'Dances With Wolves' actor to be sentenced in Las Vegas for sexually assaulting Indigenous girls

Nathan Chasing Horse, the actor known for his role as Smiles a Lot in the film “Dances With Wolves” is scheduled to be sentenced to prison Wednesday morning

March 11, 2026Updated: March 11, 2026

By JESSICA HILL

Regional

Developer feels shoved out of Grand Island good life district, seeks state intervention

Hastings Candidate Forum Continues with City Council Candidates

Start Date Set for Construction on I-80 From Giltner to Hampton

Royal Engineered Composites announces $5M expansion in Minden

Osborn addresses campaign finance and policy priorities in Kearney town hall

Berke Buyuktuncel enters transfer portal

State

Lodgepole to hold special election

'Dances With Wolves' actor to be sentenced in Las Vegas for sexually assaulting Indigenous girls

Regional

Developer feels shoved out of Grand Island good life district, seeks state intervention

Hastings Candidate Forum Continues with City Council Candidates

Start Date Set for Construction on I-80 From Giltner to Hampton

Royal Engineered Composites announces $5M expansion in Minden

Osborn addresses campaign finance and policy priorities in Kearney town hall

Berke Buyuktuncel enters transfer portal

State

Lodgepole to hold special election

Well-known toy collector comes to northeast Nebraska

AARP Nebraska raises awareness as scam losses grow nationwide

Federal lawsuit filed against Stanton County Sheriff, chief deputy

Osborn addresses campaign finance and policy priorities in Kearney town hall

Pillen announces departure of Nebraska broadband director

Sports

Michael Lorenzen throws efficiently into the 6th, Rockies beat Astros 9-1 to complete 3-game sweep

Scottsbluff edges Sidney to win Red Raider Golf Invite

North Platte St. Patrick’s sweeps team titles at Storm Invite in Chappell

WNCC softball falls twice to Southeast in exciting action

Colorado sports notes: Avalanche beat the Blues 3-1 to clinch Central Division and top seed in the Western Conference

Norfolk announces new coaches for girls basketball, cross country, dance

Ag & Outdoor

Outdoor notes: NGPC offering pastures, hay tracts to those affected by wildfires

Outdoor notes: Work to begin soon on Smith Lake WMA Aquatic Habitat Project

Outdoor notes: Game and Parks urges caution when recreating outdoors due to wildfires

Outdoor notes: Temporary closure of Clear Creek WMA for safety

‘Worst-case scenario’: Fertilizer, fuel cost spikes hitting Nebraska farmers hard

Outdoor notes: Haag shares 100 years of Nebraskaland