Thursday Jan 29 2026 - Scanner News

(BANNER COUNTY, Neb.) -- Yesterday, another structure fire. There's a follow up on Tuesday's structure fire on West 19th Street in Scottsbluff on our Facebook page and on paenhandlescanner.com, but yesterday around 1.32 p.m. scanner traffic indicated a structure fire on Highway 88 West. Banner County Volunteer Fire Department was called out, Mutual Aid was requested from Gering Fire Department as well as Scottsbluff Rural Fire. The family reportedly lost everything and they're still looking for some things like coats, jackets, shoes, hair ties, anything possible. Please see our post on our Panhandle Scanner Facebook page on that structure fire on West 88. (CHADRON, Neb.) -- Due to radio repeaters and the internet, we have a lot of listeners up in the Chadron area, and when we posted that the Chadron Pizza Hut was closing, the post went viral. According to the corporate website, Pizza Hut plans to close more stores in 2026. (LINCOLN, Neb.) -- Nebraska Senator Terrell McKinney from the Omaha district is proposing the lowering of the voting age to 16, and in further state level action, Governor Jim Pillen signed an executive order requiring state agencies to review applicable laws, relevant rules and regulations regarding the use of synthetic THC in food beverages and other products intended for human consumption. In Nebraska synthetic is illegal and natural medical marijuana is legal, but the state legislators have failed to write the policies, creating an awful gray area for law enforcement around the state.