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Nebraska State Treasurer Don Stenberg is recognizing "Teach Children to Save Day", reminding kids to learn lifelong...
Southeast Community College officials are reporting double-digit declines in enrollment. College President Jack Huck released...
Some University of Nebraska-Lincoln students have joined a NASA competition in Huntsville Ala., where they will launch a rock...
There was an extra police presence at Lincoln East High School Friday morning. Police received a call late Thursday night adv...
Former Norfolk Mayor Harley Rector has died at age 84. A spokesman for Home for Funerals in Norfolk said Thursday that Rector...
A 30 year old Lincoln man is in jail, ending a manhunt. Chadrick Fitzgerald had been sought by authorities since a shot was f...
The search for a man who allegedly fired a shot at a woman Wednesday afternoon near 47th and Gladstone in north Lincoln has e...
The University of Nebraska really wants to build a new College of Nursing division in Lincoln. Up to 60% of qualified applica...
Two dumpster fires at the same school back-to-back nights. Just before midnight Saturday, fire crews put out a dumpster fire ...
The Speaker of the Legislature says Nebraska's budget situation is both a curse and a blessing this year. Senator Greg Ad...
Two teenagers have been accused of selling marijuana-laced brownies to other students at Norris High School. The boys are 14 ...
A new dean has been selected to lead at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture. Ron Rosati, the provost of Southeast M...
Doane College in Crete plans to add a 100-member marching band to perform at sporting events. Music professor Lance Nielsen s...
A group of retired generals is seeking a $10 million yearly increase in Nebraska state aid for early childhood education....
University of Nebraska officials are unhappy with a preliminary state budget that allocates less money than what Gov. Dave He...
What if a school was designed to reduce obesity and foster student health ??? It's already happening. University of Nebra...
From mental health services to more School Resource Officers, city and school leaders are talking about ways to make schools ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska is sponsoring an essay-writing contest for seventh- and eighth-graders to encourage participati...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A 15-year-old Omaha high school student faces expulsion for a year after taking a loaded handgun to school...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The president of the Omaha school board has resigned her board seat.Freddie Gray's resignation is expe...
Lincoln Public and Catholic Schools are closed because of the snowy weather. The same goes for College View Academy and Norri...
HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska native Clayton Anderson says plans for his future are up in the air after his retirement from ...
Nebraska is missing out on more than $9 million in federal funding because fewer than 40% of students eligible for breakf...
LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 16, 2013 — Students studying broadcast journalism at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln will ...
State Lawmakers got back at work today (Wednesday) for the first day of a 90-day session. Ten new senators were sworn in, inc...
Governor Dave Heineman says he will request an increase in state aid that would allow for a two-year tuition freeze at the Un...
The District 5 seat on the Lincoln School Board is up for grabs; incumbent Kevin Keller isn't seeking re-election. Lanny ...
LINCOLN, NEB. (AP) - Gov. Dave Heineman says he will request an increase in state aid that would allow for a two-year tuition...
An Omaha middle school student is facing charges because police say he threatened to kill some of his classmates who teased h...
The senator who tried passing a bill two years ago that would have armed Nebraska teachers says he's not planning on intr...
Parents want to see a police presence at school. Lincoln Public Safety Director Tom Casady points out budget cuts years ago e...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman says last week's shooting at a Connecticut elementary school that killed 27, including 20...
Nebraska's largest public school district is making a switch to a new school bus company. The Omaha Public Schools board ...
Commencement exercises for 1,500 graduates are scheduled at the University of Nebraska Lincoln Friday and Saturday. Graduate ...
It is the goal of Nebraska's Division of Behavioral Health to reduce underage drinking by 6% in the next 5 years. They ho...
Hundreds of students gathered at Irving Middle School last night (Thursday) to remember a teacher they trusted. 51-year-old E...
The Ralston school board has agreed to offer buyouts to longtime teachers as part of its efforts to avert more severe budget-...
Lincoln Police officers, using a dog, looked for a hit-and-run driver in the area around Southwest High School for several ho...
The State Board of Education and the Nebraska Department of Education will hold public meetings from five cities around the s...
The University of Nebraska at Kearney is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit that accuses administrators of illegally denying...
Seward Police may never know who fired a bullet into a school bus after it had finished dropping off students yesterday (Mond...
Those colored balloons you saw floating over Lincoln yesterday (Thursday) afternoon came from Cavett Elementary School. They ...
The parents of a Crete High School teen who was allegedly sexually assaulted by 52-year-old Chad Eggebraaten are filing a for...
The Student Vote results are out. Each of the Lincoln Public Schools and several non-LPS schools participated in the vote and...
Union College sent 10 students and two instructors to Toms River, NJ, to clean up damage. The Lincoln crew is working alongsi...
Enrollment at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln this fall is 24,207. It's a decrease of 1.6 percent from last fall. Chan...
Union College offers a major in "International Search and Rescue" and it's sending ten studentsmajoring in that...
A 17-year-old Omaha student has been charged as an adult after police said they found explosive materials and drugs in his ba...
There will be another large apartment-style housing facility and parking garage built over the next couple years on the south...
Chancellor Jon Christensenwas present Friday as the N-U Board of Regentsgave permission to find a developer to plan a $67...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Authorities say two students and two drivers have been injured in an Omaha collision between a car and a s...
More than 100 high school juniors and seniors are bringing their parents and teachers to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln c...
BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) - The Beatrice school board has hired a former superintendent of Norris Public Schools to serve as interi...
The University of Nebraska has a new athletic director. Shawn Eichorst, currently the Athletic Director at the University of ...
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln plans to privatize its health center operations, a plan being closely watched by universit...
The largest high school in Lincoln is Southeast with nearly 2,000 students. The largest elementary school is Roper and the la...
Classroom life is back to normal this morning (Wednesday) at Goodrich Middle School as well as Belmont and Campbell elementar...
An unsettling web site, UN-L Haters, publishes students’ offensive Twitter and Facebook posts. Chinese student, Bin Li,...
Tiny beetles have been found in chicken noodle soup eaten by possibly 150 students at their schools in Papillion-La Vista. Sp...
A mid-morning fire alarm forced the evacuation of Lincoln East High School Thursday. Students were forced outside while firem...
The Lincoln Public Schools and KFOR are conducting a fund raising drive to buy flags for School Classrooms. L-P-S Needs 550 f...
Special benefits and unused sick and vacation time mean Former Omaha superintendent John Mackiel will receive more than $...
Authorities say a 12-year-old boy has been arrested after inappropriately touching a female faculty member at Westridge Middl...
Prepare to hear a lot about voter registration. It is Constitution Day and Lancaster County Election Commissioner, Dave Shive...
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents has OK'd a new building for the College of Business Administration. The new &...
UN-L is receiving high praises this morning (Friday) from U.S. News and World Report. UN-L is tied for 101st among top nation...
Midland University in Fremont has set a record for an incoming class. The school has welcomed 488 new students, including 364...
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor, Harvey Perlman, is making increased enrollment and reduced spending his priorities...
Three western Nebraska public school officials face misdemeanor charges, accused of failing to report what authorities say is...
Trial for a former Omaha middle school teacher accused of molesting students has been set for Feb. 20. Prosecutors say 35-yea...
Enrollment at UNL might be dropping, but it's peaking at UNK. This year's enrollment is almost 7,200 students, the bi...
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman has scheduled his 13th State of the University speech. This year'...
A Nebraska man claims Grand Island Public Schools administrators tried to prevent his deaf 3-year-old son from signing his na...
Nearly 67 percent of Nebraska's 5th, 8th and 11th grade students met or exceeded proficiency levels on the new state scie...
Don't be in a hurry when you're driving around the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus. Curbside traffic lanes have...
Security has been increased at the University of Nebraska at Omaha after a student reported being sexually assaulted by a man...
Nebraska high school students are on their ways to healthier living. Nebraska's 2011 Youth Risk Behavioral Survey shows t...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded $123 thousand to a Nebraska community college to buy distance-learning equ...
Two brothers who created a chain of interstate truck stops have pledged $500,000 to renovate a football stadium at Peru S...
The Omaha school board has selected a company to conduct another nationwide search for a superintendent following the resigna...
State Education Commissioner Roger Breed says Nebraska has for the first time collected enough data to show all public high s...
8-12 years in prison is the sentence for a former Lincoln teacher for burning down the public schools administration buidling...
The University of Nebraska student and alumni database that was hacked last week included personal data of system employees a...
The chief financial officer of Mid-Plains Community College has been named president of the college in west-central Nebraska....
The University of Nebraska's Foundation has exceeded its goal of raising $1.2 billion two years ahead of schedule. Fo...
Nebraska public schools spent more than $457,000 last year on lobbying expenses, an amount that has increased recently de...
A teacher in the Omaha suburb of Ralston who's accused of inappropriately touching students faces two additional charges....
A Nebraska high school senior is set to graduate and go to college, although he's been listed as dead. Corbin Russell'...
A Council Bluffs teacher is on administrative leave after authorities say he gave a prescription drug to a student. Adam Jone...
Tuition is going up on for students at three Nebraska colleges this fall. The Nebraska State College Board of Trustees has ap...