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Lincoln's indoor football team with have new leadership at coaching positions after an incident Saturday in a game agains...
Nebraska lawmakers hoping to repeal Nebraska's death penalty have failed to overcome a filibuster by senators opposed to ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska lawmakers have advanced a new, $7.8 billion state budget for the next two fiscal years. Law...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has signed a bill that ends mandatory life sentences for juveniles who commi...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Two fired police officers are facing charges in the wake of a controversial arrest in north Omaha. Douglas...
NORFOLK, Neb. (AP) - Officials say eight students were taken to hospitals after a school bus collided with a semitrailer at a...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska Supreme Court says a car momentarily crossing a highway lane divider is not a good reason to ...
Authorities have identified the two people killed when a small plane owned by a flight school crashed in northeast Nebraska t...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A group that supports the Keystone XL pipeline says it has collected more than 33,000 signatures from Nebr...
(AP) Omaha police say the explosions at the Boston Marathon aren't likely to change the security at Berkshire Hathaway...
(AP) Federal regulators have decided their next meeting with the utility that owns the troubled Fort Calhoun nuclear power pl...
(AP) Supporters of a proposal to expand Medicaid in Nebraska say they're willing to include safeguards in the bill that c...
(AP) The Nebraska Legislature has made it through two-thirds of this year's session but still has a lot of ground to cove...
(AP) Four former U.S. ambassadors who worked in the Middle East are scheduled to visit the University of Nebraska at Omaha. T...
(AP) DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge will soon open for spring and summer season. The refuge will allow boating, fishing and ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Police Chief Todd Schmaderer says four police officers have been fired following allegations that excessiv...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A Nebraska state senator known for his mastery of legislative rules is trying to force a vote on his pro...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - An Omaha woman is appealing the dismissal of her lawsuit that had accused the state of discriminating agai...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Sexual partners of patients who are diagnosed with chlamydia or gonorrhea could receive prescription ant...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska lawmakers will get a chance this year to debate a death-penalty repeal measure. The Legislature...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A bill to expand Nebraska Medicaid coverage has advanced for debate in the Legislature, and supporters a...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Nearly two-thirds of Nebraska's counties lost population in 2012 as the longstanding trend of the stat...
A preliminary budget has been released by the Legislature's Appropriations Committee...with a few sizeable disagreements ...
A Nebraska architecture, engineering and construction company has been named lead designer for a $3 billion bridge that w...
(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 ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - State Sen. Scott Lautenbaugh has been ticketed on suspicion of drunken driving in his northwest Omaha dist...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A bill that would have let Nebraska work-camp inmates perform labor for charities, fraternal groups and ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The Greater Omaha Chamber has declined to endorse Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman's tax reform proposals...
A Nebraska legislative panel will hear testimony today on a measure that'd require older drivers to pass a cognitive test...
All Lincoln mail is now being processed in Omaha, even when it's being mailed to another Lincoln address. Lincoln Postmas...
(AP) Nebraska cities are pushing for a bill that would reduce the minimum amount of time that keno players have to wait betwe...
Lincoln Fire and Rescue responded to a house fire in South Lincoln Monday night that caused extensive damage. Crews responded...
(AP) Nebraska health clinics serving low-income residents say more women are seeking prenatal care in the first trimester of ...
(AP) Investor Warren Buffett's annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders will be released on March 1st. Buffett pr...
(AP) The trial of a Missouri man charged with killing a woman in Nebraska more than 20 years ago is scheduled to begin this w...
The Lincoln-based Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital plans to open a $60 million hospital in west Omaha. Madonna CEO Marsha ...
(AP) Union Pacific says its fourth-quarter profit chugged ahead 7 percent because it raised shipping rates on the railroad an...
(AP) Officials in Omaha say a partially blind and deaf dog was unharmed from a fall into a neighborhood storm drain. The 14-y...
(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...
(AP) A Nebraska lawmaker has moved to repeal a law that extends state-funded prenatal care services to illegal immigrants and...
(AP) Some of Nebraska's powerful farm interests are skeptical about Gov. Dave Heineman's proposed income-tax overhaul...
Lawmakers will consider a bill this year that would give Nebraska-based companies an edge over out-of-state companies when bi...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has unveiled two proposed tax reform measures that would eliminate or reduce...
(AP) As Nebraska rang in the new year, a host of new state laws went into effect. Among them was legislation increasing count...
Nebraska basketball player Deverell Biggs has been cited on suspicion of D-U-I and leaving the scene of an accident in Omaha....
Nebraska basketball player Deverell Biggs has been cited on suspicion of D-U-I and leaving the scene of an accident in Omaha....
Nebraska basketball player Deverell Biggs has been cited on suspicion of D-U-I and leaving the scene of an accident in Omaha....
A surge of new inmates in the state is hurting efforts to ease overcrowding and costs.Research from the Department of Correct...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The general concepts of climate change and American exceptionalism remain in new social studies standards ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The man who stole from a foundation named after Omaha investor Warren Buffett's late wife has been sen...
BENNINGTON, Neb. (AP) - A landscape worker has reported seeing a mountain lion running along a road in suburban Bennington, o...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - School board members for the Millard district in Omaha have offered to personally pay to rent a school sit...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A FedEx jet has landed safely at Eppley Airfield in Omaha after reporting possible problems with its landi...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - An Omaha couple have claimed their $1 million Powerball lottery prize. The Nebraska Lottery says Guy a...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A former finance director of the Westside Community Schools in Omaha has been charged with stealing more t...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Some buildings are being evacuated at Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha because of a suspicious package.The...
The University of Nebraska announced a multi-million dollar partnership with U.S. Strategic Command to conduct research regar...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska Supreme Court has granted a new hearing for an Omaha man convicted of murdering a college stu...
Omaha police officers killed two dogs while serving a search warrant related to a burglary investigation.Officers say three p...
University of Nebraska Medical Center administrators say the federal health care law will cost its two Omaha hospitals millio...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Lincoln city officials have taken three cell phone providers to court for not paying millions of dollars...
BLUE HILL, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska State Patrol has identified the four people killed in the fiery crash of a school bus and...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The company that wants to build a pipeline to transport crude oil from Canada to Gulf Coast refineries has...
Nebraska has its first death reported from West Nile Virus this season. Douglas County authorities say an Omaha man over 65 y...
Lincoln Police say they've arrested a suspect, in connection with two bank robberies in Lincoln.Captain Michon Morrow tel...
Lincolnites are being urged to further restrict their water usage to avoid more severe mandatory restrictions. Mayor Beutler ...
Lottery officials confirm this morning that a $2 million powerball ticket was sold in Nebraska.Nebraska Lottery Public In...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The Army Corps of Engineers is again reducing its prediction for how much water will flow down the Missour...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska Supreme Court is giving an Omaha couple another chance to make the case that they were unfair...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The husband of Nebraska Sen. Abbie Cornett has pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of soliciting a ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The state of Nebraska has terminated agreements to provide child care payments to two Omaha child care cen...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A new survey of bankers suggests the economy is slowing down in rural areas of 10 Midwest and Western stat...
A 49-year-old Omaha man has died after rescuing an 8-year-old at Calamus Reservoir in central Nebraska.Loup County Attorney J...
Central Florida basketball player Marcus Jordan, the son of retired NBA great Michael Jordan, was arrested in Omaha early yes...
Lincoln Police want Cricket cell phone users to be aware of a current glitch when calling 911.Captain Michon Morrow tells KLI...
An Omaha employer has been charged in a federal indictment with two counts of failing to pay taxes withheld from his employee...
Nebraska's first Inspector General of Child Welfare is named. Julie Rogers was selected to the post recently created by l...
Just two months after the Nebraska Public Service Commission allowed the expansion of cab services in Lincoln, one Omaha-base...
Storms and much needed rain moved through the area last night.The Lincoln Airport reports 1.53 inches of rain and gusts as hi...
A 17-year-old Omaha teen is in jail this morning, and Lincoln Police are looking for his three accomplices.Captain Jason Stil...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Tuition is going up for students at the University of Nebraska this fall - but it's the smallest inc...
An NAACP leader in Nebraska and Iowa is quitting over the national organization's move to support same-sex marriage.Rever...
The name of the man who was fatally wounded while leading police on a chase through Offutt Air Force Base south of Omaha has ...
An autopsy has been scheduled on the body of a man who was fatally wounded as he raced through Offutt Air Force Base south of...
Six people face federal charges for allegedly smuggling cigarettes from Vietnam and unlawfully selling them in Nebraska.The U...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Opponents of a Canadian crude oil pipeline have made good on their threat to challenge Nebraska's new ...
With approval from the Nebraska Public Service Commission to allow additional cab services in Lincoln, one Omaha company is q...
Governor Dave Heineman is encouraging the mayors and city councils of both Omaha and Lincoln to put their ordinances protecti...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to the city of Omaha's 2.5 percent dining tax on a...
Republican Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney described President Obama as an "old Democrat" during an Omaha stop thi...
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney comes to Nebraska today, both to raise money and to meet with the public.Romney...
Lincoln Mayor Chris Beutler says they strongly disagree with an attorney general's opinion that cities have no authority ...
(AP) The state attorney general says Nebraska cities cannot enact ordinances that protect gay and transgender people from dis...
Two people are in jail following a Nebraska State Patrol investigation involving forced child prostitution. A 35 year old mot...
Nebraska Family Council spokesman Al Riskowski is raising concerns over the city's proposed fairness ordinance making gay...
The Republican governors of Nebraska, Iowa and Michigan say the federal government cramps the states' ability to create n...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The Republican governors of Nebraska, Iowa and Michigan say the federal government cramps the states' ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - First lady Michelle Obama encouraged girls at an Omaha charity lunch to believe in themselves and set big ...
Nebraska is playing host to an economic development conference today and Wednesday.The National Governors Association and its...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska will not immediately turn over to federal authorities its supply of a drug used during leth...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Federal regulators have confirmed their preliminary finding that last June's fire at an idled Nebraska...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A Nebraska bill that would require parityfor insurance coverage of cancer drugs has won final approval f...
(AP) An openly gay member of the Lincoln Public Schools board says an assistant Nebraska football coach should be fired for p...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court has denied the appealof a Nebraska death row inmate whose murder case inspired the ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Bob Kerreyobjects to the way Nebraska's Republican Secretary of State...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska Supreme Court has dismissed the state's appeal of a ruling that found exceptions in Nebra...
(AP) - A scaled-back version of Governor DaveHeineman's tax cut plan has advanced out of a legislativecommittee. But Demo...
(AP) - A child advocacy group has criticized thestate's reform effort, saying Nebraska has failed to address thefact that...
(AP) - Debate on a measure billed as an attempt toreinvigorate the horse racing industry in Nebraska has slowed to atrot. Law...
These projections are based solely on perceived popularity and the ability of the establishment to get out the vote.EASTThis ...
(AP) - Omaha senator Scott Lautenbaugh says jobsin the state's historic horse racing industry are at stake iflawmakers do...
(AP) - Nebraska voters may have a chance to givetheir lawmakers a job review. A constitutional amendment to raisesalaries fro...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A Nebraska court is refusing to consider adeath row inmate's questions about the state's new execu...
(AP) - City officials in Fremont will appeal ajudge's ruling that overturned part of their controversialimmigration ordin...
(AP) - Governor Dave Heineman attended a black tie dinner yesterday, as part of the National Governors Association winter mee...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska Supreme Court has put on holdthe execution of an inmate condemned to die for two 1985cult-rel...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Omaha Public Power District officials saythey need to get better at identifying and fixing any concerns th...
(AP) - A judge has rejected part of a Nebraskacity's ordinance that would have denied housing permits to illegalimmigrant...
(AP) - The Nebraska Department of Health and HumanServices is studying the effectiveness of mental health andsubstance abuse ...
(AP) - Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska saysit will challenge the state government's decision to switch healthbenef...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Federal authorities have begun an investigation into reports that an intoxicated pilot was prevented from ...
Mayor Chris Beutler, Chair of the West Haymarket Joint Public Agency, announced that corrective action will continue over the...
Corrective work continues on the new Pinnacle Bank Arena in the Haymarket. Improperly bent rebarsalsorequired corrective work...
(AP) - Several Nebraska lawmakers say they shouldhave the right to decide who receives grant money from the stateenvironmenta...
(AP) - Several Nebraska lawmakers say they shouldhave the right to decide who receives grant money from the stateenvironmenta...
(AP) - County officials, educators and advocatesfor children rallied at the Nebraska Capitol yesterday. They sayGovernor Dave...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Former state Sen. Ernie Chambers has filedwith the Nebraska Secretary of State's office to seek his ...
(AP) - University of Nebraska Regent ChuckHassebrook is set to officially announce his campaign for a U.S.Senate seat today. ...
(AP) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans tospend $1.8 million to repair the flood-defense network aroundOmaha. The r...
(AP) - A bill that would require a U.S. flag to beposted in every public school classroom in Nebraska and students tobe led i...
(AP) - A Cass County Sheriff's deputy and awoman he had stopped to help are hospitalized after a truck slidinto them duri...
(AP) - The Nebraska Legislature is postponinghearings today because a blizzard is expected to blow across thestate. All commi...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - University of Nebraska President J.B.Milliken says a proposal to expand the university's medicalfaci...
(AP) - A Nebraska senator says a decision to limitlawmakers to two consecutive terms in office has given more powerto lobbyis...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The city of Omaha and Douglas County mayhave to supply a government merger plan to state lawmakers by Ju...
(AP) - A bill that would let Nebraska citiesentice filmmakers with state economic development money has wonsupport from a pro...
(AP) - A state lawmaker says a gambling proposalhe introduced would generate millions in Nebraska tax revenue thatis currentl...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska lawmakers have given first-roundapproval to a new funding formula for the state's community...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A state lawmaker says a gambling proposalhe introduced would generate millions in Nebraska tax revenue t...
(AP) - Students in Nebraska schools would not beable to drop out until they turn 18, under a bill set for alegislative hearin...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Billionaire Warren Buffett donated stock inhis company worth $41.6 million to eight unnamed charities ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Former 1992 Democratic presidential candidateBob Kerrey says he will not make a decision this week on whet...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Billionaire Warren Buffett's complaints thattax laws are too easy on wealthy investors like him have e...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - State labor authorities say Nebraska'sunemployment rate remained steady in December at 4.1 percent,unc...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Union Pacific may receive as much $100million in state tax breaks for investing $1 billion in rail...
(AP) - A proposal to limit the number of lawsuitsfiled by Nebraska prison inmates will be heard today by alegislative committ...
(AP) - TransCanada says it will reapply for a permit afterPresident Barack Obama announced his administration's rejection oft...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The University of Nebraska is asking for$91 million from the state's reserve fund to help pay for fo...
(AP) - Harassment through Facebook, instantmessaging and other online services would be outlawed under a newbill in the Nebra...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Billionaire Warren Buffett says he's willingto match any contributions to reduce the national debt thatRep...
Opponents are setting up to filibuster a proposed bill to require a photo I-D to vote in Nebraska, but bill sponsor Senator C...
LINCOLN, Neb (AP) - The state of Nebraska would have full authority to create a uniform employment discrimination policyunder...
(AP) - Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning isdisputing a death row inmate's claim that state officials wereconned into buyi...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The Army Corps of Engineers says it is tryingto improve the way it manages the Missouri River's reservoirs...
(AP) - A Nebraska state senator who died last weekwas honored on the floor of the Legislature as lawmakers began the2012 sess...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The Canadian company that wants to build a $7billion pipeline to tar sands oil across the Plains to re...
An employee suffered minor injuries, following an afternoon robbery at Moore Pawn Shop on 16th and M Street yesterday. Lincol...
(AP) - Neither side shows any sign of blinking in ahigh-stakes faceoff over extending payroll tax cuts andunemployment benefi...
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. (AP) - Millions of dollars for amajor construction project at Offutt Air Force Base are included ...
(AP) - Sentencing is delayed for former Universityof Nebraska Regent David Hergert in a federal bank fraud case. TheMitchell ...
(AP) - A pipeline carrying petroleum from KansasCity, Missouri to Omaha has ruptured, spilling an estimated 252,000gallons. A...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska Supreme Court has upheld theconviction and sentence of a Lincoln man for the 2004 shootingdea...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - State money that went to a Nebraska farmcoalition that fights animal welfare groups is drawing scrutinyf...
Police are looking for thieves who broke into a kiosk in the Westfield Gateway Mall early Tuesday morning. Officer Katie Floo...
A reward is now being offered for information on two gun store burglaries in Lincoln last month. Officer Katie Flood says the...
(AP) An antique grand piano has been stolen from the porch of a Lincoln home. Police Capt. Michon Morrow says the upright pia...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska's preliminary unemployment rateremained stable in October at 4.2 percent, unchanged from therev...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A judge has barred Omaha from enforcing itsordinance that bars noncitizens who are legally in the UnitedSt...
(AP) An attorney who wants voters to decide whether marijuana should be legal in Nebraska will be able to get a marijuana-the...
An apartment fire near 8th & "G" streets sent around a dozen residents outside in freezing tempertures last night. ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A southwestern Nebraska attorney and advocatefor legalizing marijuana is suing the state Department of Mot...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A federal appeals court has upheld thedismissal of a lawsuit filed by a losing candidate for a seat onthe ...
Lincoln Police are investigating the theft of a trailer that contained a 1955 Chevy Bel Air 4-door sedan. The owner had attac...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The average value of farmland in severalMidwest and Western states soared 25 percent over last year in the...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it willchange its approach to managing the Missouri River following ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Police have arrested three people whileevicting Occupy Omaha protesters from a parking lot near downtown. ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska Supreme Court will decide whether so-called "alcopops" should be taxed as hard liqu...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A 32-year-old Omaha man has been arrestedafter a high-speed chase down Interstate 80 to Lincoln. The Neb...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska's 4.2 percent unemployment ratefor September marks the third straight month without a change in...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Officials in Omaha say the body of a7-year-old boy missing for nearly two years and believed to havebeen m...
One of the nation’s most outstanding colleges in its field is located right here in Lincoln, and yet we tend to be igno...
A new candy on the market has Pride Omaha concerned. Executive Director Susie Dugan tells KLIN News that although the candy d...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Traffic is moving again on Interstate 29 in southwest Iowa after four months of long detours because of fl...
Why?Why the antagonism?Why the anger?Why air it in that forum?Why air it at that time?Whatever happened to “Acc-sen-tu-...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A Douglas County District Court judge has rejected former Nebraska football player Thunder Collins' reques...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - At least five staffers hit, pushed or chokeddevelopmentally disabled residents of the troubled Beatrice St...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska Supreme Court takes up thestate's appeal of a judge's ruling that said exceptions listed inNe...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska Supreme Court has ordered a newtrial for a man sentenced to life in prison for the 1977 death...
(AP) Opponents of a Canadian oil pipeline through Nebraska are arguing that the proposal will eventually contaminate the stat...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The Army Corps of Engineers says floodingalong the Missouri River in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missourish...
The median household income in the Lincoln Metro area increased by three percent in the lastest U.S. Census estimates.Center ...
(AP) Lincoln police say a toddler suffered a broken leg when he fell from a second-story window of a group home for young mot...
Some mail processing operations will be moving from Lincoln to Omaha. Postal Service Central Plains District Manager Rick Piv...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson has lobbed harshcriticism at Congress, dubbing recent partisan bickering as"job-...
At the end of the "Back to the Future", Marty warns Doc to “be careful on that reentry, it could get a little...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska's law requiring petition circulatorsto be residents of the state has been found unconstitutional,...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The Defense Department says a 29-year-oldOmaha man has been killed in Afghanistan. Officials said Tuesday ...
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warns that the United States must remain diligent in protecting itself from terrorist attacks,...
Police have arrested three men in connection with the shooting death of a 19 year old outside a house party in central Lincol...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska National Guard is pulling out of levee patrols along the swollen Missouri River, handing thos...
Lincoln will likely be left out of the next round of post office closures. Lincoln Postmaster Kerry Kowalski tells KLIN News,...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska Supreme Court has given formerNebraska running back Thunder Collins a chance at a new trial,s...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The U.S. State Department still plans todecide sometime this year whether to allow a Canadian firm to buil...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The intense heat wave enveloping much of thecountry is snarling transportation in some areas by causing me...
Officials say at least two Omaha-area dogs died in the heat wave because of their owners' negligence.
BLAIR, Neb. (AP) - Federal regulators plan to increase theiroversight of Omaha Public Power District's Fort Calhoun nuclearpl...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A new state report shows the number ofcrimes reported in Nebraska declined in 2010. The Nebraska Crime C...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Democratic U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson raised morethan $910,000 for the second quarter that ended June 30 and...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A new report says a Canadian companyunderestimated the potential for spills along the pipeline it wantsto ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Database firm Infogroup is getting out of thesurvey business by selling its Opinion Research Corporation u...
A stretch of U.S. Highway 30 is scheduled to close this morning between Missouri Valley, Iowa, and Blair. The Nebraska Depart...
(AP) Homeowners around Lake Waconda in Cass County are keeping watch on the final levee protecting them from Missouri River f...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Airlines and other businesses that useOmaha's Eppley Airfield are making plans in case flooding forcesth...
(AP) Two state teams are assessing damage to homes along the swollen Missouri River in eastern Nebraska. The Nebraska Emergen...
As we head into the Fouth of July weekend, Nebraska drivers will see lower gasoline prices. AAA Nebraska's Rose White says th...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - State Sen. Deb Fischer says she decided toseek the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate at the urging ofs...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - State Sen. Deb Fischer says she decided to seek the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate at the urging of...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The nation's top nuclear power regulator saysboth of Nebraska's nuclear power plants have remained safe as...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will visit Nebraska's two nuclear power plants to check ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Authorities say no one was hurt when ahelicopter operated by an Iowa company made a forced landing whilesu...
NEBRASKA CITY, Neb. (AP) - Two more Missouri River flood recordshave been broken in southeast Nebraska, and more records are ...
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) - Flooding along the Missouri River ismaking it difficult to get around for many residents in the areawh...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The Missouri River rose to within 18 inchesof forcing the shutdown of a nuclear power plant in southeastNe...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Pictures of a nuclear power plant near Omahashow that floodwaters from the Missouri River have crept up ne...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Omaha has scaled back its sandbagging efforts after a huge volunteer effort churned out almost 100,000 san...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Lincoln police say a woman beinginvestigated in Iowa has been arrested in Nebraska in an allegedidentity...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - About 2,700 Omahans would have to evacuate ifthe Missouri River were to breach a levee on the city's north...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Omaha is setting up pumps to keep thegroundwater seepage from overtaking the main road to the city'sairpor...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The modest home where Omaha billionaireWarren Buffett spent the first six years of his life is up forsale....
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack isplanning to tour flooded areas in Iowa and Nebraska along theM...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A Nebraska Republican Party official says former President George W. Bush will attend the opening game of ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska Supreme Court has denied the state's request to reconsider a stay of execution for Carey Dean...
BRADSHAW, Neb. (AP) - York County authorities say another personhas reported seeing a mountain lion near Bradshaw in easternN...
BLAIR, Neb. (AP) - A small fire disrupted the cooling system atan eastern Nebraska nuclear power plant, but regulators say th...
(AP) Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman and other state officials are set to meet with city officials to discuss local flood concern...
(AP) Nebraska and Iowa cities along the Missouri River are inspecting flood walls and piling up sandbags to prepare for a del...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The swelling Missouri River is forcing thecity of Omaha to shut down its south sewage treatment plant, whi...
(AP) Lincoln residents are being asked to help the city make some tough budget choices. Should a fire station be closed? What...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska lawmakers have approved newcongressional and legislative boundary maps to adjust forpopulation ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska Supreme Court has stayed the execution of Carey Dean Moore. The 53-year-old Moore had been sc...
(AP) Nebraska lawmakers have advanced a collective bargaining compromise that preserves public worker rights to negotiate, bu...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has signed acontested bill that would use state sales tax money to pay for r...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City saysthe farm boom is continuing this year as high crop prices andi...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraskans who are active in the DemocraticParty say they're opposed to a congressional map proposal tha...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - U.S. Attorney Deborah Gilg is drawingattention to a project to protect children from child pornographyand ...
KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) - Police have killed a mountain lion that wasspotted roaming through yards in the central Nebraska city of...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska Supreme Court says the bestinterest of a child trumps biology in cases of child placement, in...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Federal authorities are checking thefinancial turmoil at the Omaha Housing Authority.U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A federal appeals court has rejected a formerNelnet employee's attempt to reinstate his lawsuit accusing t...
(AP) Gov. Dave Heineman has vetoed a bill that would authorize Nebraska school districts to issue bonds for energy efficient ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson says computers and data gathered from the compound where al-Qaida leader Osama bin La...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Omaha police are awaiting autopsy results ona woman's body found floating in a private west Omaha lake. Po...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Berkshire Hathaway says a former topexecutive who many believed might one day succeed Warren Buffett asCEO...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The University of Nebraska-Lincoln wants toraise tuition for certain undergraduate programs. Commonly know...
PAPILLION, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska services are being scheduled for a Missouri soldier who was killed by a suicide attacker in A...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A group opposed to Nebraska laws governingthe petition process has announced it is forming a task force to...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Federal officials say Nebraska is among 10 states where residents rely strictly on cellphones to make thei...
(AP) Nebraska lawmakers have rejected a proposal that would have given lawmakers more discretion to decide whether they spend...
(AP) A new audit shows that an Omaha-based advocate for the elderly submitted false expenses to Nebraska state officials and ...
(AP) Lawmakers have advanced a measure that would let lightweight, low-speed electric cars onto some Nebraska roads. The meas...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A bill that would expand Nebraska's childenticement law to include all kinds of solicitation has wonfirs...
(AP) Officials in Omaha and Lincoln say a bill that would allow cities to raise local sales taxes to 2 percent with voter app...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson and his Republicanchallengers have released their campaign contribution totals in the...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The Canadian company that wants to build anoil pipeline to the Gulf of Mexico is again threatening landown...
A public hearing on a controversial CIR reform proposal turned controversial itself when Senators took nearly half the time t...
(AP) Three Nebraska lawmakers have joined more than 150 other legislators nationwide in signing a friend-of-the-court brief t...
Authorities have released the name of a suspect captured after a 30-year-old man was shot in the lobby of Omaha hospital. Pol...
Authorities say one person is dead and a Douglas County sheriff's deputy shot in a residential neighborhood south of downtown...
(AP) A Lincoln man serving up to 120 years in prison for robbing a convenience store and raping the store's clerk is asking t...
(AP) Nebraska lawmakers are scheduled to begin debate on proposed changes to the state foster care system. Floor discussion c...
BLAIR, Neb. (AP) - Omaha Public Power District officials foundtwo small openings in the wall of an auxiliary building at the ...
(AP) A Nebraska man has been sent to prison for holding up his own sister during a robbery at an adult store in Lincoln. A ju...
Gov. Dave Heineman won't say whether he supports a measure unveiled Tuesday that would overhaul the state Commission of Indus...
PLATTSMOUTH, Neb. (AP) - Cass County officials say a Lincoln mandied after his truck drifted off the road and struck a group ...
(AP) Cargill fell three jobs shy of qualifying for a $3 million tax break. The company would have qualified for the tax break...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman is one of thepeople trying to persuade Caterpillar to move the headquarters of...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - University of Nebraska regents have unanimously approved the University of Nebraska at Omaha's proposal ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Former presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Bob Kerrey is defending fellow Democrat Ben Nelson's U.S. Sena...
LOGAN, Iowa (AP) - A Nebraska man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for a drunken crash that killed four motorcyclists...
LOGAN, Iowa (AP) - A Nebraska man has been sentenced to 50 yearsin prison for a drunken crash that killed four motorcyclists ...
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) Nebraska state lawmakers are set to shift to full-day floor debates once the Legislature reconvenes. Speaker of the Legi...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska death-row inmate John Lotter haslost a federal appeal of his conviction in the triple murder that...
(AP) Child sex abuse victims in Nebraska could sue their perpetrators until the victim reaches age 33 under a bill submitted ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A new report from the University of Nebraskaat Omaha estimates the number of Latino residents in Nebraskae...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Former University of Nebraska Regent DavidHergert has pleaded guilty to filing a false document with anO...
(AP) A bill that would allow Nebraska cities to raise sales tax rates as high as 2 percent with voter approval has advanced f...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A special legislative committee isconsidering guidelines for the process of redrawing politicalboundarie...
(AP) A Nebraska legislative panel is scheduled to hear input on bills that would increase the state's sales and income taxes ...
(AP) Nebraska lawmakers have granted first-round approval to a bill that would eliminate temporary mental illness as a defens...
(AP) The annual spring competitions in computer programming and design will be held next month at the University of Nebraska-...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Gov. Dave Heineman has announced that the first of five facilities within the Beatrice State Developmental...
(AP) The Nebraska Public Power District says TransCanada has delayed work on the power infrastructure needed to support the K...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Lawmakers have advanced from second-rounddebate a bill that would create a real-time database of drugpre...
Three Lincoln teams qualified for the NSAA Boys High School Basketball StateTournament -- Lincoln North Star, Lincoln Pius X ...
(AP) Two proposals aimed at derailing all or parts of the federal health care overhaul law are going on the legislative back ...
(AP) The Nebraska School Activities Association has voted to form a committee to re-evaluate the process used to select refer...
(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) A veterans job fair will be held this month in Lincoln to help former military service members find work. The fair comes...
You may check your facebook, send private emails, or even shop while at work. A bill from Senator Berk Harr of Omaha before t...
(AP) Nebraska's two largest cities will lose a combined $5.1 million in state funding under a measure headed to the governor'...
(AP) The deadline for Nebraska lawmakers to select the bills most important to them is quickly approaching. Each of the 49 se...
(AP) The Nebraska Legislature has granted second-round approval to a bill that increases the distance picketers must maintain...
(AP) Prosecutors in several Nebraska counties say administrative hearings to yank the licenses of accused drunken drivers hav...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Prosecutors in several Nebraska countiessay administrative hearings to yank the licenses of accused drun...
(AP) New U.S. Census numbers show that Nebraska's vast 3rd District needs to grow and add about 47,000 residents when distric...
(AP) A 47-year-old woman who was accused of having sexual contact with an inmate at the Nebraska State Penitentiary in Lincol...
(AP) The first detailed report on Nebraska's population from the 2010 U.S. Census is expected to be released Tuesday. Census ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Saunders County authorities believe a 45-year-old woman killed her husband and 12-year-old daughter with a...
(AP) Two Nebraska men accused of selling drugs to an undercover officer and then trying to rob him of the drugs after they fi...
(AP) A group of Nebraska farmers wants to teach city dwellers about farming and food production. The new CommonGround program...
(AP) The Nebraska State Patrol says three recent traffic stops an Interstate 80 near Lincoln resulted in eight arrests and th...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Lawmakers have advanced a bill that wouldcreate a real-time database of drug prescriptions in Nebraska t...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska Supreme Court has reinstated theconviction of a Pennsylvania man found guilty of possession w...
(AP) A national settlement yogurt maker Dannon Inc. agreed to will help feed the hungry in Nebraska. Dannon agreed pay $21 mi...
(AP) The Legislature has advanced a measure that would clean up language in the state's sentencing laws deemed unconstitution...
Nebraska U.S.Senator Ben Nelson welcomes President Obama's 2012 budget proposal, which calls for full authorization and fundi...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Federal prosecutors say a man who told policehe had sex in two states with a 15-year-old Nebraska girl he ...
(AP) Public meetings will be held across Nebraska to solicit information and opinions about the state's options for developin...
(AP) A trial date has been set for a challenge to Nebraska laws governing petition signature requirements for ballot initiati...
A bill to require Nebraska schools to offer sex education classes is being considered by the Legislature's Education Committe...
(AP) A proposal to ban the use of tobacco products in all Nebraska school buildings and properties and at all school events -...
(AP) Plans are under way for two new residences halls at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. University administrator Keith Z...
(AP) After two days of contentious debate, Nebraska lawmakers have advanced a bill that would require pharmacists to check an...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - After two days of contentious debate,Nebraska lawmakers have advanced a bill that would requirepharmacis...
Lincoln now has the lowest unemployment rate in the nation. The latest figures released yesterday by the U-S Bureau of Labor ...
(AP) Funeral services will be held on Friday for a 4-year-old Nebraska boy who died after losing his arms and legs to a ragin...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy says his adultson was injured when he accidentally shot himself in the face....
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska lawmakers have dropped a bill thatwould require pharmacists to check an electronic database bef...
A 20-year-old Lincoln man returned to his car last night that he had been warming up at 23rd and "O" Street to find...
(AP) A special legislative committee has made 24 recommendations for increasing security at the Nebraska Capitol, but metal d...
(AP) Lawmakers have been selected to serve on the Nebraska Legislature's Redistricting Committee. State lawmakers must redraw...
(AP) An updated count has given Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle a little bigger margin of safety in surviving the recall vote. Douglas...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says ruralareas and farming will play a key role in the nation's economi...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A legislative committee is consideringthree measures designed to give the Legislature more oversight oft...
(AP) A 4-year-old Nebraska boy who lost his legs and arms to a raging infection is still struggling to recover at an Iowa hos...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The state of Nebraska and several officials have appealed a judge's ruling that exceptions listed in Neb...
(AP) Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle appears to have survived the recall, but the vote count won't be final before Feb. 4. The Douglas...
Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle has declared himself the winner of a special election seeking his recall over tax increases and contra...
(AP) An immigration rally on the steps of the state Capitol has been rescheduled for Thursday after inclement weather twice f...
(AP) The mayor of Nebraska's largest city contends the recall vote he faces today is about undoing the legitimate results of ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Officials say the final phase of Nebraska'sradio communications network has been activated The system co...
(AP) An Omaha man who was accused of spraying mace into a crowd outside a funeral for a Marine killed in Afghanistan has been...
(AP) A Jiffy Lube franchisee with more than 400 locations nationwide is acquiring six more stores in Lincoln and Omaha. Heart...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A truck driver from New York has pleadedguilty to a federal kidnapping charge in the abduction of an8-year...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A Jiffy Lube franchisee with more than 400locations nationwide is acquiring six more stores in Lincoln and...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Those who fail to pay child support couldsoon find their names posted on a "wall of shame" on ...
(AP) An Atlanta-based security firm is opening a regional office in Omaha. All(n)1 Security Services announced the office on ...
(AP) Online brokerage TD Ameritrade will release its first-quarter earnings report Tuesday morning. The Omaha-based company g...
(AP) A member of Nebraska's 1994 national champion football team will speak at a celebration in Omaha honoring slain civil ri...
(AP) A Nebraska man who was honored for having won a series of military medals will have to answer to a charge he lied about ...
(AP) A bill introduced in the Nebraska Legislature would allow the state's cities and counties to raise their local sales tax...
(AP) Former University of Nebraska regent David Hergert is expected to plead guilty in a federal bank-fraud case. An order is...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A proposal in the Nebraska Legislaturewould ban the use of all tobacco products in all school buildingsa...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A new measure would require protesters tostand farther from the funerals they're protesting than already...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - As state lawmakers face the task ofredrawing political district lines this session, competing billshave ...
State Senator Bob Krist of Omaha thinks the Legislature's task of redrawing district lines after last year's census could be ...
(AP) State Sen. Brad Ashford, chairman of the Legislature's Judiciary Committee, is considering using metal detectors when th...
(AP) More than 50 pounds of marijuana has been seized during traffic stops along Interstate 80 over the past week. The Nebras...
Over 100 people attended a candle-light vigil in Lincoln last night to remember the victims in this week's shooting at Millar...
(AP) Two state lawmakers have introduced separate bills seeking to exclude abortion coverage from policies obtained through h...
(AP) Douglas County election officials say early voting requests are running higher than expected for a recall election of Om...
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...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska state senators convened at the state Capitol to begin a 90-day lawmaking session that's under a...
(AP) A judge has dismissed a lawsuit that claims the Lancaster County jail in Lincoln served pork to a Muslim inmate while he...
(AP) Nebraskans with development disabilities who get state services will soon have more programs to choose from. A release f...
(AP) A send-off ceremony has been scheduled for about 100 Nebraska Army National Guard members who are heading overseas to su...
(AP) The Gage County highway superintendent will keep his job. The county board discussed firing Marlin Kliewer during an exe...
A 22-year-old Lincoln man has been arrested for 1stdegree Sexual Assault of a Child. Lincoln Police Officer Katie Flood says ...
A 22-year-old Lincoln man has been arrested for 1stdegree Sexual Assault of a Child. Lincoln Police Officer Katie Flood says ...
(AP)Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman and Washington Governor Chris Gregoire have made a bet on tomorrow night's Holiday Bowl b...
Attorneys for the state say an Omaha woman who spent almost 30 years typing reports and handling other duties for Nebraska's ...
Lincoln Police are investigating the death of a 40-year-old man whose body was found early Monday. Police say officers went t...
(AP) The Douglas County sheriff's office says deputies seized about $500,000 of methamphetamine during a traffic stop on Chri...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A Nebraska judge has ruled that a recall election of Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle can take place next month as s...
(AP) The Nebraska State Patrol has seized 56 pounds of marijuana and arrested five people in three separate traffic stops thi...
(AP) A judge says he plans to rule today on the validity of a recall effort against Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle. A recall petition...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A judge says he'll rule Thursday on the validity of a recall effort against Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle.A recal...
(AP) Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle continues to challenge the petition calling for his recall because he says some of the signatures...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The 2010 Census shows that Nebraska's population grew enough over the last decade for the state to keepall...
(AP) The first numbers from the 2010 Census will be released Tuesday, and those figures will determine how many U.S. House se...
(AP) Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle hopes a judge will throw out the petition that prompted his recall election. Officials are expect...
(AP) The city of Omaha has spent more than $30,000 to check signatures on a petition for a special election to recall Mayor J...
(AP) A Jefferson County district judge has thrown out a lawsuit challenging a Nebraska law that allows some illegal immigrant...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A Nebraska judge has thrown out a lawsuit onchallenging a state law that allows some illegal immigrants to...
(AP) Five inmates are suspected of trying to scrape and claw their way out through a wall of the Gage County Jail. Sheriff Mi...
(AP) The University of Nebraska is getting a $2 Million endowment from Bayer as part of a deal to set up Bayer's first wheat ...
(AP) Charges have been filed against a man accused in a head-on collision that killed two people in Omaha last weekend. Dougl...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Nebraskans appear to be better off than thenation as a whole on a number of economic measures included in ...
(AP) Several new laws that took effect in 2010 could affect farmers' tax bills, so experts encourage farmers to plan ahead. N...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clintonsays no decision has been made on a proposed $7 billion pipeline ...
(AP) Nebraska will get more than $2.2 million from a settlement with drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline over substandard prescription ...
(AP) Planned Parenthood of the Heartland has opened a new health center in Omaha that will include a one-of-a-kind sexual ass...
(AP) Metal detectors will soon be used at some high school basketball games in Omaha to keep students and fans safe. The Omah...
Supporters of the Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle say there is new evidence of fraud by those who launched a successful recall petitio...
(AP) A committee opposing Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle has collected enough signatures to force a recall election. Douglas County e...
So you thought this last dose of Nebraska-Oklahoma would include sweet-nothings and warm-fuzzies exchanged between the two pa...
(AP) The University of Nebraska's online credit hours have jumped nearly 30 percent, and officials plan to continue expanding...
(AP) A 33-year-old Omaha mother will be going to parenting classes to learn her own lessons from leaving her daughter on the ...
(AP) A 59-year-old Utica man has died after complaining of chest pains at the Seward County jail. The sheriff's office says D...
(AP) A Mexican man will spend more than 10 years in federal prison for selling methamphetamine in Nebraska before being depor...
(AP) An Omaha businessman convicted of bilking investors out of millions wants the Nebraska Supreme Court to reinstate his la...
(AP) A 20-year-old Aurora man has died in a one-vehicle accident that happened as he merged onto westbound Interstate 80 at t...
(AP) Stanton County authorities have released the names of two men killed in the crash of a single-engine airplane near Stant...
STANTON, Neb. (AP) - Stanton County authorities have released the names of two men killed in the crash of a single-engine air...
STANTON, Neb. (AP) - Stanton County authorities have released the names of two men killed in the crash of a single-engine air...
(AP) Omaha police have arrested a man who lost his temper after being asked to smoke outside and started destroying furniture...
(AP) A group intent on recalling Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle says it has gathered enough signatures to force a special recall elec...
(AP) The Nebraska Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Council is conducting an online survey that is aimed at helping improve ser...
(AP) Gov. Dave Heineman is away from Nebraska the rest of this week to meet with other governors from around the country. Hei...
(AP) Two U.S. citizens say in a federal complaint that they were victims of racial profiling when immigration officials block...
(AP) There will be no leisure time for Gov. Dave Heimeman and first lady Sally Ganem during Heineman's second inauguration. T...
Gov. Dave Heineman has appointed Bruce Ramge of Omaha to serve as the director of the Nebraska Department of Insurance. He ha...
(AP) An Omaha woman accused of letting her dog starve and freeze to death in its backyard kennel has been sentenced to spend ...
(AP) - About 500 people enjoyed a train ride across the central Nebraska prairie as part of a fundraiser for the Union Pacifi...
(AP)Omaha police have identified a man found shot to death after officers in the area heard shots fired. Police say 25-year-o...
An anniversary celebration is planned for this morning in the main lobby of the V-A Medical Center in Omaha. V-A Nebraska - W...
An unruly airline passenger in Omaha was sentenced to probation yesterday. 38-year-old Russell Krebs of Arlington, Nebraska w...
(AP) The Omaha Press Club has announced that it will honor Nebraska astronaut Clayton Anderson as its next "Face on the ...
(AP) Omaha police are investigating after two men were fatally shot outside an Omaha apartment building. Police said in a new...
It takes guts to go for the win when you could just play the percentages and go for a second overtime.It also takes guts to g...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska Supreme Court has refused to weigh in on whether municipalities can enact immigration-related...
(AP) Officials say an Omaha high school teacher died after being hit by a car near the school. Omaha television station KETV ...
(AP) A Nebraska man who pleaded guilty to securities fraud has been ordered to spend five years in prison and repay $6.8 mill...
(AP) Nebraska authorities say nearly 200 pounds of marijuana and 51 grams of heroin were discovered in a rental truck. The Ne...
(AP) A partial check by the Nebraska auditor's office found sloppy financial and payroll records for the Omaha Fire Departmen...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The head of an Omaha nonprofit that helps blind people find jobs is denying lawsuit allegations that it tr...
(AP) An Omaha nonprofit that helps blind people find jobs is accused of discriminating against its own blind workers. The Nat...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - An Omaha nonprofit that helps blind peoplefind jobs is accused of discriminating against its own blindwork...
A proposed Omaha ordinance to protect gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgendered people failed. The City Council voted 3 to...
(AP) A symposium scheduled next week at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will focus on whether race matters in the "Ag...
(AP) More Democrats than Republicans have turned out to vote early in Nebraska's 2nd House District race - but not many more....
(AP) Lincoln attorney Robert Bartle has taken over as president of the Nebraska State Bar Association. Bartle began his one-y...
(AP) Police have identified the victim in a fatal weekend shooting in north Omaha as 24-year-old Joshua Dillon. Officers hear...
(AP) Dozens of Fulbright scholars from nearly 50 countries were invited to Lincoln for this week's seminar on food. The Unive...
When the Husker Football team struggles, just about everyone has an opinion about it, and that includes Warren Buffett. The O...
(AP) Officials say the third phase of Nebraska's radio communications network has been completed. The state says the third ph...
Another week with little or no rain let Nebraska farmers speed two weeks or more ahead of their normal harvest pace. The USDA...
(AP) Nebraska regents have approved a $9.25 settlement with the Big 12 over the university's impending departure from the con...
(AP) Former state Sen. Ernie Chambers has filed a complaint against a Lincoln County district judge over the judge's refusal ...
UNOChancellor John Christensen is refuting claims by Democratic Congressional Candidate Ivy Harper that she is no longer bann...
Nebraskans' property tax burden in comparison to home values is ranked third highest in the nation by the Tax Foundation. Pla...
Lincoln Police arrested a 35-year-old Omaha man on suspicion of using the Internet to lure a 14-year-old "girl" int...
Nebraska head football coach Bo Pelini is advising Husker fans to show Texas respect when the Longhorns come to play in Memor...
(AP) Breast cancer survivors will share their stories at a town hall meeting this week in North Platte. The meeting is schedu...
Nebraska schools are being warned of the challenges ahead. Education Commitee Chair SenatorGreg Adams says a looming hole of ...
(AP) Omaha police are looking for a burglar with romantic tastes. Police say someone recently broke into Piccolo's Florist an...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Gov. Dave Heineman and Nebraska AttorneyGeneral Jon Bruning have each returned campaign contributions gi...
(AP) A court-appointed guardian has pleaded guilty to four counts for stealing from people the state of Nebraska paid her to ...
(AP) A Nebraska lawmaker has announced a website that will give Nebraskans a chance to suggest how the new federal health car...
(AP) A funeral service is set for Monday for a man fatally shot by police at an Omaha hospital. Jeff Layten will be mourned a...
(AP) Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will receive the Ambassador of Hope Award from the University of Nebraska Med...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -The Omaha office of the FBI has announced thatmore than 50 arrests this week in New York, London and the Uk...
(AP) Democratic candidate for governor Mike Meister unveiled suggestions Thursday to pump up tourism he believes would bring ...
(AP) Vice President Joe Biden told an Omaha crowd of more than 200 Democrats that Republicans' track record for helping Ameri...
The Sony company will soon be test driving their new eBook readers, not just in stores...but where the serious readers can be...
(AP) Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said a meeting about charity he attended Wednesday with Microsoft Corp. co-founder B...
(AP) - Police say the man who died in a hospital shootout in Omaha was making despondent phone calls to relatives in the hour...
(AP) A Skywest Airlines plane had to make an emergency landing in Milwaukee on Tuesday due to a landing gear problem. General...
(AP) A former financial adviser to Michael Vick and several NFL players has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $3 million f...
Lincoln's poverty rate jumped from 11.8 percent in 2008 to 17.2 percent last year. That was agreater increase than seen in th...
(AP) A Nebraska man has turned himself in on four counts of vehicular homicide in the deaths of four motorcyclists in Iowa. P...
(AP) Omaha Billionaire Warren Buffett says the economy remains in a recession by his definition, because most people and busi...
(AP) A 22-year-old Omaha man who admitted molesting a 6-year-old boy in Lincoln has been sentenced to 3-to-10 years in prison...
Rural Mainstreet Economy Still Weak:But Bank and Farm Indicators Very Healthy by Dr. Ernie Goss, Professor of Economics - Cre...
(AP) Astronaut Clay Anderson will make a visit home to Nebraska later this month at the Strategic Air & Space Museum near Ash...
(AP) Formal charges have been filed against four Omaha teenagers in connection with last week's robbery and stabbing death of...
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