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Ground will be broken Thursday on Hyatt Place and Hobson Place at the Historic Haymarket's Iron Horse Park at 7th and Q. ...
Governor Dave Heineman says he supports competitive bidding to replacethe outdated Grand IslandVeterans Home in central Nebra...
More than 30 Nebraska organizations say now is the time for common-sense immigration laws. Campbell's Nurseries, Nebraska...
"Hiring Our Heroes" ... a job fair for veterans and their spouses ...took place Tuesday at the Lancaster Events Cen...
A Missouri man who was convicted Feb. 8 of a 1989 Nebraska slaying wants a retrial. On Monday a judge scheduled a hearing to ...
Separate grand juries have found no crimes were involved in the unrelated deaths of two inmates at the Nebraska women's p...
Searching for a job can be tough, and even tougher for veterans making the transition from military service to the private se...
A very real looking news release from Bold Nebraska may have done more harm than good for the reputation of the grassroots gr...
African Americansin Nebraska'stwo largest metro areas continue to be stopped in disproportionate numbers. The state's...
Two gun-rights groups are suing to force Nebraska to change a state law which bars legal immigrants from getting permits to c...
Two gun-rights groups are suing to force Nebraska to change a state law that bars legal immigrants from obtaining permits to ...
A bill to expand a juvenile-justice pilot program throughout Nebraska has won first-round approval from lawmakers. The expans...
National Walk at Lunch Day is aiding Nebraska's trails. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska is contributing $20 to...
Nebraska lawmakers gave first round approval to a measure that would launch a state review of climate change. Lawmakers voted...
Lincoln Mayor ChrisBeutler is in Washington D.C. talking with Nebraska representatives and agency heads to got some idea how ...
A DNA sample taken in 2011 after a Nebraska man's burglary conviction has linked him to five sexual assaults in Omaha bet...
The Environmental Protection Agency again is raising objections to the proposed Keystone XL pipeline which would carry oil fr...
The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services is raising awareness about child abuse during April in recognition of Na...
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...
A former postal worker in Lincoln has been indicted in federal court after being accused of stealing cash and gift cards from...
A group of conservative Nebraska lawmakers are trying to derail a proposal to expand Medicaid to more low-income adults. Stat...
Authorities say a 21-year-old University of Nebraska-Lincoln student has been injured in a three-story fall. UN-L police say ...
Nebraska lawmakers gave final approval on a measure that would let doctors provide prescription antibiotics to sexual partner...
Nebraska lawmakers voted 33-8 to pass a measure that would leave register voters with fewer days to cast in-person early ball...
Two Nebraska men have been charged in separate federal indictments with child pornography counts. The U.S. Attorney's off...
More than 1,000 people gathered in Grand Island on Thursdayto support or oppose a Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline that would sna...
Nebraska lawmakers passed a measure to repeal a state campaign finance law after the Nebraska Supreme Court declared it uncon...
A judge has given jail time and probation to a Lincoln woman reported being attacked by three men who carved anti-gay slurs i...
An all-day meeting starts at Noon Thursday in Grand Island on the Keystone XL oil pipeline. It's the last open public for...
The Nebraska State Patrol is asking state residents to be on the lookout for any activity that seems suspicious in the wake o...
Nebraska lawmakers began debating a proposal to expand Medicaid as part of the federal health care law. Sen. Kathy Campbell i...
Beginning this week, Nebraska hunters can enter the Nebraska Super Tag Lottery for a shot at a four-species permit. The nonre...
Monday is Tax Day, a day off for state lawmakers, but Tuesday when they come back to Lincoln, they'll have money on their...
There are at least 16,000 non-profit companies, limited liability partnerships and limited liability companies in Nebraskadel...
The Nebraska State Patrol is now taking appointments for fingerprinting. The service is offered at the Patrol's Investiga...
Authorities say a body found nearly a year ago along the South Platte River in western Nebraska was that of a Wisconsin fugit...
That person next to you looking at a dinette set at Nebraska Furniture Mart in Omaha might be carrying a gun. As one of the b...
An Ohio man has pleaded guilty to making more than 100 telephone bomb threats to courthouses and other public buildings in fi...
Opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline in Nebraska are circulating a petition to try to halt the project. The group Bold Nebra...
Nebraska's tax receipts in the month of March dipped below projections. The state tax commissioner reported Wednesday tha...
The State Patrol says a western Nebraska woman whose body was found in a field in the Panhandle by searchers on snowmobiles d...
Lawmakers have tentatively agreed to a 40-year minimum prison sentence for juveniles who commit murder in Nebraska, but the n...
Jack Hoffman just might go down as the biggest star of the Nebraska spring game. And he's only 7 years old. Hoffman of At...
Nebraska lawmakers are trying to set a new minimum prison sentence for convicted murderers who committed their crimes as juve...
Nebraska lawmakers have granted first-round approval to a measure that would give housing assistance to youths aging out of f...
Nebraska's state auditor says the wasteful state spending his office reported earlier this week is but a drop in the budg...
The federal State Department comes to Grand Island intwo weeks to hear what you have to say about a Supplemental Environmenta...
Lincoln Senator Amanda McGill's legislation, known as the Young Adult Voluntary Services and Support Act, would create a ...
Nebraska lawmakers advanced a measure to reduce the number of days in which registered voters can cast their ballots in perso...
Owners of livestock that are seized in abuse or neglect cases could be ordered to pay for the care of their animals, under a ...
A western Nebraska man has been charged with a hate crime in the March assault of another man at a Sidney bar. Cheyenne Count...
As Nebraska's members of Congress get ready to return to Washington D.C., more than 40 Nebraska organizations gathered to...
A monthly economic survey index for nine Midwest and Plains states jumped last month, suggesting improving economic growth fo...
Nebraska's new lieutenant governor is marking a new chapter in an unlikely political career. Lavon Heidemann says he neve...
Three tornado sirens in the Nebraska Panhandle have failed their tests. A siren in Harrisburg, one in Morrill and one Terryto...
Construction will begin soon on a new 650-seat Catholic church at the campus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The St. T...
Nebraska's unemployment rate for February was unchanged at 3.8 percent, matching January and December. The Nebraska Labor...
A Nebraska inmate has been given 100 to 140 more years in prison for slicing and stabbing a prison caseworker. 42-year-old Pa...
A committee of the Legislature Thursday halted an attempt to repeal state-funded prenatal care for the unborn children of ill...
Lawmakers have passed new insurance requirements for licensed child care providers in Nebraska. Child care services would hav...
Nebraska lawmakers have passed a measure to let cities offer "relocation incentives" to attract new residents, if l...
Nebraskalawmakers continue to debate a controversial measure that would allow doctors to prescribe antibiotics to partners of...
Sexual partners of patients who are diagnosed with chlamydia or gonorrhea could receive prescription antibiotics without a me...
The Nebraska State Patrol now offers online access for criminal background checks. Gov. Dave Heineman announced the upgrade o...
Lawmakers waded into an intense gun debate Wednesday during a hearing on several bills, including two that would try to preve...
A Nebraska lawmaker is set to present his bill that would repeal state-funded prenatal care services for illegal immigrants. ...
A new report says the value of Nebraska's farmland soared 25 percent last year despite the drought, but experts think val...
Lawmakers have begun to debate a bill that would pour new firefighting resources into central and western Nebraska, areas tha...
Lawmakers have given first-round approval to a bill that's intended to reduce the number of incarcerated juveniles in Neb...
An Ohio man has been charged in the investigation into dozens of bomb threats made to courthouses and other public buildings ...
A long-shot attempt to repeal state-funded prenatal care services for illegal immigrants is drawing criticism from a variety ...
A long-shot attempt to repeal state-funded prenatal care services for illegal immigrants is drawing criticism from a variety ...
KFOR and the Legacy Retirement Communities presented the Jerry Joyce Living Legacy Award to Terry Gillespie of Lincoln Thursd...
A Beatrice attorney has been tabbed by Governor Heineman to fill a vacancy on the University of Nebraska Board of Regents. Ro...
The University of Nebraska really wants to build a new College of Nursing division in Lincoln. Up to 60% of qualified applica...
For the 37th time in his long legislative career, Omaha Senator Ernie Chambers is working to do away with the death penalty. ...
A stolen vehicle was used in a burglary of a south Lincoln sandwich shop early Wednesday. Lincoln Police spokesperson Katie F...
A legislative committee has set the stage for a battle over Medicaid. The bill expands eligibility to people with incomes up ...
For the second time during his 2 1/2 years in office, State Treasurer Don Stenberg is asking the NebraskaLegislature to reduc...
The Nebraska Broadband Initiative has scheduled a free webinar on what it takes to have a successful mobile information opera...
A major headline event of the Lied Center's upcoming season was announced Monday. The Cleveland Orchestra is scheduled to...
Nebraska's Second District Congressional Representative,Lee Terry, has introduced a bill to allow the Keystone XL oil pip...
The Speaker of the Legislature says Nebraska's budget situation is both a curse and a blessing this year. Senator Greg Ad...
Nearly two-thirds of Nebraska's counties lost population in 2012 as the longstanding trend of the state's rural popul...
A Nebraska man is suing his former employer, saying the company fired him because his medical bills were contributing to the ...
A tip leads to the arrest of a wanted murder suspect from Illinois. A news release from the U.S. Marshal's Office says th...
Four hours of testimony on bills that would expand gay rights in Nebraska. They were before the Legislature's Judiciary C...
Nebraska would become the 18th state to abolish the death penalty under a bill introduced by Omaha Senator, Ernie Chambers. T...
It matters where your kids grow up. Researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Bowling Green State University foun...
Bogus letters are being reported from around the country claiming to be from Publishers Clearinghouse's International Lot...
An analysis by a nonpartisan nonprofit group focusing on making government transparent and accountable gives the Nebraska Leg...
Lincoln Police are still looking for a 75-year-old woman who left her Taylor Park neighborhood home overnight. Officer Katie ...
A Nebraska lawmaker who took aim at Omaha's new tobacco tax is working on a deal that would allow the city to continue co...
Nebraska's net tax receipts in the month of February dipped below projections. The state tax commissioner's office re...
The Nebraska Air National Guard received the U.S. Air Force Organizational Excellence Award and the U.S. Air Force Outstandin...
Nebraska's attorney general is warning residents to be skeptical of unexpected lottery winnings. Jon Bruning issued a con...
Nebraska lawmakers are again talking about gay rights.Three proposals come up Thursday to extend gay rights for employees and...
From 5.5-inches of snow in Lincoln to 11-inches in Fremont, snow totals are widespread. There are unofficial reports of 7 to ...
The Nebraska Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for a Wyoming man who was convicted of posing as a licensed car dealer and...
A bill that would require government-issued photo identification to vote in Nebraska is triggering a heated debate in the Leg...
Companies are starting to show interest in Nebraska for wind energy. Volkswind USA, of Portland, Oregon will move a survey to...
While fans are enjoying the state tournament games in Lincoln this week, and many business owners are enjoying a shopping and...
A legislative committee has advanced a bill that would provide tax incentives for Nebraska wind farms, drawing the ire of Gov...
The Nebraska Department of Labor says the state's unemployment rate remained unchanged in January, matching the 3.8 perce...
A collision on Interstate 80 involving killed at least one person. The accident happened around 8:30 a.m. Thursday near Grand...
Companies are starting to show interest in Nebraska for wind energy. Volkswind USA, of Portland, Oregon will move a survey to...
Only Nebraska and Maine distribute electoral votes by congressional district. All other states are winner-take-all. Nebraska ...
Airport control towers in Des Moines and Omaha could go dark during overnight hours if the federal government follows through...
A legislative committee has advanced a bill that would provide tax incentives for Nebraska wind farms, drawing the ire of Gov...
U.S. Sen. Mike Johanns and his wife, Stephanie, will be inducted into the Nebraska Republican Party Hall of Fame. The Johanns...
A constitutional amendment that could open the door to betting on historic horse races is facing a filibuster in the Nebraska...
A state lawmaker and Republican candidate for governor is pushing again to pass a voter identification law in Nebraska. Sen. ...
The Great Platte River Road Archway has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection so its finances can be reorganized. The ar...
A former Democratic candidate for governor is considering another run for office in Nebraska. Scottsbluff attorney Mike Meist...
Officials say a giant wave struck a pair of U.S. tourists strolling on the beach near the famous stone arch in the Pacific re...
A constitutional amendment that could open the door to betting on historic horse races is facing a filibuster in the Nebraska...
Lawmakers are reviving a bill that would establish a winner-take-all system for Nebraska's five electoral votes. A legisl...
Nebraska's 31-cents per gallon beer tax is already the highest of any bordering states, but Hyannis Senator Al Davis want...
Panelists for a gun violence discussion atthe University of Nebraska-LincolnTuesday nightsaid lacking access to mental health...
Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning is warning consumers about increasingly sophisticated scams from offshore. Bruning anno...
A group of retired generals is seeking a $10 million yearly increase in Nebraska state aid for early childhood education....
A federal appeals court has upheld the 10-year sentence for a Nebraska man convicted of growing marijuana in Lincoln houses w...
University of Nebraska officials are unhappy with a preliminary state budget that allocates less money than what Gov. Dave He...
A new report from The State Department could signal impending approval for the Keystone X-L Pipeline. It says Canadian tar sa...
The new conduit system recently installed in downtown Lincoln will be used by NebraskaLink, a Lincoln-based Internet provider...
Onlythree other states are incarcerating juvenile offenders at a faster rate than Nebraska .A new KIDS COUNT report shows bet...
Nebraska isn't the only place that demonstrations are being staged against the KeystoneX-L Oil Pipeline. Seminole County ...
Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman is criticizing Congress and President Obama for across-the-board spending cuts rather than target...
A bill that would have let Nebraska work-camp inmates perform labor for charities, fraternal groups and nonprofits is dead af...
Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman is holding firm in his opposition to a proposed Medicaid expansion that could come as a result of...
Nebraska lawmakers have given first-round approval to a bill that would let keno parlors offermore games in an hour. Lawmaker...
The Senate has voted to confirm Chuck Hagel to be the nation's next defense secretary. The vote Tuesday was 58-41, with f...
A new Nebraska law will shrink the Omaha Public Schools board and force new elections in the wake of controversies that have ...
A bill that would regulate when Nebraska cities and counties can start charging for public records requests has won first-rou...
The lawyer for a 45-year-old northeast Nebraska man says his client will plead not guilty to four counts of wire fraud. Attor...
Nebraska Republican Mike Johanns announced Monday he will not run for a second term in the U-S Senate. Johanns says it's ...
Monday was a significant day in Nebraska politics. A state senator announced he's running for governor and a U.S. Senator...
A 12-year-old boy died after a collision on an icy highway in the northern Nebraska Panhandle. The Sheridan County Sheriff...
A woman has died in a traffic collision during a snow shower in central Nebraska onWednesday.The State Patrol says the crash ...
Nebraska lawmakers have started a debate over what cities, counties and state agencies can charge for public records. Sen. Bi...
The state's deputy chief medical officer has been promoted to become the chief officer and the director of the Division o...
New England Patriots rookie and former Nebraska cornerback Alfonzo Dennard has been convicted of assaulting a police officer ...
A Florida-based company has filed paperwork to build a $138 million wind farm in parts of Jefferson and Gage counties in ...
State Treasurer Don Stenberg is warning financial institutions and businesses to be cautious when cashing State of Nebraska w...
Nebraska lawmakers are showing interest in a bill that would keep surveillance drones out of police hands.The Legislature'...
Gov. Dave Heineman is seeking applicants interested in filling a vacancy on the University of Nebraska Board of Regents. The ...
Former Nebraska Womens basketball player Charlie Rogers' case has been delayed. Rogers will now face a March 14 sentencin...
Irrigators in the Republican River basin part of the Tri-Basin Natural Resources District pumped twice as much groundwater du...
A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit accusing Nebraska prison officials of reneging on a 2005 agreem...
Nebraska is one of 20 states to file briefs in a lawsuit challenging a gun law in the state of New York, where gun permits ar...
A Nebraska lawmaker is pushing legislation to create an interest-free loan program for counties that the state has designated...
A legislative audit has found that Nebraska has no clear way to measure whether several major tax-incentive programs have suc...
The Legislature's Judiciary Commission will meet with state corrections officials in the next few weeks to find a solutio...
Upper Great Plains states have the lowest home mortgage delinquency rates in the nation. Homeowners around the country who to...
The pilot of a plane that crashed in northwest Iowa, killing two passengers, has died in a Nebraska hospital. The Sioux City ...
Jurors have found a Missouri man guilty of killing a woman in Nebraska more than 20 years ago. A Howard County jury on Friday...
A registered sex offender in Nebraska has been given 20 to 25 years in prison for sending text messages to someone he thought...
State forecasters are predicting modest economic and employment growth in Nebraska this year, and a pullback in farm incomes ...
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission officials are urging those planning a winter fishing expedition to use caution after two a...
The number of babies born in Nebraska has gone down for the second year in a row. The state recorded 25,722 births in 2011, t...
The average Nebraska resident is living slightly longer. Statistics released on 2011, the latest year available, shows the av...
The numbers of marriages and divorces in nebraska are both going down. The state reports 2011, the latest year for which stat...
The Omaha Chamber of Commerce has declined to endorse Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman's tax reform proposals. The chamber'...
A woman from the western nebraska town of Hershey has died from injuries in a one-vehicle accident north of Sutherland. Linco...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Officials in Omaha say a partially blind and deaf dog was unharmed from a fall into a neighborhood storm d...
Nebraska Senator Mike Johanns has some questions about President Obama'snewly-announced gun control measures. The preside...
The Senate Armed Services Committee will hold a confirmation hearing on the nomination of Chuck Hagel to be the next defense ...
Former Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson has a new job: chief executive officer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners...
The father of a 4-year-old boy who died in 2009 as a result of child abuse says Nebraska officials should have taken the boy ...
Nebraska lawmakers have set a hearing date for a proposal to expand Medicaid coverage as part of the federal health care law....
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...
The Missouri State Highway Patrol has identified a motorist shot and killed by a trooper as a Nebraska resident. The patrol s...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A Nebraska lawmaker has introduced a bill that would lower the state's inheritance tax rates.Sen. Jo...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The president of the Omaha school board has resigned her board seat.Freddie Gray's resignation is expe...
A central Nebraska ethanol plant is temporarily shutting down because of the unfavorable market for the corn-based fuel. Aben...
Newly sworn-in U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer says she's ready to bring U.S. troops home from Afghanistan, but does not favor an o...
Officials say they've verified the name of an Arizona man whose body was found burning in an eastern Nebraska farm field ...
There is no legislative session today in honor of Martin Luther King Day. Lawmakers will be back to work tomorrow (Tuesday) w...
A former minister already sentenced for sexual assault in Iowa has been given a 30-year sentence in Nebraska. 57-year-old Efr...
Disabled veterans who live in Nebraska would receive a preference when competing for state contracts, under a bill presented ...
A 43-year-old man who deputies say shot up his southeast Nebraska home has made a plea deal. William Price, of Cortland, has ...
A monthly economic index for nine Midwest and Plains states rose above a growth neutral level last month, pointing to slow gr...
Mayor Chris Beutler and a group of local health care executives have thrown their support behind an expansion of Nebraska'...
Those looking for a good read in the southwest Nebraska town of Culbertson can usually find one in a tidy bungalow on New Yor...
Authorities have released the name of a truck driver who was killed in a crash about five miles north of Battle Creek in nort...
A legislative panel has scheduled hearings on four bills that would exempt various forms of retirement pay from Nebraska stat...
Nebraska says a law that establishes a review process for a proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline is constitutional. The state re...
Several inches of snow are expected across parts of Iowa and Nebraska as a winter storm moves in. The National Weather Servic...
A 43-year-old driver has been killed in a collision on an icy state highway in central Nebraska. The Nebraska State Patrol sa...
A lawsuit a former Beef Products Inc. worker filed against ABC News and celebrity chef Jamie Oliver over the use of the term ...
A Beatrice man in prison for beating and raping a woman has pleaded not guilty to separate federal child pornography charges....
HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska native Clayton Anderson says plans for his future are up in the air after his retirement from ...
The Nebraska Supreme Court won't let prosecutors increase a Lincoln man's Nebraska sentence for drunk driving based o...
Public hearings have been scheduled for Gov. Dave Heineman's proposals to overhaul the state tax system. The Legislature&...
Nebraska’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Joann Schaefer is leaving that post. She will become a Vice President for Blue Cr...
Some northeast Nebraska farmers are facing new irrigation rules. The rules were adopted Thursday night by the Lower Elkhorn N...
You don't usually hear of someone overpaying on their taxes - especially by almost $500,000. The Nebraska Supreme Cou...
It came as no surprise for Nebraska Republican Senator Mike Johanns to support Governor Heineman's approval of the new Ke...
The Keystone XL pipeline is drawing lots of criticism in Nebraska, but TransCanada’s Shawn Howard wants to reiterate th...
Doctors who treat newborns are urging Nebraska lawmakers to support a bill that would require congenital heart screenings as ...
A Nebraska woman accused of pimping out her 7- and 14-year-old daughters has been given 80 to 90 years in prison. The 36-year...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska lawmakers are introducing a bill to expand Medicaid coverage as part of the federal health care...
Nebraska is missing out on more than $9 million in federal funding because fewer than 40% of students eligible for breakf...
Governor Heineman has given his approval for the new route of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. In a letter sent Tuesday to Presi...
Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has unveiled two proposed tax reform measures that would eliminate or reduce state income taxes.T...
The Nebraska Department of Labor says the state's unemployment rate remained unchanged in December, matching the 3.7 perc...
Nebraska has suffered its third flu-related death of this season. An elderly Douglas County died this week after being hospit...
A new survey of rural bankers suggests that growth in farmland prices, cash rents and farm equipment sales remain strong desp...
Lincoln Senator Amanda McGill is in the 2nd phase of her 3 phase effort to address human trafficking in Nebraska. The first p...
A Maine Senator says he sees no strong reason to oppose President Barack Obama's pick for Secretary of Defense. Angus Kin...
A 20-year-old Nebraska man sought by police investigating a Lincoln slaying has been arrested in Texas. Lancaster County Sher...
Gov. Dave Heineman is asking lawmakers for $1.7 million to upgrade camping services at two Nebraska state parks. Heineman...
Governor Dave Heineman is calling for an overhaul of Nebraska's tax system, saying the state needs to get rid of its indi...
LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 16, 2013 — Students studying broadcast journalism at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln will ...
A Nebraska lawmaker has introduced a bill that would require the state to fast-track concealed carry gun permits for victims ...
Men who conceive children through a sexual assault would lose all parental rights but still might have to pay child support t...
Deputies in eastern Nebraska are looking for a person who shot a woman's dog with a bow and arrow.Tamie Cluck of Plattsmo...
A man falsely accused of rape by a southeast Nebraska woman wants his lawsuit heard in U.S. District Court in Lincoln rather ...
Two teen girls from Scottsbluff, Neb. are dead after a crash just over the Wyoming border.18-year-old Alexis B. Wheeler and 1...
A Nebraska lawmaker has introduced a bill that would give police the authority to pull over motorists who are texting while d...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman says he expects to have a strong working relationship with all of the Legislature's new c...
An arrest has been made in connection with a stabbing and shooting incident which occurred in the early morning hours of Dece...
Governor Dave Heineman says he will request an increase in state aid that would allow for a two-year tuition freeze at the Un...
President Obama says Chuck Hagel, his choice as the new secretary of defense, is "the leader that our troops deserve.&qu...
The fiscal cliff vote in congress brought a reaction of "could have been worse" from Nebraska's largest farm gr...
President Obama today (Monday) will nominate 66-year-old Chuck Hagel as his next Defense Secretary defying congressional oppo...
LINCOLN, NEB. (AP) - Gov. Dave Heineman says he will request an increase in state aid that would allow for a two-year tuition...
MAYWOOD, Neb. (AP) - The Frontier County Sheriff's Office has been investigating the report of a sexual assault at Maywoo...
Lincoln's first baby of the New Year was supposed to be a Valentine's Day baby. 5-pound Cy Fickenscher was a New Year...
Only one of Nebraska's House members voted for legislation to avoid the fiscal cliff. Republican 1st District Congressman...
Within the next 30 days, Governor Heineman must review, then forward a recommendation on the Keystone XL oil pipeline to the ...
The Oregon State Police say a trucker from Nebraska stopped along Interstate 84 reported that an assailant cut him Friday mor...
Nebraska is imposing limits on the use of the Republican River this year to make sure enough water flows downstream to Kansas...
The amount of water released into the lower Missouri River will be decreased this month because warmer weather has reduced ic...
Thursday at noon, Governor Heineman lead a group on a 30-minute walk around the Captiol. He was joined by Nebraska's Chie...
A new report to Congress says pipeline spills caused by flooding dumped 2.4 million gallons of crude oil and other hazardous ...
Nebraska will ring in the new year with a host of new state laws, including higher county filing fees for mortgages. 10 bills...
Federal agriculture officials say Nebraska's hog inventory is down. The United States Department of Agriculture says in a...
Organizations opposing the Keystone X-L Oil Pipeline may be stopping the pipeline, but not the flow of oil. Energy companies ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A state panel has concluded that Nebraska road and bridge projects are almost always chosen based on nee...
Another Nebraska natural resources district is considering limits on irrigation in the upcoming growing season because of the...
A 19-year-old Lincoln man convicted of being drunk when his motorboat collided with a sailboat on a southeast Nebraska lake h...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - An early-morning electrical fire caused smoke and water damage to an Omaha sporting goods store.Firefighte...
A severe, yearlong drought that continues in Nebraska has been voted the top news story of 2012 by newspaper and broadcast me...
A 35-year-old Hampton, Virginia man will spend Christmas in jail here in Nebraska, after he was arrested for having five-and-...
The senator who tried passing a bill two years ago that would have armed Nebraska teachers says he's not planning on intr...
Lincoln is stuck in the middle of low gasoline prices. Omaha to the east and Grand Island to the west are seeing pump prices ...
Nebraska's five members of the Electoral College met and cast their officials votes in the 2012 Presidential Election Mon...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman says last week's shooting at a Connecticut elementary school that killed 27, including 20...
More progress reported by developer Trans-Canada toward building the Keystone XL Pipeline Monday. The state of Montanaapprove...
A new survey of rural bankers shows that rising commodity prices and lower energy costs are helping businesses in Midwestern ...
Secretary of State John Gale has received the findings and recommendation issued in connection with a voting complaint filed ...
Officialsreopened Interstate 80 across Nebraska24 hours after the beginningof the blizzard that swept through the state. Crew...
Concerns about cold temperatures mean the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will up the amount of water flowing into the lower Mis...
Nebraska's largest public school district is making a switch to a new school bus company. The Omaha Public Schools board ...
Authorities say a 38-year-old man is being treated for a gunshot wound after ramming into a Nebraska state trooper's car ...
Nebraska and Iowa officials are urging motorists to use caution as the two states brace for the season's first expected l...
Omaha officials are honoring Nebraska's first female firefighter before she retires. Mayor Jim Suttle scheduled a recogni...
Nebraska is getting settlement money from a multi-state agreement with 4 major tobacco companies involving a 10-year dispute ...
Nebraska officials are preparing for a likely water shortage next year that would require extra conservation along the Republ...
Commencement exercises for 1,500 graduates are scheduled at the University of Nebraska Lincoln Friday and Saturday. Graduate ...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman has ordered flags across the state flown at half-staff in the wake of a Connecticut elementar...
The State Patrol says DNA testing is planned to try and identify a human skull found in northeast Nebraska. It's believed...
A Nebraska woman has been convicted of faking an anti-gay hate crime in Lincoln. 34-year-old, Charlie Rogers has pleaded no c...
Lincoln Police are searching for a missing seventy-five year old male. Roland Leavitt’s wife awoke this morning to find...
Nebraska comes in 15th in overall health because of our high immunization rate, low high school drop-out rate, fewer smokers ...
Creighton guard Josh Jones will undergo a procedure to address a heart problem that caused him to pass out before a game agai...
We could see a familiar Nebraskan taking over a top job in the Obama administration soon. Former U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel is ...
The White House and Congressional Republicans are still negotiating about ways to bring the nation's budget deficit under...
The Nebraska Supreme Court will not intervene in a case involving prisoners who are serving life for crimes they committed as...
A western Nebraska man was charged with sexual assault of a child after a 19-year-old woman reported he'd molested her fo...
A Nebraska political group has issued a new report predicting the Keystone X-L Pipeline will be a financial windfall. The Pla...
A 68-year-old Idaho man has been arrested in Nebraska, accused of hauling more than 124 pounds of marijuana. The Nebraska Sta...
Authorities say more than 40 malnourished horses, donkeys and other animals are being rescued from a rescue operation in sout...
Prosecutors say a northeast Nebraska man killed his ex-girlfriend and the man she was living with before setting fire to thei...
Nebraska will see a cut in federal Medicaid funding in the upcoming state budget, which will force lawmakers to make up the d...
A new report shows that the nation's worst drought in decades leveled off last week. The weekly U.S. Drought Monitor repo...
The mother of a missing Peru State College student is suing the college, the state of Nebraska and the man suspected in the w...
A new report says Nebraska's effort to privatize child welfare services wasn't necessarily bad - it just went too fas...
There could be a Keystone XL oil pipeline report in Governor Heineman's Christmas stocking. The Nebraska Department of En...
Nebraska health officials continue to urge people to get a flu shot after a jump of cases in Douglas County. Officials said T...
Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning is seeking a court order that would allow the state pardons board to commute the senten...
The Nebraska Tourism Commission has selected Kathy McKillip to be the agency's executive director. McKillip has been dire...
Today is the 297th day in a row without measurable snow in Lincoln. The old record was 295 snow-free days in 2004. The Nation...
It is the goal of Nebraska's Division of Behavioral Health to reduce underage drinking by 6% in the next 5 years. They ho...
A 15-minute phone conversation last night between President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner is being followed by ...
Omaha Congressman Lee Terry has been selected as the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's commerce and t...
University of Nebraska researchers are preparing for a study which could help more smokers quit their habit. The study will e...
Lawmakers are looking for ways to replace the revenue that Nebraska counties would lose if the state's inheritance tax wa...
WACO, Neb. (AP) - A 19-year-old woman has been arrested, accused of robbing a bank in the eastern Nebraska city of Waco.The Y...
HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) - A Kansas truck driver has been charged with manslaughter in connection with a fatal crash in south-cent...
Donations given to the Humane Society of the United States are not helping local pet shelters. The Opinion Research Corporati...
Nebraskans are making the lowest mortgage payments in the nation. LendingTree, which runs an online market for mortgages and ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska Roads Department plans to temporarily close a westbound stretch of Interstate 80 in eastern...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - U.S. Rep. Lee Terry has been selected as the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's com...
A suspect believed to have fired a gun inside a southeast Nebraska house while his family was inside has turned himself in to...
Authorities say the number of Tennessee courthouses involved in a rash of false bomb threats has risen to 29. Tennessee Depar...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Police say an Omaha teenager gunned down in October was killed because of the color of his shirt.Sixteen-y...
The merits of the death penalty will be debated tonight (Wednesday) at the Lied Center. Nebraska's Solicitor General J. K...
(Update) - 5:14 a.m. 11/29/12- Kieran Richey was found safe last night around 9 p.m. Thanks to everyone who called in tips an...
KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) - A 35-year-old Nebraska woman convicted for prostituting her 14-year-old and 7-year-old daughters will be...
FAIRMONT, Neb. (AP) - A pipeline spill in southeast Nebraska earlier this week that leaked as much as 150 gallons of gasoline...
The director of Nebraska's Department of Motor Vehicles is resigning to take a new job in Omaha. Gov. Dave Heineman annou...
A 26-year-old woman has been killed in a rollover crash in southern Nebraska. The accident occurred around 5 p.m. Sunday on a...
NORFOLK, Neb. (AP) - A Madison couple has been arrested following a shooting outside a Norfolk bar and a high speed chase.Sio...
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) - A Grand Island man has been arrested on suspicion of felony motor vehicle homicide after a passenge...
Congress is back in session, with negotiations resuming on the fiscal cliff. Among those paying close attention are Nebraska ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Police have knocked down reports about shots fired at an Omaha mall where nine people were killed nearly f...
A big Hollywood movie crew came to Lincoln and postponed Christmas…technically. More accurately, a production assistan...
SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. (AP) - Authorities say a man who robbed a Nebraska Panhandle bank branch hasn't been caught yet.Scottsb...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A 39-year-old Davey woman has been sentenced to prison for stealing thousands of dollars from her employ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A 20-year-old Lincoln man who acknowledged sexual contact with a 12-year-old who later died of a drug ov...
The Colorado State Patrol reported that a Nebraska man has been cited with misdemeanor traffic charges in the deaths of two h...
A central Iowa fruit and vegetable distributor is recalling several lots of cherry tomatoes after the grower notified the dis...
Nebraska's winter wheat crop is off to a bad start because of this year's drought. The U.S. Department of Agriculture...
U.S. Senator-elect Deb Fischer chose two Nebraskans to lead her staffs in Nebraska and Washington. Fischer chose Mike Hybl as...
Nebraska officials are predicting that many farmers along the Republican River will have to limit their water use next year b...
An index of economic conditions in 10 Midwest and Western states has jumped for a third straight month, but the looming "...
There’s a big difference of opinion this morning (Friday). Governor Heineman is enrolling Nebraska in a federally run h...
Innovation Campus has its first paying tenant. The University of Nebraska announced Friday that Omaha food giant Con Agra wil...
Governor Dave Heineman has chosen to enroll Nebraska in a federally run health exchange program, saying a state-based option ...
People have asked the Grand Island City Council to bar discrimination based on sexual orientation from city employment polici...
State officials say a hunter in north-central Nebraska has killed a mountain lion that circled in front of him while he was h...
The University of Nebraska at Kearney is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit that accuses administrators of illegally denying...
The Nebraska Public Power District's retirement plan says Wells Fargo misled it about the risks associated with a securit...
Speaker of the Legislature Mike Flood is running for Nebraska governor, calling himself "a budget-minded veteran lawmake...
Republican Deb Fischer is Nebraska's new Senator-elect, after defeating Democrat Bob Kerrey by more than 82,000 votes and...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A Penn State journalism teacher who has scheduled a presentation at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln s...
It didn't take Democrat Bob Kerrey long to open up after his loss to Republican Deb Fischer in Nebraska's U.S. Senate...
Most Nebraskans will be paying more for electricity in 2013. The Nebraska Public Power District board voted Friday to raise i...
Former Nebraska Attorney General Paul Douglas has died at the age of 85. Douglas will forever be linked with the collapse of ...
Although usually unpopular, wind can be good for the environment and serve as an energy resource. A new report has said that ...
The man who couldn't beat Barack Obama 4 years ago hopes to influence enough Nebraska voters for Deb Fischer to beat Bob ...
Relatives of a family killed in a chain-reaction crash in western Nebraska are suing the trucker who crashed into them and fi...
The Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha will lay off 38 workers by the end of the year and won't fill vacant positions as it...
Parts of north-central Nebraska are on fire this morning (Thursday). Cherry, Holt and Fillmore Counties are burning. The larg...
A mother from the central Nebraska town of Sargent has been charged with two counts of felony child abuse. They involve an Au...
Two black men served over half their lives in prison for a crime they didn't commit and now they want justice. Terry Harr...
A gravestone will be returned to relatives of a World War I veteran from Nebraska. The stone had turned up in the municipal b...
Nebraskans are flocking to the polls this year. Nebraska's elections chief says voter turnout could be higher than in 200...
Drought-plagued Midwest farming states, including Nebraska, got little benefit from the massive storm that pounded the Easter...
TransCanada has answered every question and every concern thrown at it by the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality ab...
Another update on the Midwest's economy is due out this morning (Thursday). Creighton University economist Ernie Goss wil...
Secretary of State John Gale predicted that 71 percent of registered voters will cast ballots in Nebraska in the November 6 e...
A preliminary 600-page report has been released on the oil pipeline that a Canadian company wants to build across Nebraska. T...
Another large chunk of political action committee money is flowing into Nebraska's Senate race. American Crossroads, the ...
As winter approaches, energy prices in Nebraska appear stable, but consumers could still see higher bills if the weather is c...
Enrollment at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln this fall is 24,207. It's a decrease of 1.6 percent from last fall. Chan...
Nebraska's troubled effort to privatize its child welfare services could cost the state $3.2 million in federal money...
Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning is apologizing to a man wrongfully convicted in the 1955 killing of his wife. Bruning a...
Nebraska is becoming a state where voters are shunning both political parties, registering as independents in growing numbers...
From his campaign headquarters in Omaha, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Bob Kerrey called for another debate with Republica...
The fiscal cliff is looming in the nation's future. It would not be kind to the University of Nebraska. NU Budget Directo...
Nebraska lawmakers will have a smaller-than-expected budget shortfall to fill when they convene in January, according to new ...
A sixth man has been arrested in connection with a child prostitution ring in Kearney, allegedly run by a Nebraska woman char...
Man's best friend could get you kicked off your insurance plan. American Family Insurance canceled the homeowner's po...
A 44-year-old man has been given 30 to 50 years in prison for sexually assaulting teenage girls in southeast Nebraska. Ronald...
Three people were cited for causing last weekend's wildfire in northwest Nebraska. Nebraska National Forests and Grasslan...
A child advocacy group is asking Nebraska lawmakers to extend state services to youths who are pushed out of foster care beca...
The case against a Kansas man charged in a deadly crash in Nebraska has been sent to Dawson County District Court for trial. ...
A sixth man is suspected of having sex with an underage girl in Kearney in a child prostitution ring allegedly run by a Nebra...
Nebraska athletic ticket officials are warning fans to be careful when buying football tickets. Officials discovered 18 count...
Whose rights come first? The handicapped, or big donors to the Husker Football Program. A federal court will decide. The laws...
It’s less than 2 weeks before the election, yet constitutional amendments aren't getting much attention. Nebraska i...
The deadline for Nebraska businesses and organizations remitting unclaimed property to the state is approaching. Unclaimed pr...
A former police chief of Newman Grove in northeast Nebraska has been sent to prison for making a threat with the point of a g...
Nebraska’s unemployment rate for September is 3.9%. The rate is down from the August rate of 4.0%, and one-half percent...
Three people are going to jail and will have to pay back $16.6 million after they were convicted in a fraudulent Nebraska...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Authorities say two students and two drivers have been injured in an Omaha collision between a car and a s...
There have been more pedestrians killed on Nebraska roadways this year than in any year since 2000. Fourteen people have died...
An earthquake has rattled western Nebraska, but so far no injuries or property damage. The U.S. Geological Survey says a magn...
On a blustery day likeThursday this is easy to believe: a new report says wind power has the potential to boost Nebraska'...
Crews are working through stiff winds and dry conditions to contain wildfires in seven Nebraska counties, including Cherry, H...
A 28-year-old mother in west-central Nebraska has been given 18 to 20 years in prison for killing her 3-year-old daughter. Do...
Crews are now using sonar to try and find a man missing in the Missouri River near Ponca State Park in northeast Nebraska. Th...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Bob Kerrey is accusing Republican Deb Fischer of betraying her neighbors ...
Investigators say the drivers of a school bus and semi that crashed in southern Nebraska both contributed to the fatal collis...
UTICA, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska State Patrol says a Las Vegas man has been arrested after a search of his vehicle turned up 4...
The University of Nebraska is partnering with the Defense Department to conduct research that will support U.S. Strategic Com...
A Papillion man is charged with motor vehicular homicide in the death of an off-duty Ashland police officer in a three-vehicl...
A major economic development announcement for the state of nebraska Friday. Fidelity Investments says it has decided to build...
The Flu is here and it’s ahead of schedule according to the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). La...
Thunderstorms are rumbling our way. Becky Kern with the National Weather Service told KFOR NEWS that a storm in the Las Vegas...
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has chosen former Republican Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel to lead an advisory committee for 50...
Nebraska state officials are focusing on military veterans in their push to attract new residents and connect them with jobs....
LEXINGTON, Neb. (AP) - Authorities say a vehicle chase in the south-central Nebraska city of Lexington quickly ended when the...
BELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) - A standoff with officers has ended peacefully in the Omaha suburb of Bellevue.Authorities say Sarpy Cou...
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) - The Grand Island City Council has scheduled a vote on extending anti-discrimination protection to g...
Only 2 of Nebraska's Judges were voted UNFIT to continue in office after a poll of the state's lawyers. 4th district ...
In communities like Marquette, the postal service is more than a place to pick up mail; it serves as a social setting, as wel...
More than 100 high school juniors and seniors are bringing their parents and teachers to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln c...
PLEASANTON, Neb. (AP) - A 54-year-old man will serve two years of probation for mistreating a 71-year-old south-central Nebra...
Authorities say a 22-year-old Kansas man has been arrested after a fatal collision that ended a vehicle chase in south-centra...
BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) - The Beatrice school board has hired a former superintendent of Norris Public Schools to serve as interi...
A 54-year-old man will serve two years of probation for mistreating a 71-year-old south-central Nebraska woman he was hired t...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The founding director of the International Quilt Study Center and Museum has announced that she will ret...
Omaha-based Travel and Transport says it is buying Ultramar, a Travel agency in New York City. Financial terms of the all-cas...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska state officials are focusing on military veterans in their push to attract new residents and co...
The University of Nebraska has a new athletic director. Shawn Eichorst, currently the Athletic Director at the University of ...
The Nebraska Democratic Party is accusing Republican U.S. Senate candidate Deb Fischer of not disclosing her conflict over a ...
North Platte's annual Rail Fest is being recommended as one of the top events for U.S. bus travelers to consider attendin...
A former minister convicted of three sexual assault charges in Council Bluffs will be resentenced on one of them, now that th...
The results from the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor map are in, and it doesn't look like it's getting better. 75 percent...
It's easy to get fooled on the Internet. That’s the case for some Husker fans who bought tickets to the Nebraska/Wi...
There was an angry reply Friday from the Nebraska Republican Party to ethics charges filed Thursday by Democrats. GOP Executi...
Nebraska utilities will likely continue to rely heavily on coal, natural gas and nuclear power to produce electricity until s...
Nebraska answered the first of many deadlines in the countdown to Obama Care Monday. Governor Dave Heineman submitted what he...
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln plans to privatize its health center operations, a plan being closely watched by universit...
The attorney for a Lincoln teenager accused of shooting another teen to death is asking for the case to move to juvenile cour...
A Wisconsin man remains in jail Tuesday after pleading not guilty to Nebraska drug charges in the York County District Court ...
The Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota is considering a state lawsuit against four Nebraska beer stores and global beer maker...
LINCOLN, Neb.- Longtime Blaze 104.1 FM personality “Sparky” will undergo a bone marrow transplant for cancer trea...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska athletic director Tom Osborne is retiring as of Jan. 1.The 75-year-old Osborne announced his de...
An Illinois trucker whose rig slammed into stalled traffic in western Nebraska may have fallen asleep behind the wheel. A Neb...
A county commissioner from northeast Nebraska has been convicted of misconduct for selling a truckload of county scrap metal....
More than just rentals were apparently coming out of a Fremont business. A huge prescription drug ring was being operated out...
A bank robber who spent 10 years in prison for hold-ups in Nebraska is now a law student at the University of Washington. Sho...
Authorities say the 2012 Nebraska winter wheat crop is the state's smallest since 2002 and 18 percent under last year'...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Lt. Gov Rick Sheehy has honored volunteers and groups that help prepare Nebraska communities for emergen...
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) - The body of man found in a western Nebraska reservoir has been confirmed as that of a missing North...
BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) - A 16-year-old who fled the county courthouse in Beatrice has been captured.Officials say the boy had ju...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska Supreme Court has granted a new hearing for an Omaha man convicted of murdering a college stu...
Debate #2 between Republican Deb Fischer and Democrat Bob Kerrey comes this morning (Friday) at 11 o'clock from the Omaha...
If you're a Democrat in Nebraska, you likely support a minimum 30% tax rate on people making more than $1 million. If...
A weekly update on U.S. drought conditions shows the nation's worst drought in decades slightly worsened in the lower 48 ...
A man from the Land of Lincoln stood in front of a statue of the 16th president on the west side of Nebraska's capitol bu...
VERNAL, Utah (AP) - A pair of inmates who escaped from a Utah jail last week have been captured in Nebraska.Uintah County Und...
LEWISTON, Neb. (AP) - A 25-year-old Tecumseh man has died in a southeast Nebraska crash.Beatrice radio station KWBE reports t...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman says he will try again in the upcoming session of the Legislature to repeal the state's I...
This year’s University of Nebraska-Lincoln Homecoming week is underway, with the theme “Once Upon a Homecoming&rd...
Strong farm income helped Nebraska and Iowa record an increase in median income last year while nationally median income decl...
The federal government is giving rural electric cooperatives in Iowa, Nebraska and seven other states loans to improve portio...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Four years after Democrat Barack Obama managed to win one of Nebraska's electoral votes, the president...
Police are investigating the death of a central Nebraska man who was sitting on the tracks before being hit by a Union Pacifi...
The Yuma County, Colorado Sheriff's office has been searching from the air and on the ground along 160 miles of Amtrak ra...
State tourism officials are gearing up for an image change. A Minneapolis consulting firm has finished its research finding N...
Nebraska state Sen. John Wightman has been hospitalized after suffering a stroke at his home in Lexington Sunday afternoon. H...
The family of a retired California firefighter who disappeared from an Amtrak train says it now appears that he may have fall...
More people have been killed so far on Nebraska roads this year than anytime in the last 4 years. 156 people have died; about...
Nebraska's program to improve employee health is gaining national recognition. Nebraska was one of two winners of the 201...
Prepare to hear a lot about voter registration. It is Constitution Day and Lancaster County Election Commissioner, Dave Shive...
Nebraska head football coach Bo Pelini was left today's game during halftime after failling ill and was taken to a hospit...
University of Nebraska officials are defending their fundraising for a $370 million cancer center in the wake of criticis...
Nebraska head coach Bo Pelini had his pulse taken on the sideline prior to halftime before leaving the game at halftime on a ...
Governor Heineman wants to know why the University of Nebraska is asking local governments in Omaha to help pay for a $32...
The latest update on the drought shows that farmers caught some relief with recent rains that soaked much of middle America. ...
Nebraska is putting unclaimed property left in safe deposit boxes up for auction on eBay. State Treasurer Don Stenberg says t...
This morning (Thursday), you're waking up to something you haven't seen since the middle of June; significant rain. 1...
Top administrators from the University of Nebraska Medical Center are expected to brief the university's Board of Regents...
Debate number three has been scheduled for Nebraska's Senate candidates. Democrat Bob Kerrey and Republican Deb Fischer h...
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor, Harvey Perlman, is making increased enrollment and reduced spending his priorities...
Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning says Omaha state Sen. Brenda Council misused campaign cash at casinos and filed false r...
Three western Nebraska public school officials face misdemeanor charges, accused of failing to report what authorities say is...
The Nebraska State Patrol has identified the four people killed in the fiery crash of a school bus and tractor-trailer near B...
A Republican activist who worked on Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign is returning to his native Nebraska to dis...
Republican Senate Candidate Deb Fischer got two and a half minutes on stage before the Republican National Convention on Tues...
The Nebraska State Patrol has identified human remains found in western Nebraska in June after a gunman told police negotiato...
Authorities say four people are dead and at least four children are injured after a school bus crash in south-central Nebrask...
The company that wants to build a pipeline to transport crude oil from Canada to Gulf Coast refineries has revised its new ro...
Ranchers who live in the area know that the wildfires raging in northwest Nebraska and southwest South Dakota will leave a la...
Strong winds helped wildfires grow Sunday, burning more than 285 square miles in northwest Nebraska and southwest South Dakot...
Do you think you have the next "big idea"? Well, a new series of seminars by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is ...
Bob Kerrey is trying to make the biggest knock against him in his comeback campaign for U.S. Senate his candidacy's chief...
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...
The gloves are coming off again in Nebraska's senate race. Republican Deb Fischer agreed not to call Democrat Bob Kerrey ...
A part of Nebraska is burning this morning (Thursday). 2 Nebraska Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopters flew out of Linco...
A University of Nebraska report says expanding Medicaid in Nebraska as part of the federal health care lawwould help the stat...
Nearly 67 percent of Nebraska's 5th, 8th and 11th grade students met or exceeded proficiency levels on the new state scie...
A 33-year-old Lincoln woman has been charged with making false statements to police after she claimed last month that three m...
Police say a former University of Nebraska women's basketball star faked an attack in which she allegedly carved anti-gay...
If you're not a citizen, you can't get a driver's license in Nebraska. Gov. Dave Heineman says the state won'...
The former executive director of Kool-Aid Days in Hastings has lost his lawsuit over a bonus. Randy Kottwitz was seeking unpa...
Some bad news: Nebraska's unemployment rate rose to 4 percent in July. A Nebraska Labor Department report released Friday...
Don't be in a hurry when you're driving around the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus. Curbside traffic lanes have...
A Nebraska man gets 80 months in federal prison for distributing child pornography. 24-year-old, Matthew McCann, must also se...
Security has been increased at the University of Nebraska at Omaha after a student reported being sexually assaulted by a man...
Gov. Dave Heineman says Nebraska will host a series of informal public meetings to collect input on the state's effort to...
Lincoln Police are asking for you help in tracking down a 31-year-old man who escaped from the Community Corrections Center e...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture forecasts that Nebraska's drought-stunted corn crop will plunge 13 percent below last ...
Several new wildfires have blackened dozens of square miles of rugged terrain near Lake McConaughy in western Nebraska.The la...
Nebraska authorities say 360 pounds of marijuana has been seized after vehicle searches along I-80. A trooper stopped a car W...
The Nebraska Supreme Court has declared the state's embattled campaign finance law unconstitutional. The 1992 law provide...
Renewable fuel industries in Iowa and Nebraska remain strong at a time of conflict over whether more corn and soybeans should...
The latest U.S. Drought Monitor map shows conditions have grown slightly worse in Iowa and Nebraska during the past week. The...
Thousands of acres of north-central Nebraska have been charred by fires that are interfering with canoe and tubing businesses...
A man who believes he contracted hepatitis C from a traveling medical technician in New Hampshire is suing a Nebraska-based h...
Deputies have taken a man into custody after they got a gun and knife away from him at a hospital in southeast Nebraska. The ...
Norris Public Power District is asking its customers to reduce electricity usage. With no rain or temperature relief in sight...
Nebraska high school students are on their ways to healthier living. Nebraska's 2011 Youth Risk Behavioral Survey shows t...
Firefighters continue working to contain a massive wildfire in north-central Nebraska, but the blaze is now threatening a sec...
The second confirmed human case of West Nile virus in Nebraska this year has been reported in Butler County. Christine Lawren...
A wildfire that's consuming trees and blackening grassland in the northwest corner of Nebraska has grown to about 300 acr...
A 24-year-old man has been given three to six years in prison for causing a collision that fatally injured a 65-year-old man....
Governor Dave Heineman visited some of the 240 local, state and federal personnel fighting the three fires in the sandhills e...
A jury found a Nebraska maninnocent offirst-degree murder in the shooting of a Des Moines man last August. Richard Polak of L...
A 32-year-old Nebraska man is charged with sexually abusing at least three boys, possibly more, over an eight-year span in Ne...
A new survey of bankers suggests the economy is slowing down in rural areas of 10 Midwest and Western states because of droug...
Nebraska Senator Mike Johanns says the floor of the Senate is being used to create political messages rather than solve probl...
A new state report says the number of crimes reported in Nebraska grew by 2 percent in 2011. The Nebraska Crime Commission sa...
The director of Nebraska's insurance department is trying to assure lawmakers that the state has made progress in its eff...
Federal regulators have proposed $195,000 in penalties for a Nebraska meatpacker over the death of an employee. The Occup...
A 35-year-old Nebraska woman already accused of prostituting her 14-year-old and 7-year-old daughters has been charged with h...
A federal trial is under way in Lincoln over a challenge to changes made in Nebraska's sex offender laws in 2009. Three d...
Opponents of the affordable care act received another courtroom setback Tuesday. A federal judgedismissed a lawsuit filed by ...
The last of four people charged with abuse for keeping two children in a kennel inside a filthy trailer in Nebraska has been ...
The Nebraska Supreme Court has ordered a hearing for a man who burned his wife to death and is seeking to have his first-degr...
A south-central Nebraska woman has died in a rollover accident near Smithfield in Gosper County. 42-year-old Darla McCoyz, of...
A new report shows Nebraska's tax receipts in the last fiscal year beat projections by nearly $105 million, roughly 3...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman has delivered a report that's aimed at helping governors from across the nation improve t...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is streamlining the process for farmers to apply for government disaster help as crops in ...
The drought is getting more intensein Nebraska and across much of the nation. More than three-quarters of Nebraska is now exp...
A longtime engineer and administrator with the Nebraska Department of Roads will take over as the agency's director next ...
The Nebraska Democratic Party is targeting GOP U.S. Senate hopeful Deb Fischer in a new television ad that portrays her famil...
Jury selection is under way for a former worker accused of abusing residents at a Nebraska center for developmentally disable...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded $123 thousand to a Nebraska community college to buy distance-learning equ...
State public health officials say West Nile virus has shown up in four Nebraska counties. Nebraska Health and Human Services ...
Two brothers who created a chain of interstate truck stops have pledged $500,000 to renovate a football stadium at Peru S...
A fire in a national forest southeast of Halsey in central Nebraska has charred about 1,043 acres. The fire, which was sparke...
The watchdog agency which monitors Nebraska's foster care cases has changed. The new Foster Care Review Office has replac...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman predicts that The affordable care act will continue to increase the cost of health care. The ...
A Nebraska lawmaker who has led the push to create a state-based marketplace for health insurance says officials must move qu...
The U.S. Forest Service has imposed tougher fire restrictions for the Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands because of ext...
Lincoln attorney Vince Powers has been selected as the next chairman of the Nebraska Democratic Party.Powers will take over f...
A Nebraska woman with a felony record who used her son's Social Security number to get a job will spend six months in jai...
Nebraska Democrat Bob Kerrey says if he's elected to the U.S. Senate he'll support immigration reforms that combine l...
Two Democratic National Convention delegates from Nebraska are asking President Barack Obama to return a piece of the state t...
The search for a 19-year-old Columbus man has resumed at Calamus Reservoir north of Burwell in central Nebraska. Divers were ...
This hot weather pattern with very little rain could continue over the next 10 days. It also means an increased fire danger a...
State Education Commissioner Roger Breed says Nebraska has for the first time collected enough data to show all public high s...
Authorities have released the name of a Lincoln woman who was killed in an accident on Interstate 80 near Grand Island. The H...
A Polk County judge has refused to block the release of more emails from former Des Moines school superintendent Nancy Sebrin...
A June survey says growth in rural areas of 10 Midwestern and Western states, including Nebraska, has slowed. The report rele...
The 2012 Farm Billwaspassed Thursday by a 64-35 bipartisan vote among Senators in Washington.One ofthe amendments to the bill...
The University of Nebraska says aprofessor missing in China has called his family andplans return to US. David Wilson, the un...
Nebraska State Patrol investigators have found human remains near Chadron in the wake of a murder confession by a gunman who ...
Former Nebraska Republican Gov. Norbert Tiemann, who oversaw the implementation of the state's sales and income taxes, ha...
One person was injured in a hot air balloon crash Sunday at a Norfolk air show. The balloon crashed in a cornfield near the 2...
Unemployment remained steady in Omaha, but went up slightly in Lnicoln last month. Omaha's jobless rate was unchanged at ...
Civil defense sirens that sounded a false alarm in Hawaii were triggered in Nebraska. Hawaii Civil Defense spokeswoman Kelly ...
A new report says Nebraska's tax receipts in May were higher than expected. The Department of Revenue reports (Monday) th...
More than 37,000 acres and counting for the fire that is raging west of Fort Collins, Colorado. Smoke from that fire has ling...
A Polk County Iowa judge has sentenced a Nebraska filmmaker to 10 years in prison for fraud for securing tax credits under a ...
Police say the death of a 19-year-old Nebraska man who shot himself in the head while in an online video chat room has been r...
The family of a Nebraska man killed along a Mississippi highway would like to see a death sentence handed down in the case. T...
Police say a Nebraska mom who disappeared last month with her son strangled the 10-year-old boy before strangling herself in ...
Democratic U.S. Senate Candidate Bob Kerrey, a native of LIncoln, is officially a Nebraskahomeowner again. Kerrey bought a ho...
The federal Food and Drug Administration has taken Nebraska's suggestion to appeal a federal judge's ruling against i...
Authorities have released the names of two people who died in a crash on Interstate 29 in western Iowa. The Iowa State Patrol...
New pre-trial hearings are set for three former workers accused of abusing residents at a Nebraska center for developmentally...
The Nebraska mom accused of pimping out her 14- and 7-year-old daughters has waived her preliminary hearing, so the case will...
The FBI says autopsy results have confirmed that the bodies of two people found in a western Iowa state park are those of a m...
The University of Nebraska student and alumni database that was hacked last week included personal data of system employees a...
Nebraska's governor says city ordinances barring discrimination against gay and transgender people should be put to publi...
The Nebraska Air National Guard will conduct a flying salute to the state's fallen veterans on Memorial Day. The 155th Ai...
The chief financial officer of Mid-Plains Community College has been named president of the college in west-central Nebraska....
Nebraska's hearings on the new proposed route for TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline from Canada are drawing big crow...
Authorities areinvestigating the death of a woman whose vehicle plunged into a reservoir near Wilber in southeast Nebraska. T...
An FBI spokeswoman says two bodies found at Lake Manawa State Park in western Iowa are those of a woman and a boy. Sandy Brea...
90 Nebraska post offices could be saved from closing by Wednesday's decision at the U.S. Postal Service. 3,700 post offic...
The president of a bankrupt dental chain that abruptly closed offices in 13 states last year has surrendered his license to p...
A 9-year-old boy originally from Russia who was killed in a Nebraska house fire has been laid to rest, but prosecutors and th...
Opponents of a Canadian crude oil pipeline have made good on their threat to challenge Nebraska's new pipeline siting law...
The University of Nebraska's Foundation has exceeded its goal of raising $1.2 billion two years ahead of schedule. Fo...
Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney will make a stop in Nebraska this week. Romney willappear at Rick's Boatyar...
Nebraska's top election official says turnout for the primary topped 25 percent, and the percentage will grow once all pr...
Lincoln Police need your help finding a stolen car, taken during a home burglary early Sunday morning near 34th and Randolph....
Nebraska's unemployment rate dipped to 3.9 percent in April, marking the state's lowest rate since December 2008. The...
A fourth man accused of paying a Nebraska mother to let him have sex with her 14-year-old daughter has been charged with sexu...
Nebraska public schools spent more than $457,000 last year on lobbying expenses, an amount that has increased recently de...
Authorities say robbery appears to have been the motive in a pair of killings northwestern Mississippi....including a man fro...
Nebraska farmers are almost done with planting the corn crop and are making good process on finishing the soybeans. The U.S. ...
The latest federal forecast says Nebraska's 2012 wheat crop will be 9 percent under last year's harvest, but the aver...
Nebraska authorities believe a mother accused of pimping out her 14-year-old daughter also charged men to have sex with her 7...
Nebraska will receive nearly $5 million from Abbott Laboratories to settle concerns that it improperly marketed its anti-...
TheCanadian company that wants to build the disputed Keystone XL pipeline in the U.S. says it has submitted a new application...
A Nebraska high school senior is set to graduate and go to college, although he's been listed as dead. Corbin Russell'...
2,200 Exmark riding mowers that were made in Nebraska are being recalled because a part could fail and cause a crash. Exmark ...
A new horse racing track is on the drawing board in Lincoln to replace the one on the old state fairgrounds. The Nebraska Hor...
The Justice Department has asked a judge to dismiss a legal challenge to a new federal rule that would require contraception ...
A survey of supply managers suggests growing economic strength in a nine-state region of the Plains and Midwest. The Mid-Amer...
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has denied an appeal by the former Gage County highway superintendent. Marli...
A new report by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services shows an ongoing health disparity between minority women...
Nebraska officials are promoting the state's golf courses, wineries, restaurants and parks in a new campaign designed to ...
Fans of the tea party can see the organization's national touring road show entitled the Tea Party Express here in Nebras...
The Nebraska state auditor's office has questioned spending by city officials in Gretna. State Auditor Mike Foley sent a ...
The Army Corps of Engineers plans to cut the flow of water coming out of Gavins Point Dam in southeast South Dakota next week...
Tuition is going up on for students at three Nebraska colleges this fall. The Nebraska State College Board of Trustees has ap...
Nebraska Republican Senate candidate Don Stenberg is calling foul over Attorney General Jon Bruning's latest campaign ad....
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Former Sen. Bob Kerrey is reversing course and says he'll seek the Democratic nomination for the Nebra...