

After neither side could work a run in the second, Nebraska broke the game open. Bella Bacon knocked an RBI double and Camenzind scored on a wild pitch. Then, with bases loaded and two outs, Ava Kuszak launched a grand slam to cap off an seven run inning.

The Huskers kept piling on in the fourth. Jordy Bahl and Samantha Bland hit back-to-back solo home runs. Bahl’s homer was her third of the regional and tied the school record for home runs in a season..

In the circle, Bahl was again pulled after just 3.0 innings to preserve her energy for the next day. The Big Ten Player and Pitcher of the Year allowed one run on one hit, while walking two and striking out three. Camenzind pitched the final 2.0 innings, sitting down the Lions 1-2-3 in both frames.

Southeastern Louisiana will next face the winner of the elimination game between host and No. 10 national seed LSU and UConn. Nebraska will take on whichever team remains after today in the regional final Sunday at 2 p.m. CDT.

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Jordy Bahl's two-homer day powers Nebraska softball to run rule win over UConn in NCAA Regional

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May 17, 2025

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Jordy Bahl's two-homer day powers Nebraska softball to run rule win over UConn in NCAA Regional

BATON ROUGE, La. (WOWT) – Jordy Bahl homered twice and was spotless in three innings of work in Nebraska’s 10-2 NCAA Tournament win over UConn Friday.

The victory puts Nebraska in the winner’s bracket of the Baton Rogue Regional, where they will face the winner of LSU and Southeastern Louisiana on Saturday at 12:00pm.

Bahl began the Huskers scoring, drawing a bases loaded walk that forced Bacon home from third. After an Ava Kuszak groundout scored Ava Bredwell, Olivia DiNardo cracked a two-run single to make it 4-0 Nebraska.

In the bottom of the third, Bahl crushed a 1-0 pitch over the centerfield wall for a three-run homer to break the game open at 7-0. The home run marked the Papillion native’s 20th of the season, making her the fourth ever NCAA player to have 20+ wins in the circle and 20+ home runs at the plate in the same season.

It didn’t take long for her to get her 21st. In the bottom of the fifth, Bahl cracked a solo homer that made it 8-2 Nebraska.

In the circle, Bahl struck out three over three hitless innings. Kylee Magee picked up the win for the Huskers, tossing three frames while surrendering the lone blemish to UConn in the form of a Cat Petteys two-run homer.

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Nebraska Fuel Shortage: A look at gas stations across our neighborhoods

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May 16, 2025

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Nebraska Fuel Shortage: A look at gas stations across our neighborhoods

NORTH BEND, Neb. (KMTV) — Bagged pumps at gas stations and social media posts left us wondering about a fuel shortage in Nebraska. We set out to learn more.

We drove from Omaha to North Bend, checking gas stations on the way.
We found several pumps with bags on them and other stations operating normally.
Doug Bartek, a farmer in Wahoo, says the fuel shortage impacts his operation.

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Nebraska Fuel Shortage: A look at gas stations across our neighborhoods

BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT:

Everyone is on the move.

We drove from Omaha to North Bend, checking gas stations on the way. Several pumps had bags on them, but many other stations were operating normally.

Reporter Molly Hudson talked to Doug Bartek, a third-generation farmer in Wahoo, last month. Thursday, she checked in to see how the fuel shortage impacts him.

“The thing that’s kind of complicated it and made it worse is the way the spring planting is going. There has been really not much for rain, so farmers have just kind of kept going and, you know, kept using fuel all the time and then plus, it has been so dry; there has been some irrigation going on, so that just creates more demand for it and just kind of compounds the problem,” Bartek said.

Earlier this week, a regional federal waiver on service hours was put in place through June 30 for drivers hauling fuels in Nebraska, Iowa, and Kansas.

The declarationsays the fuel shortages are, quote, “resulting from unexpected increased demand for the spring planting season coupled with refinery conversion to summer blends, pipeline maintenance in key supply corridors, and outages at terminals.”

A Casey’s employee told Molly they typically put bags over the pumps when they aren’t working properly. Molly called a communications person for Casey’s to learn more, but did not hear back Thursday evening.

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