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(AP) A bill before the Nebraska Legislature's Natural Resources Committee would take $7 million a year from the Nebraska Envi...
(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 Jiffy Lube franchisee with more than 400locations nationwide is acquiring six more stores in Lincoln and...
(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 ...
(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 Nebraska man who was honored for having won a series of military medals will have to answer to a charge he lied about ...
(AP) The principal who was wounded in last week's shooting at a Nebraska high school has been released from the hospital. Hos...
(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...
Hundreds of students and other mourners filled an Omaha church today for Vicki Kaspar's funeral. The Millard South High Schoo...
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) 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...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska state senators convened at the state Capitol to begin a 90-day lawmaking session that's under a...
(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...
The penny slots paid out big for a Nebraska woman last week. The Omaha World Herald is reporting the unnamed woman won $1.15 ...
(AP) A woman and her two adult daughters face charges in a Christmas burglary at an Omaha factory. Omaha police say officers ...
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) 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) - The 2010 Census shows that Nebraska's population grew enough over the last decade for the state to keepall...
Two Lincoln men were arrested early this morning after police served two search warrants at 4501 Madison Street, apartments #...
(AP) The first numbers from the 2010 Census will be released Tuesday, and those figures will determine how many U.S. House se...
(AP) Plans are in the works to transform the mall surrounding the Nebraska Capitol into a tree-lined green space featuring el...
(AP) A Jefferson County district judge has thrown out a lawsuit challenging a Nebraska law that allows some illegal immigrant...
(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 ...
City officials say the north wall of the Romantix building in downtown Lincoln will likely be demolished on Thursday.Fire Chi...
(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 ...
Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning applauds a ruling on a Virginia challenge to the Federal Health Care law. Bruning tells...
(AP) A man wanted in a home invasion in rural Seward County in eastern Nebraska is in custody after a short police chase. The...
(AP) An astronaut and a federal prosecutor are among the fall commencement speakers scheduled at the University of Nebraska-L...
(AP) Several new laws that took effect in 2010 could affect farmers' tax bills, so experts encourage farmers to plan ahead. N...
(AP) Planned Parenthood of the Heartland has opened a new health center in Omaha that will include a one-of-a-kind sexual ass...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska's court system is looking for waysto cut spending as the state deals with the ongoing financial...
(AP) The FBI has joined the search for a Nebraska college student last seen leaving an off-campus party. 19-year-old Tyler Th...
(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...
(AP) A 33-year-old Omaha mother will be going to parenting classes to learn her own lessons from leaving her daughter on the ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Gov. Dave Heineman has named a northeast Nebraska farmer and retired truck driver to fill a vacant seat ...
Lincoln North Star High Schoolwas locked down for part of Thursday afternoon as Lincoln Police searched for a suspisious pers...
(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) Authorities are blaming a turkey fryer for a fire that destroyed a garage and damaged a nearby house in North Platte. Fi...
(AP) Stanton County authorities have released the names of two men killed in the crash of a single-engine airplane near Stant...
(AP) Prosecutors have charged a Nebraska inmate with trying to kill a fellow inmate with a sharpened wooden dowel. Johnson Co...
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) The Nebraska Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Council is conducting an online survey that is aimed at helping improve ser...
The Lincoln Electric System board voted to spend 42 million dollars for mostly burying a major transmission line that would b...
Gov. Dave Heineman has appointed Bruce Ramge of Omaha to serve as the director of the Nebraska Department of Insurance. He ha...
Timothy Relihan represented Nebraska well last night as he appeared an episode of College Jeopardy. The Stromsburg native is ...
(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...
The proposed Catalyst project in downtown Lincoln is getting off the ground with its first appearance before the city council...
Residents of one southeast Lincoln neighborhood targeted by a spree of vandalisms to vehicles last week...are now reeling fro...
(AP) Omaha police are investigating after two men were fatally shot outside an Omaha apartment building. Police said in a new...
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 Lexington woman has been found dead, and police say they've arrested her son. A release from interim police chief Trac...
(AP) A write-in candidate for U.S. Senate in Iowa has been arrested on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus after allege...
(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...
The Lincoln City Council could take another step towards purchasing the Experian Building in Northwest Lincoln to house certa...
(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...
Another week with little or no rain let Nebraska farmers speed two weeks or more ahead of their normal harvest pace. The USDA...
Lincoln Police are looking for suspects in three unconnected armed robberiesover the weekend in Lincoln. Officer Katie Flood ...
(AP) Construction is scheduled to begin in February on an addition to the Lied Center for Performing Arts on the University o...
(AP) Former state Sen. Ernie Chambers has filed a complaint against a Lincoln County district judge over the judge's refusal ...
Represenatatives of all fifty states are working together in an investigation into home foreclosures. Nebraska Attorney Gener...
Nebraskans' property tax burden in comparison to home values is ranked third highest in the nation by the Tax Foundation. Pla...
Credit-card scammers are targeting customers of another Nebraska bank. Platte Valley Bank says some customers are getting tex...
(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 ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Gov. Dave Heineman and Nebraska AttorneyGeneral Jon Bruning have each returned campaign contributions gi...
At the Nebraska Research and Innovation conference that kicked off in Lincoln yesterday, University of Nebraska President J.B...
(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) The Green Schools Summit later this fall is aimed at helping Nebraska communities improve the energy efficiency of their...
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 ...
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) The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services has stopped sending troubled youth to two Boys Town programs after ...
"Don't close our neighborhood senior center"....that was the plea from a number of Lincoln senior citizens...carryi...
(AP) A South Dakota rescue group has taken in 36 ailing dogs that were abandoned across the border in Nebraska. Rosey Quinn o...
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