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Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle will move on to the May 14th General Election...but he wasn't the top voter getter. Omaha City Cou...
Separate grand juries have found no crimes were involved in the unrelated deaths of two inmates at the Nebraska women's p...
African Americansin Nebraska'stwo largest metro areas continue to be stopped in disproportionate numbers. The state's...
A bill to expand a juvenile-justice pilot program throughout Nebraska has won first-round approval from lawmakers. The expans...
A DNA sample taken in 2011 after a Nebraska man's burglary conviction has linked him to five sexual assaults in Omaha bet...
An Omahawoman was killed in a rollover accident on Interstate 80 this weekend that also injured four other people. The York C...
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...
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...
The Nebraska Supreme Court has ruled that the city of La Vista's ordinance requiring landlords to obtain a rental license...
An Omaha man has been sentenced to nearly 13 years in federal prison for being a felon with a stolen gun. The office of U.S. ...
The Nebraska Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of an Omaha man sentenced to life plus a minimum of 75 years for a 2010 ...
An Omaha man accused of driving a boat that led to the death of a woman has been given probation and jail time. Twenty-two-ye...
Lawmakers have tentatively agreed to a 40-year minimum prison sentence for juveniles who commit murder in Nebraska, but the n...
The city attorney for Grand Island says he'll hire another lawyer to handle the prosecution if the City Council proceeds ...
Nebraska lawmakers are trying to set a new minimum prison sentence for convicted murderers who committed their crimes as juve...
Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer says four police officers have been fired following allegations that excessive force was u...
Could this catch on??? The Bellevue City Council has approved limits on the length of time a dog can be tethered outside. The...
Lawmakers have passed new insurance requirements for licensed child care providers in Nebraska. Child care services would hav...
Sexual partners of patients who are diagnosed with chlamydia or gonorrhea could receive prescription antibiotics without a me...
Lawmakers waded into an intense gun debate Wednesday during a hearing on several bills, including two that would try to preve...
A rough landing Tuesdaymorningat the York Airport. A private plane touched down without the benefit of its front landing gear...
For the 37th time in his long legislative career, Omaha Senator Ernie Chambers is working to do away with the death penalty. ...
Yet another arena has been approved for the area. The University of Nebrask at Omaha will build a 7,000 to 7,500 seat arena a...
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 ...
From 5.5-inches of snow in Lincoln to 11-inches in Fremont, snow totals are widespread. There are unofficial reports of 7 to ...
A nanny accused of causing the death of a 4-month-old Omaha boy in her care has made her first appearance in court. Bail for ...
Airport control towers in Des Moines and Omaha could go dark during overnight hours if the federal government follows through...
A constitutional amendment that could open the door to betting on historic horse races is facing a filibuster in the Nebraska...
The Great Platte River Road Archway has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection so its finances can be reorganized. The ar...
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...
University of Nebraska officials are unhappy with a preliminary state budget that allocates less money than what Gov. Dave He...
Authorities say a suburban Omaha couple have been arrested, accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting their 5-year-old son. T...
A registered sex offender has been accused of molesting a 7-year-old girl that he'd lured into his Omaha apartment. Autho...
A demolition worker has suffered serious injuries after falling down an elevator shaft in Omaha. Authorities say the 20-year-...
Federal regulators have added several things to the checklist of more than 450 items to be addressed before the troubled Fort...
A bill that would have let Nebraska work-camp inmates perform labor for charities, fraternal groups and nonprofits is dead af...
State Sen. Scott Lautenbaugh has been ticketed on suspicion of drunken driving in his northwest Omaha district. Chief Deputy ...
A new Nebraska law will shrink the Omaha Public Schools board and force new elections in the wake of controversies that have ...
The state's deputy chief medical officer has been promoted to become the chief officer and the director of the Division o...
A hearing officer has determined that Douglas County election workers violated the Federal Help America Vote Act in the Novem...
State Treasurer Don Stenberg is warning financial institutions and businesses to be cautious when cashing State of Nebraska w...
A fight broke out between relatives of a murdered man and the man who had just been sentenced to prison for the Omaha crime. ...
The Legislature's Judiciary Commission will meet with state corrections officials in the next few weeks to find a solutio...
A 25-year-old Omaha man has been convicted of murdering a former gang rival. Online court records say a jury convicted Tillma...
The Omaha Chamber of Commerce has declined to endorse Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman's tax reform proposals. The chamber'...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Officials in Omaha say a partially blind and deaf dog was unharmed from a fall into a neighborhood storm d...
Federal regulators have begun the detailed inspections that will determine whether the troubled Fort Calhoun nuclear power pl...
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...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The president of the Omaha school board has resigned her board seat.Freddie Gray's resignation is expe...
A man sentenced last month in state court for beating and raping a Beatrice woman has been indicted on federal pornography ch...
A group of cities is pushing for a bill that would reduce the minimum amount of time that keno players have to wait between g...
A former minister already sentenced for sexual assault in Iowa has been given a 30-year sentence in Nebraska. 57-year-old Efr...
One of the five people convicted in the slaying of an Omaha man during a botched robbery has been sentenced. Online court rec...
An overhaul bill to shrink the Omaha Public Schools board has won first-round approval in the Nebraska Legislature. Lawmakers...
Douglas County sheriff's investigators say thieves have targeted northwest Omaha gasoline pumps to steal credit card info...
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....
Tim Clare has been elected chairman of the University of Nebraska Board of Regents for 2013. The board voted on the position ...
HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska native Clayton Anderson says plans for his future are up in the air after his retirement from ...
Authorities say a resident fatally shot a man that he said was breaking into his home in southeast Omaha. Officers were sent ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska lawmakers are introducing a bill to expand Medicaid coverage as part of the federal health care...
An Omaha woman serving a life sentence for strangling her landlord has died in prison. The Nebraska Correctional Center for W...
Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has unveiled two proposed tax reform measures that would eliminate or reduce state income taxes.T...
A late night fight at a Lincoln bar landed an Omaha woman in jail. Police responded to a report of an assault at Heidelberg&r...
The Nebraska Supreme Court's chief justice says a state pilot program designed to treat delinquent juveniles without maki...
Authorities say they have defused several pipe bombs at a park in Omaha. The Omaha Police Department says the pipe bombs were...
Authorities in Douglas County say a two-vehicle crash has killed a woman. The Douglas County Sheriff's Office says fog an...
The Omaha Indian Tribe has reopened its flood-damaged Iowa casino under a new name and with plans for a new building. The Bla...
The Catholic Archdiocese of Omaha is dealing with sexual abuse allegations against another priest. Two lawyers who specialize...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman says he expects to have a strong working relationship with all of the Legislature's new c...
Omaha police say the shotgun used by a man killed in a New Year's Day standoff was unloaded, but he posed an imminent thr...
Just two days into the New Year there have been two killings in Omaha. The latest involved police, who say the man killed yes...
Only one of Nebraska's House members voted for legislation to avoid the fiscal cliff. Republican 1st District Congressman...
The Omaha Police Department has been ordered to reinstate a 30-year-old officer who was involved in a violent arrest. An arbi...
An Omaha middle school student is facing charges because police say he threatened to kill some of his classmates who teased h...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - An early-morning electrical fire caused smoke and water damage to an Omaha sporting goods store.Firefighte...
As of midnight, 3 inches of snow were reported at the Lincoln Airport, but there's a whole lot more than that in neighbor...
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's largest public school district is making a switch to a new school bus company. The Omaha Public Schools board ...
Omaha police say officers caught two women who stole $150 worth of toys from a children's donation box. The toys were...
State regulators have revoked the licenses of an Omaha mental health practitioner who collected nearly $66,000 in Medicai...
Omaha officials are honoring Nebraska's first female firefighter before she retires. Mayor Jim Suttle scheduled a recogni...
Commencement exercises for 1,500 graduates are scheduled at the University of Nebraska Lincoln Friday and Saturday. Graduate ...
Prosecutors say a northeast Nebraska man killed his ex-girlfriend and the man she was living with before setting fire to thei...
An Omaha mother says her 18-year-old daughter was sleeping at her grandmother's house when she was fatally shot.Police sa...
A new report says Nebraska's effort to privatize child welfare services wasn't necessarily bad - it just went too fas...
Three teens are in custody after they were arrested yesterday afternoon (Tuesday) for acarjackingin North Lincoln Monday nigh...
A pickup driver has died in a collision with an SUV in a rural area of suburban Omaha. Sarpy County deputies say the man was ...
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...
Two needy Lincoln familiesreceived a big boost Friday. Each family received a re-built automobile, courtesy ofTracy's Bod...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - U.S. Rep. Lee Terry has been selected as the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's com...
Police say an Omaha teenager gunned down in October was killed because of the color of his shirt. Sixteen-year-old Montrell W...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Police say an Omaha teenager gunned down in October was killed because of the color of his shirt.Sixteen-y...
The director of Nebraska's Department of Motor Vehicles is resigning to take a new job in Omaha. Gov. Dave Heineman annou...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Police have knocked down reports about shots fired at an Omaha mall where nine people were killed nearly f...
Omaha firefighters are thankful that they finally have a new contract. They've been working without one for 5 years. Fire...
An Omaha couple is $1 million richer today. Guy and Marcella Stoller went to the lottery headquarters in Lincoln on Monda...
A federal jury in Iowa has found a 28-year-old New Jersey man guilty of running a nationwide sex trafficking and prostitution...
U.S. Senator-elect Deb Fischer chose two Nebraskans to lead her staffs in Nebraska and Washington. Fischer chose Mike Hybl as...
The man who stole from one of Warren Buffett's foundations has been sentenced to jail and probation. Douglas County Distr...
The troubled Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant is inching closer toward generating power for the first time since April 2011, ...
Innovation Campus has its first paying tenant. The University of Nebraska announced Friday that Omaha food giant Con Agra wil...
A third man has been has been arrested for the killing of a 16-year-old boy and wounding of a 16-year-old girl in a shooting ...
A Douglas County judge has sentenced an Omaha woman to life in prison for killing her former landlord. Monique Lee was convic...
A Douglas County jury has convicted another defendant of killing an Omaha man during a botched robbery.Tuesday the jury found...
If you live in Omaha, you might see utility prices jump in the next month. The Omaha Public Power District is considering a g...
A driver involved in a crash that killed her pregnant passenger in Omaha last April has been sentenced to 60 days in jail and...
The man who couldn't beat Barack Obama 4 years ago hopes to influence enough Nebraska voters for Deb Fischer to beat Bob ...
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...
A FedEx jet landed safely at Eppley Airfield in Omaha after reporting possible problems with its landing gear. An indicator l...
Omaha firefighters could soon have their first new contract since 2007 after negotiators reached a tentative deal. The firefi...
Officials say the 2012 Cattlemen's Ball in McCool Junction raised more than $1.4 million for the Eppley Cancer Center...
A 17-year-old Omaha student has been charged as an adult after police said they found explosive materials and drugs in his ba...
Omaha's mayor wants furloughs to end for violent inmates. Jim Suttle wants the City Council to make recommendations for a...
From his campaign headquarters in Omaha, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Bob Kerrey called for another debate with Republica...
Chancellor Jon Christensenwas present Friday as the N-U Board of Regentsgave permission to find a developer to plan a $67...
Police have arrested three people in connection with a fatal shooting outside a west Omaha nightclub last month.24-year-old D...
Man's best friend could get you kicked off your insurance plan. American Family Insurance canceled the homeowner's po...
Omaha Senator Jeremy Nordquist wants to shut the governor and other officials out of the state employee health plan. Nordquis...
Nebraska’s unemployment rate for September is 3.9%. The rate is down from the August rate of 4.0%, and one-half percent...
A second man injured in a house fire in Omaha has died. A Nebraska Medical Center spokesman says 39-year-old Billy Boyer died...
Union Pacific says its third-quarter profit rose 15 percent as price increases and more automotive and chemical shipments hel...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Authorities say two students and two drivers have been injured in an Omaha collision between a car and a s...
Military officials say a package in a commercial vehicle was flagged as suspicious by a military dog during a routine check a...
A motorcyclist is dead because of an accident along U.S. Highway 75 north of Omaha. The accident happened about6 a.m. Thursda...
The University of Nebraska is partnering with the Defense Department to conduct research that will support U.S. Strategic Com...
The Omaha Public Power District plans to using any insurance payouts related to the shutdown at the Fort Calhoun nuclear powe...
Prosecutors have charged an Omaha man with two counts of motor vehicle homicide after an early-morning crash that killed two ...
A Papillion man is charged with motor vehicular homicide in the death of an off-duty Ashland police officer in a three-vehicl...
Several people have been arrested during a prostitution bust at a motel in western Iowa. Authorities say the operation began ...
Nebraska state officials are focusing on military veterans in their push to attract new residents and connect them with jobs....
The Grand Island City Council will vote Tuesday on extending anti-discrimination protection to gay, lesbian, bisexual and tra...
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 ...
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 Nebraska Supreme Court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit against a business attorney brought by an Omaha man convicte...
A public hearing is planned today (Tuesday) in Omaha on a 35-cents per pack tax on cigarettes as a way of helping pay for a n...
Omaha police officers killed two dogs while serving a search warrant related to a burglary investigation. Officers say 3 pit ...
Papillion City Council members have decided not to allow chickens to be raised inside the city. A proposed ordinance would ha...
Cigarettes cost more in Omaha this morning (Wednesday). A 3% a pack tax on tobacco products will help pay for a new Universit...
An Omaha woman pleads guilty to dousing her boyfriend with gasoline and setting him on fire. Tanesha Beard burned Jermaine We...
The Nebraska Supreme Court has granted a new hearing for an Omaha man convicted of murdering a college student, based on his ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska Supreme Court has granted a new hearing for an Omaha man convicted of murdering a college stu...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman says he will try again in the upcoming session of the Legislature to repeal the state's I...
Strong farm income helped Nebraska and Iowa record an increase in median income last year while nationally median income decl...
The family of a boy killed by a falling tree branch has reached a settlement with the city of Omaha, Omaha Housing Authority ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Four years after Democrat Barack Obama managed to win one of Nebraska's electoral votes, the president...
ConAgra Foods said Thursday that its profit more than doubled in its fiscal first quarter.The Omaha-based maker of Healthy Ch...
NU President J.B. Milliken is apologizing to Governor Heineman for the way funding is taking shape for a $370 million can...
The Department of Corrections is adjusting its furlough notification policy following the shooting of an Omaha man on release...
The family of a retired California firefighter who disappeared from an Amtrak train says it now appears that he may have fall...
Special benefits and unused sick and vacation time mean Former Omaha superintendent John Mackiel will receive more than $...
Police have a 35-year-old man in jail, suspected of stealing items from a northeast Lincoln home in August. Officer Katie Flo...
A 29-year-old Omaha man on a 48 hour furlough from the Lincoln Correctional Center was shot dead by Omaha Police. The World H...
University of Nebraska officials are defending their fundraising for a $370 million cancer center in the wake of criticis...
A Lincoln business is the target of federal agents. Exotica, 2441 North 48th Street, was raided yesterday (Thursday) by Alcoh...
Governor Heineman wants to know why the University of Nebraska is asking local governments in Omaha to help pay for a $32...
Omaha police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man found dead found inside aburning garage at an abandone...
Six large snakes have been seized from a suburban Omaha home and their owner has been ticketed for harboring dangerous animal...
The wife of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is scheduled to attend a private fundraising reception in the Omaha...
Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning says Omaha state Sen. Brenda Council misused campaign cash at casinos and filed false r...
No one's been arrested in a weekend shooting in Omaha where an 18-year-old man is killed and 4 other hurt. Police say Gab...
The Nebraska State Patrol has identified the four people killed in the fiery crash of a school bus and tractor-trailer near B...
Trial for a former Omaha middle school teacher accused of molesting students has been set for Feb. 20. Prosecutors say 35-yea...
Two Lincoln men men remain in the hospital with what police are calling non-life threatening injuries after a construction ac...
Authorities say four people are dead and at least four children are injured after a school bus crash in south-central Nebrask...
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...
Police say a 33-year-old man has been arrested on accusations that he fatally shot a southeast Omaha man and his two sons. An...
Union Pacific Railroad has been ordered to pay a Topeka worker more than $38,000 for retaliating against a worker who rep...
The Nebraska Supreme Court has upheld a ruling against the city of Omaha for a sledding accident that seriously injured two g...
A jury found a Nebraska maninnocent offirst-degree murder in the shooting of a Des Moines man last August. Richard Polak of L...
A new state report says the number of crimes reported in Nebraska grew by 2 percent in 2011. The Nebraska Crime Commission sa...
A lawsuit filed by an Omaha-based company says Gage County still owes more than $59,000 for the new slate roof on the cou...
Authorities say a second person has died after a shooting at an apartment in southeast Omaha. Police say in a news release th...
The Omaha school board has selected a company to conduct another nationwide search for a superintendent following the resigna...
Lincoln attorney Vince Powers has been selected as the next chairman of the Nebraska Democratic Party.Powers will take over f...
Authorities are checking whether the death of an Iowa man after an Omaha accident was related to the extreme heat. Omaha poli...
A Polk County judge has refused to block the release of more emails from former Des Moines school superintendent Nancy Sebrin...
Unemployment remained steady in Omaha, but went up slightly in Lnicoln last month. Omaha's jobless rate was unchanged at ...
Democratic U.S. Senate Candidate Bob Kerrey, a native of LIncoln, is officially a Nebraskahomeowner again. Kerrey bought a ho...
Authorities have released the names of two people who died in a crash on Interstate 29 in western Iowa. The Iowa State Patrol...
It should be easier to get a taxi cab here in Lincoln in the future. The Nebraska Public Service Commission has approved the ...
Nebraska's governor says city ordinances barring discrimination against gay and transgender people should be put to publi...
Omaha Public Power District workers say they found a crack this week at the Fort Calhoun nuclear plant north of Omaha but the...
The president of a bankrupt dental chain that abruptly closed offices in 13 states last year has surrendered his license to p...
Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney will make a stop in Nebraska this week. Romney willappear at Rick's Boatyar...
There was a stabbing just before noon at the state penitentary in lincoln Wednesday. One inmate was stabbed in the neck by an...
Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney made a campaign stop in Omaha Thursday. Romney spoke first to 500 supporters at...
The Douglas County Republican Party is filing a complaint with state officials against Omaha City Councilman Ben Gray, a Demo...
A teacher in the Omaha suburb of Ralston who's accused of inappropriately touching students faces two additional charges....
Governor Dave Heineman threw his support behind a candidate for the University of Nebraska Board of Regents Wednesday. The Go...
The Nebraska Supreme Court will hear arguments this week in the case of an Omaha couple who say they've been unfairly ord...
The Nebraska Supreme Court will hear the appeal of an Omaha man convicted of killing an Omaha college student whose body has ...
Fans of the tea party can see the organization's national touring road show entitled the Tea Party Express here in Nebras...
A month-old giraffe calf at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo has died. A zoo news release says the female giraffe born on March 2...
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...