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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska lawmakers have given final approval to the seven budget bills that make the state's two-yea...
A pickup left behind at the scene of a break in at Raymond Central High School leads to the arrest of two former students. Sh...
Thirteen school children were injured, two critically, following the collision of a semi-trailer truck and a school bus trans...
NORFOLK, Neb. (AP) - Officials say eight students were taken to hospitals after a school bus collided with a semitrailer at a...
Lincoln Public Schools, for the most part, is pleased with a compromise state aid proposal making its way thru the legislatur...
The new Lincoln Public Schools Administration Building is expected to be completed at 59th and O on time and under budget. LP...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A new state-equalization funding bill for Nebraska public schools has won first-round approval from lawm...
(AP) Lawmakers are divided over proposed changes to Nebraska's school-funding formula, with rural senators expressing sup...
(AP) Nebraska lawmakers advanced a bill that would support a program that teaches inmates how to be good parents. Senators vo...
BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) - Southeast Community College officials are reporting double-digit declines in enrollment. College Presid...
(AP) Four former U.S. ambassadors who worked in the Middle East are scheduled to visit the University of Nebraska at Omaha. T...
Nebraska University President J.B. Milliken is appreciative that the legislative appropriations committee's proposed budg...
NorthStar High Schoolwas on lockdownThursday morning for 40 minutes during a manhunt in the area. Captain David Beggs tells K...
A preliminary budget has been released by the Legislature's Appropriations Committee...with a few sizeable disagreements ...
(AP) University of Nebraska officials are unhappy with a preliminary state budget that allocates less money than what Gov. Da...
(AP) A partnership between a United Way organization in Omaha and Creighton University has been awarded a $149,000 grant ...
KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) - Officers who searched the University of Nebraska at Kearney did not find an armed man, so a campus alert...
(AP)Nebraska is sponsoring an essay-writing contest for seventh- and eighth-graders to encourage participation in a state-spo...
(AP) The president of the Omaha school board has resigned her board seat. Freddie Gray's resignation is expected to be discus...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Lawmakers have elected York Sen. Greg Adams as the new speaker of the Nebraska Legislature. Lawmakers vo...
Lincoln State Senator Bill Avery plans on offering a proposal this legislative session focusing on accountability, transparen...
Governor Dave Heineman proposed freezing tuition rates for the Nebraska State College System today. Heineman was accompanied ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The general concepts of climate change and American exceptionalism remain in new social studies standards ...
The mother of a missing Peru State College student is suing the college, the state of Nebraska and the man suspected in the w...
The Nebraska State Education Association is concerned about the affects of a fiscal cliff on education in Nebraska.Spokeswoma...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - School board members for the Millard district in Omaha have offered to personally pay to rent a school sit...
Volunteers with the Nebraska Red Cross are heading to the battered East coast to assist victims of Hurricane Sandy.Red Cross ...
The University of Nebraska announced a multi-million dollar partnership with U.S. Strategic Command to conduct research regar...
The official student count released today...shows Lincoln Public Schools with 362 more students this year. It reflects a slow...
Parents and students are complaining about smaller portions of public school lunches across the country and the state.Nebrask...
Declining enrollment at UNL is leading to reduced spending on campus. UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman said in his State of the ...
The Lincoln School Board approved a $330 million school budget proposal last night.The new budget is up almost three perc...
The ACLU Nebraska Foundation says it has received complaints from teachers about a new rule that requires public schools to s...
High School students in Lincoln return to the classroom this morning.Superintendent Dr. Steve Joel told KLIN's Drive Time...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - All Nebraska public schools will soon be required to recite the Pledge of Allegiance daily, but students...
A Kansas driver has been arrested for causing a crash that killed a motorcyclist from Lincoln.Authorities say the woman made ...
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln says a professor who went missing in China has called his family and will be returning to ...
University of Nebraska-Lincoln officials say Chinese authorities have detained an assistant business professor who is a Chine...
Lincoln Public School teachers will receive a 2.5 percent salary hike and benefits next year following last night's schoo...
University of Nebraska Regents haveapproved extending employee benefits to non-married partners, including same-sex couples. ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Tuition is going up for students at the University of Nebraska this fall - but it's the smallest inc...
The State Board of Education heard testimony yesterday on a proposal requiring Nebraska schools to say the Pledge of Allegian...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - University of Nebraska regents will again consider whether to extended employee benefits to same-sex par...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The University of Nebraska is proposing a 3.75 percent tuition increase for the upcoming school year.The...
The University of Nebraska says it has identified a person who may have hacked into a database containing personal data on st...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Experts are drawing closer to determining who hacked into a University of Nebraska database that contain...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Authorities say less than 65 percent of Nebraska eighth- and 11th-graders met or exceeded the state'...
A scary situation for 11 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Students and a staff member on-board a U.S. Airways flight.The flight...
The University of Nebraska's Foundation has exceeded its ambitious fundraising goal of raising $1.2 billion more than...
The failure of last year's congressional Super Committee may come back to bite Lincoln Public Schools.LPS Associate Super...
Park Middle School went into a lockdown yesterday afternoon after a man wanted by Police ran into the school.Police say 32-ye...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A Nebraska lawmaker who wants to increasethe minimum school dropout age to 18 says his proposal seeks to...
Another Lincoln High School student in a two week time frame is arrested for allegedly trying to sell prescription pain kille...
Discouraging truancy is the focus of a promotional campaign underway across the state. Nebraska State Education Association s...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Patriotism and the value of U.S.citizenship would be recognized first thing in the morning in allNebrask...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Officials at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln say they plan to search every dorm room on campus for be...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska lawmakers have given first-roundapproval to a new funding formula for the state's community...
A Southwest High School Spanish teacher is arrested over an incident in his classroom last Friday. Officer Katie Flood says t...
A faculty member at Campbell Elementary School discovers an airsoft pellet gun in a student's backpack last week.1011 New...
A faculty member at Campbell Elementary School discovers an airsoft pellet gun in a student's backpack last week.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The University of Nebraska is asking for$91 million from the state's reserve fund to help pay for fo...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A state lawmaker says Nebraska needs a moreprecise way to measure student performance and improvement wi...
The announcement last week by Marilyn Moore, Associate Superintendent of the Lincoln Public Schools was not exactly surprisin...
A Lincoln Southwest High School student was arrested yesterday after bringing two guns to school. The 17-year-old had a shotg...
Lincoln Police says a 17-year-old Lincoln Southwest student was arrested yesterday on suspicion of possessing a firearm, afte...
GREENWOOD, Neb. (AP) - Authorities say a staff member and six students have been taken to a Lincoln hospital after their scho...
Lincoln Public Schools set a new record for high school graduation. The latest figures show a significant jump of more than t...
COLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union hassent a letter to the Lakeview Community Schools district inColumb...
COLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union hassent a letter to the Lakeview Community Schools district inColumb...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A new Nebraska state education report showsblack and Hispanic public school students lagging behind Asia...
One of the nation’s most outstanding colleges in its field is located right here in Lincoln, and yet we tend to be igno...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A state education official says demand foronline distance learning courses in Nebraska schools could gro...
Lincoln Public Schools set a new enrollment record. Official attendance numbers releasedFriday show 36,485 students enrolled ...
The recent story about a move initiated by a Lincoln Southeast High School student is very encouraging about the future of ou...
The University of Nebraska's system-wide enrollment hits an 18-year high, but the growth rate will need to increase to meet t...
Lincoln Public School students score well above state averages in the Nebraska-wide reading and math test results released Mo...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - New statewide test scores show four out 10students in Nebraska public schools are not proficient in math...
The Nebraska School Activity Association Board has voted to keep the state high school volleyball tournament in Grand Island ...
Lincoln Public School students score on average higher then the state and national average on the ACT college entrance exam. ...
Former Lincoln Public Schools teacher Sharon Brewster was charged Wednesday with 2nd Degree Arson in connection with the fire...
Nebraska State Board of Education member Bob Evnen says a diversity training manual recently purchased by Omaha Public School...
(AP) Officials at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will hold a brief ceremony on Friday to commemorate the school's entry i...
Over forty percent of Lincoln Public School students qualify for free or reduced meals during the school year. A Summer Food ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - University of Nebraska students will paymore next year for tuition. The board of regents have approved a...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - University of Nebraska regents haveapproved the creation of the Buffett Early Childhood Institute. The c...
Union College is announcing plans for a $20 million project, including a new $14 millionscience and math facility. Un...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Final semester grades for Lincoln middleand high school students soon will be available.The district's c...
Last week’s fire at the LPS District office, destroying virtually everything was indeed a disaster and had to be very d...
The Lincoln City Council will move swiftly today to approve a plan to lease office space for use by Lincoln Public Schools. L...
The Lincoln Board of Educations has granted emergency purchasing power to Superintendent Steve Joel to help the district thro...
Lincoln Police say the 51-year-old man involved in a 12-hour standoff in northeast Lincoln is dead. LPDsays on the scene that...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The University of Nebraska Lincoln has proposed a $50-per-credit-hour tuition surcharge for in-state und...
(AP) The University of Nebraska-Lincoln wants to raise tuition for certain undergraduate programs. Commonly known as "di...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The University of Nebraska-Lincoln wants toraise tuition for certain undergraduate programs. Commonly know...
The debate over reforming the Commission of Industrial Relations is taking a twist with the state teachers' union proposing a...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The University of Nebraska-Lincoln hasannounced $5 million in cuts to deal with increased expenses,inclu...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman says the university must cut $5 million this sp...
Nebraska State Senators are advancing the funding formula for state aid to schools. Senator Bill Avery told KLIN's Coby Mach,...
Lincoln Public Schools officials say a Goodrich Middle School student made a bomb threat against the school on facebook. Secu...
Nebraska will receive $2.43 million in federal funds to turn around persistently lowest achieving schools in the state. U. S....
Northside steps of the State Capitol were at capacityTuesday morning as children were bussed in to rally in support of school...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Metropolitan Community College has released the name of the 31-year-old utility line student who died afte...
(AP) A Metropolitan Community College student has died after falling almost 30 feet while training to be a utility lineman. C...
(AP) Students and staffers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Business were briefly evacuated Friday morning be...
(AP) A Lincoln high school coach who was arrested for drunken driving hours after his girls basketball team lost in the first...
(AP) A Lincoln high school has added a fourth security guard in the aftermath of a deadly shooting at an Omaha high school by...
(AP) Lincoln Southeast High School girls basketball coach has been arrested for a DUI after his team lost in the first round ...
Nebraska higher education leaders are urging Nebraska U.S. Senators Ben Nelson and Mike Johanns to support the Pell Grant pro...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Numerous education and law enforcement groups oppose a Nebraska bill that would allow teachers and other...
A bill to require Nebraska schools to offer sex education classes is being considered by the Legislature's Education Committe...
(AP) The Legislature's Education Committee will consider a measure Monday that targets a state law allowing some illegal immi...
(AP) Southeast Community College in Lincoln is among 10 schools nationwide chosen to implement a virtual incubator network to...
(AP) A fire inspector says fraternities at Lincoln universities have forgotten the lessons learned from a fatal 2006 fire at ...
In the current environment of fast and continual change, it is difficult to distinguish between the old truisms and values th...
Cabela's is making a major investment in Lincoln and the students who attend the University of Nebraska Lincoln. Cabela CEO T...
A well-planned senior prank ran afoul for seven Norris High School students. Lancaster County Sheriff Terry Wagner says that ...
A 17 year old Southwest High School student has been suspended after being admitting he was the student who brought five bull...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A Nebraska lawmaker is again targeting alaw that allows some illegal immigrants to pay in-state colleget...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Officials at Lincoln Southwest High Schoolsay four bullets were found in a toilet paper dispenser. The b...
(AP) The principal who was wounded in a shooting at an Omaha high school has returned to the campus for a visit. 45-year-old ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Two weeks after a school gunman killed his vice principal and injured the principal, a state lawmaker is...
(AP) Fraternity houses at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are taking precautions after a carbon monoxide scare that sent a...
Now that the football bowl season is over, and a new national champion has been designated, we can go back to normal talk abo...
UNLPolice say 41 UNLstudents were transported to area hospitals after high levels of carbon monoxide were detected in the fra...
(AP) The principal who was wounded in last week's shooting at a Nebraska high school has been released from the hospital. Hos...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Gov. Dave Heineman says his budget proposalfor the next two years does not reduce state funding for K-12...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A proposal in the Nebraska Legislaturewould ban the use of all tobacco products in all school buildingsa...
Hundreds of students and other mourners filled an Omaha church today for Vicki Kaspar's funeral. The Millard South High Schoo...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Two bills headed for the Legislature'sEducation Committee would cut state aid to Nebraska's publicschool...
With most of the snow expected to come Monday, officials at both Lincoln Public Schools and the University of Nebraska-Lincol...
Over 100 people attended a candle-light vigil in Lincoln last night to remember the victims in this week's shooting at Millar...
A day after a student gunned down one principal and wounded another, Nebraska State Senator Mark Christensen from Imperial sa...
There will be extra police presence at Lincoln Public High Schoolsas of Thursday following the shooting of two administrators...
One of the two victims in yesterday's Millard South High School shooting has died. Vice principal Vicki Kaspar died at Creigh...
Omaha Police say two people were injured in a shooting inside Millard South High School. Officer Jacob Bettin says the suspec...
(AP) A $6.75 million expansion is planned for Southeast Community College's Lincoln campus. The Nebraska Postsecondary Educat...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A Nebraska judge has thrown out a lawsuit onchallenging a state law that allows some illegal immigrants to...
(AP) Education, government and business leaders will gather next spring for a summit aimed at helping improve the state's hig...
(AP) An astronaut and a federal prosecutor are among the fall commencement speakers scheduled at the University of Nebraska-L...
(AP) A new website should help Nebraska parents research the state's public schools. Nebraska Education Commissioner Roger Br...
(AP) The University of Nebraska's online credit hours have jumped nearly 30 percent, and officials plan to continue expanding...
Lincoln North Star High Schoolwas locked down for part of Thursday afternoon as Lincoln Police searched for a suspisious pers...
While fans of the Universities of Nebraska and Oklahoma will be focused on this Saturday's football game to determine the big...
A Lincoln High School student was caught with a loaded gun at school Tuesday afternoon. Lincoln Police report that the the Sc...
A Lincoln High School student was caught with a loaded gun at school Tuesday afternoon. Lincoln Police report that the the Sc...
(AP) Authorities say three children received minor injuries when their school bus skidded off an icy road in northeast Nebras...
(AP) For the 3rd year, the Nebraska State College System is earmarking scholarship aid for future local leaders in the state....
(AP) The state treasurer's office has removed all the University of Nebraska information from its spending website because it...
Lincoln public high school students claimed $24,000 in scholarships at Tuesday's Math Day at the University of Nebraska - Lin...
(AP) U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson says Nebraska educators don't have to choose between education funding and health care, as the stat...
Next week, the Lincoln City Council is expected to take the first step towards the development of the University's Innovation...
A New study from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln says schools that ban junk food during mealtime see a significant reducti...
Governor Dave Heineman says that he is disappointed in the reading scores recently released for Nebraska's students. He indic...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska's annual report card on students'academic progress shows more public schools failed to meet cer...
(AP) Dozens of Fulbright scholars from nearly 50 countries were invited to Lincoln for this week's seminar on food. The Unive...
(AP) Construction is scheduled to begin in February on an addition to the Lied Center for Performing Arts on the University o...
(AP) The University of Nebraska system has recorded a record high for international students this fall: More than 3,000 have ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska's state education commissioner isasking Department of Education employees to take a day off - e...
Police were called to Park Middle School after two 12-year-olds got pepper sprayed by another 12-year-old. The boy's mother s...
At last night's Lincoln Board of Education meeting, members discussed changes to high school graduation requirements in the d...
University of Nebraska-Lincoln students gathered last night for a vigil to show support youth struggling with their sexuality...
(AP) A Nebraska City school bus driver who dropped a 6-year-old boy off 15 miles away from home is now facing a child abuse c...
At the Nebraska Research and Innovation conference that kicked off in Lincoln yesterday, University of Nebraska President J.B...
Lincoln Public School officials plan to use a $4.5 million federal grant to increase graduation rates at three high schools. ...
Lincoln Public Schools has received 1 of only 50 grants to help improve graduation rates. Josh Cramer, the LPS manager of Fed...
(AP) Several Nebraska universities will share a new $20 Million grant to develop new research focused on algae and on nanotec...
(AP) The Green Schools Summit later this fall is aimed at helping Nebraska communities improve the energy efficiency of their...
Lincoln Police are investigating a potentail threat to Lincoln Southeast High School. Officer Katie Flood says LPD had severa...
(AP) The National Science Foundation has awarded the University of Nebraska-Lincoln two grants totaling more than $4 million ...
Lyons-Decatur Northeast School District ignored legal threats from ACLU Nebraska and hosted the founder of an Evangelical Chr...
After 33 years of retirement, the former Whittier Junior High School has become the newhome to a research center and child ca...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Gov. Dave Heineman and several Nebraskaeducation leaders have unveiled a campaign to encourage high scho...
LYONS, Neb. (AP) - The ACLU says a small northeast Nebraskaschool district appears to be ignoring cautions against invitingre...
image/klin/UserFiles/Lyons-Decatur ACLU Letter.pdfThe ACLU of Nebraska has sent a letter to the Superintendent of Lyons-Decat...
Lincoln Public Schools student enrollment hits historic numbers once again. Almost 36,000 students are attending Lincoln Publ...
Earlier this month, ACLU Nebraska sent letters to public school districts, threatening lawsuits against schools who host asse...
Auburn Public Schools has backed down from a threat by ACLU Nebraska regarding school assemblies with religious messages. Aub...
(AP) Months after prepaying his son's tuition at Dana College, a St. Louis man has been able to recover the $10,290 he paid j...
(AP) Keith Becker says he'll continue to include a religious message in student assemblies on alcohol abuse despite ACLU Nebr...
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