Shots fired call leads to traffic stop

A Labor Day traffic stop caused some citizens and passersby concern.

The Western Nebraska Observer received a letter asking why nothing had been printed following “an apparent drug bust near the underpass at I-80 on Highway 71”.

The letter further stated that there were “at least two people spread-eagle on the ground”.

After following up on the letter, Kimball Police Chief Darren Huff explained that the traffic stop was not connected to drugs in any way and that no one was detained spread eagle on the ground.

Instead, he said, his department had received complaints of shots fired north of the...