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Man's best friend is going to Oklahoma to help kids and other victims cope with the devastation caused by Monday's ma...
Many of you may remember the devastating two-and-a-half mile wide EF4 tornado that ripped across southeast Nebraska nine year...
Skilled members of Nebraska Task Force One are in the Oklahoma City area to help with search and rescue efforts after a feroc...
Nebraska officials have kicked off their annual seat belt campaign to promote roadway safety. The "Click It or Ticket&qu...
Welcome rain over the weekend in Lincoln, but it wasn't enough to pull us back to normal for the month. Barb Mayes with t...
Tornado sirens accidentally went off Sunday afternoon in Gage County. Emergency Manager Mark Meints says staff members were r...
Just as you were getting ready for bed Wednesday night, there was a knock on the door of an apartment in the 3100 block of No...
On average, it takes four drinks for a 200-pound man to reach a blood alcohol level of .08. It takes two drinks for a 140-pou...
Burglars took a couple of flat screen TV's and a laptop computer from a Lincoln pawn shop early Tuesday morning. When the...
The amount of water flowing into the Missouri River is expected to remain lower than usual, so officials are conserving water...
Authorities say a 40-year-old man has been killed in a collision between his pickup and a locomotive. The Saline County Sheri...
Lincoln has all its ducks in a row if the city declares there's a drought emergency. The City Council on Monday approved ...
An unattended propane grill caught fire late Monday afternoon high atop Sky Park Apartments at 1301 Lincoln Mall, about a blo...
The Lancaster County Engineer and Commissioners have approved a change to the construction timetable for the West Denton Road...
A preliminary federal report says a small plane hit and severed a power line before crashing in northeast Nebraska, killing t...
Rain showers continue across the Midwest, and that means the drought is slowly improving. Sections of central Iowa, southeast...
A fire in a meat processing plant known for its "Wahoo Wiener" kept firefighters busy for hours and sent a huge plu...
Despite wet weather in April, the amount of water flowing into the Missouri River remains below normal because of slow runoff...
Nebraska authorities say a 15-year-old passenger died in a rollover accident on Interstate 80 after the vehicle she was in sw...
A train slammed into an empty truck early Tuesday evening just outside Hickman at 54th and Hickman Road. The Lancaster County...
The Hazard Mitigation Grant will give Lancaster County $123,000 to help with the siren upgrade. Lancaster County Emergenc...
Officials say eight students were taken to hospitals after a school bus collided with a semi-trailer at a foggy intersection ...
One of Lincoln's most confusing intersections recorded its 80th traffic crash over the weekend, less than a year after it...
About $2,000 damage to a mobile home in Martell, after a fire Tuesday morning. Fire units were called to 2510 West Luther...
A UN-L student was robbed Thursday night. Police Officer Katie Flood says a 29-year-old man was walking nearWhittier school, ...
A 34-year-old woman is recovering from injuries she suffered at the hands of her boyfriend. Officer Katie Flood says the vict...
The Environmental Protection Agency again is raising objections to the proposed Keystone XL pipeline which would carry oil fr...
The utility that owns Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant in Nebraska says it plans to strengthen protections against tornado de...
A clothes dryer fire causes smoke damage to an east Lincoln house early Sunday evening. Firefighters were called just before ...
An Omahawoman was killed in a rollover accident on Interstate 80 this weekend that also injured four other people. The York C...
East-west railroad traffic has been stopped due to the failure of one girder on the new West Haymarket Pedestrian Bridge now ...
Authorities say a 21-year-old University of Nebraska-Lincoln student has been injured in a three-story fall. UN-L police say ...
At 10:30 last night, Lincoln Police Officers responded to reports of multiple gun shots going off in the area of 25th and E s...
Police are investigating a vandalism early Tuesday morning at an elderly woman's mobile home in Countryside Estates in no...
An Elmwood family ended up in the hospital after a collision Mondayafternoon. Jacquet Monaghan, his wife Lisa, and their two ...
Gunshots rang out in a north Lincoln neighborhood last night.Police Officer Katie Flood says a witness heard a gunshot,looked...
Gov. Dave Heineman says his $2.2 million budget request to buy an airplane from the University of Nebraska Foundation is ...
Shots rang out early Thursday morningin a Belmont neighborhood. Lincoln Police Officer Katie Flood says they were called to t...
Starting April 1st, it became mandatory for Lincoln food and beverage servers and sellers to have a permit. Lincoln Police Of...
A 47-year-old man from Friend has died in a rollover crash in southeast Nebraska. The Saline County Sheriff's Office says...
When it comes time to vote on gun safety legislation, Nebraska U.S. Republican Senator Mike Johanns will vote against it. In ...
A minor fire inside some piece of equipment in the workshop of Snyder Industries at 48th and Fremont. Lincoln Firefighters we...
Up to 4 inches of snow is expected from a spring storm over much of central and northeast Nebraska. National Weather Service ...
No injuries have been reported in a train derailment in Dodge County. Union Pacific Railroad spokesman Mark Davis says 21 car...
Supporters of the Keystone XL oil pipeline argue the oil will not be exported, but the ranking member of the House Subcommitt...
Several guns stolen from an unlocked vehicle at a home near 84th and Adams on March 29th have been recovered and four people ...
A 13-year-old Walton girl has died, following injuries she suffered in an ATV crash that happened at her grandparents home ne...
A worrisome report was issued on our water supply Friday. The latest snowmelt forecast for the rocky mountains predicts an ev...
On January 5th, several counterfeit checks were passed through Lincoln banks, with losses over $20,000. Police Officer Ka...
A stretch of West Denton Road is closed for reconstruction, but law enforcement officials say a lot of drivers are going arou...
One person is being treated for injuries in a grain elevator explosion at a feed yard in south central Nebraska. It happenedW...
An incense stick is being blamed for starting a couch on fire Tuesday morningin far south Lincoln. Acting Battalion Chief Ste...
An incense stick is being blamed for starting a couch on fire late this morningin far south Lincoln. Acting Battalion Chief S...
Three tornado sirens in the Nebraska Panhandle have failed their tests. A siren in Harrisburg, one in Morrill and one Terryto...
BaseballPius X 4, Lincoln High 0SoccerBoysNorth Star 2, Northeast 1, OTGirlsLincoln High 2, Grand Island 0North Star 2, North...
The USDA reports farmers plan to plant 97.3 million acres of corn this year. That's the largest number seen since 1936. T...
The USDA reports farmers plan to plant 97.3 million acres of corn this year. That's the largest number seen since 1936. T...
The assistant state fire marshal has been promoted into the top job. On Wednesday, the office of Governor Dave Heineman said ...
It may feel like winter, but we're now in a time of the year where your attention focuses on being prepared at a moment&#...
An unattended candle started a fire Tuesday afternoonat 2283 Surfside Drive near Capitol Beach in west Lincoln. Four people w...
A battery cable has been singled out as the cause of an early Friday morning fire at a northeast Lincoln petroleum warehouse....
Lincoln Firefighters battled a fire Friday morninginside the Sapp Brothers Petrolium warehouse at 5901 Cornhusker. Fire units...
Lawmakers have begun to debate a bill that would pour new firefighting resources into central and western Nebraska, areas tha...
A child playing with a lighter has been blamed for a fire that damaged a duplex in northeastLincoln. The fire was reported ar...
A rough landing Tuesdaymorningat the York Airport. A private plane touched down without the benefit of its front landing gear...
Two dumpster fires at the same school back-to-back nights. Just before midnight Saturday, fire crews put out a dumpster fire ...
From 5.5-inches of snow in Lincoln to 11-inches in Fremont, snow totals are widespread. There are unofficial reports of 7 to ...
An overnightfire forced a family from their home in the 3700 block of South 40th Street.Lincoln Firefighters say a basement b...
Sarpy County Sheriff's officials have identified the 8-year-old boy and his 66-year-old grandmother who were killed in a ...
Officials say a giant wave struck a pair of U.S. tourists strolling on the beach near the famous stone arch in the Pacific re...
It's 2 to 4 years in prison for a Lincoln woman who admitted to a hit-and-run fatality accident in March of last year. Ki...
A demolition worker has suffered serious injuries after falling down an elevator shaft in Omaha. Authorities say the 20-year-...
Triple-A Nebraska firmly believes people are dying in traffic crashes because the state doesn't have a strong enough seat...
Federal regulators have added several things to the checklist of more than 450 items to be addressed before the troubled Fort...
A 76-year-old woman died four days after colliding with a pickup truck at 40th and Highway Two. Maurine Mumma of Lincoln trie...
A 12-year-old boy died after a collision on an icy highway in the northern Nebraska Panhandle. The Sheridan County Sheriff...
Plenty of precipitation coming down Thursday, but that didn't slow a fire in the Near South neighborhood. Firefighters we...
A woman has died in a traffic collision during a snow shower in central Nebraska onWednesday.The State Patrol says the crash ...
Climate experts say the drought affecting more than half of the nation will persist in the Great Plains and West through the ...
A 2-vehicle crash on a wide-open stretch of Highway 77 has left a Beatrice man fighting for his life this morning (Wednesday)...
A January fire in a residential home has been classified as arson. Shortly after 9:00 p.m. on January 28th, witnesses reporte...
Four teen-agers were injured Monday noon when their car left the street and slammed into a front yard tree in Northeast Linco...
No injuries have been reported after a small plane ran into a terminal at the Central Nebraska Regional Airport in Grand Isla...
A 25-year-old Lincoln woman is recovering from injuries she suffered during a robbery around 11 o'clock last night (Tuesd...
The pilot of a plane that crashed in northwest Iowa, killing two passengers, has died in a Nebraska hospital. The Sioux City ...
Lincoln Police have released more information on a weekend accident involving a truck on the Mopac Bike Trail. Police Officer...
Two teens are in jail for their alleged involvement in a January 31st shooting during an attempted robbery at 1848 Garfield. ...
An 80-year-old Lincoln woman injured in a car/pedestrian accident near 66th and Vine Tuesday morning has died. Elizabeth Berg...
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission officials are urging those planning a winter fishing expedition to use caution after two a...
Lincoln Police are investigating the robbery of a DaVinci's Pizza delivery driver. Thursday evening around 9:30 pm, the 2...
Around 10 p.m. Tuesday night, 25-year-old Quinton Rivers got into an argument with his pregnant girlfriend. Rivers proceeded ...
A car-bus crash closed downS. 14 St.between Hwy 2 and Old Cheney Rd.for over an hour this afternoon. The car lost control whi...
Lincoln Police are looking for two men who shot a man in an apartment today. The two invaders, one with a gun, the other with...
Lincoln Police are looking for two men who shot a man in an apartment today. The two invaders, one with a gun, the other with...
Authorities have released the name of a truck driver who was killed in a crash about five miles north of Battle Creek in nort...
The Missouri State Highway Patrol has identified a motorist shot and killed by a trooper as a Nebraska resident. The patrol s...
A woman from the western nebraska town of Hershey has died from injuries in a one-vehicle accident north of Sutherland. Linco...
A 43-year-old driver has been killed in a collision on an icy state highway in central Nebraska. The Nebraska State Patrol sa...
Several inches of snow are expected across parts of Iowa and Nebraska as a winter storm moves in. The National Weather Servic...
No one was hurt in a house fire in southeast Lincoln last night (Monday). Firefighters were called shortly after 7 o'cloc...
Authorities are looking for a hit-and-run driver who rear-ended a police officer’s vehicle around 10:30 last night (Thu...
UNDATED (AP) - It wasn't just an upset. It was a blowout. For the first time, Miami has knocked off a team ranked No. 1 i...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Officials in Omaha say a partially blind and deaf dog was unharmed from a fall into a neighborhood storm d...
Four people died today in a collision outside Waterloo.The Douglas County Sheriff's Office says the accident occurred aro...
Authorities in Douglas County say a two-vehicle crash has killed a woman. The Douglas County Sheriff's Office says fog an...
Two Lincoln businesses were the recent targets of burglars. The latest happened just before 1 o'clock this morning (Tuesd...
The Omaha Indian Tribe has reopened its flood-damaged Iowa casino under a new name and with plans for a new building. The Bla...
One of Lincoln's well-known Haymarket restaurants was forced to close and evacuate Monday noon because of a fire. Employe...
Two teen girls from Scottsbluff, Neb. are dead after a crash just over the Wyoming border.18-year-old Alexis B. Wheeler and 1...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is releasing its final crop report for 2012, providing a glimpse o...
A 51-year-old Norfolk man has died in the crash of a semi he was driving near Scribner.The State Patrol says the accident occ...
Police need your help finding a man who took a 63-year-old Lincoln woman's purse last Friday afternoon at Southpointe Pav...
A destructive residential fire just east of LincolnMonday night has been traced to improperly discarded fireplace ashes. The ...
Officials spent the night and early morning hours determining what may have triggered a three-alarm fire that destroyed a hom...
A 100-mile-per-hour chase on I-80 has landed a Papillion man in jail. Joseph Yager got the attention yesterday (Sunday) of a ...
2 people were shaken up a bit, but not seriously hurt, when the car they were in rolled into a fence off the interstate. Both...
A new report to Congress says pipeline spills caused by flooding dumped 2.4 million gallons of crude oil and other hazardous ...
A new report to Congress says pipeline spills caused by flooding dumped 2.4 million gallons of crude oil and other hazardous ...
Lincoln is being recognized by "American City and County" magazine as a Crown Community for its historic partnershi...
Drunken driving arrests were down 14% in Lincoln, from 1,906 in 2011 to 1,640 in 2012; but the number of felony crimes went u...
Organizations opposing the Keystone X-L Oil Pipeline may be stopping the pipeline, but not the flow of oil. Energy companies ...
Fortunately, no one was hurt in a Christmas night fire at a northwest Lincoln mobile home. Firefighters were called to 4108 B...
A 19-year-old Lincoln man convicted of being drunk when his motorboat collided with a sailboat on a southeast Nebraska lake h...
A severe, yearlong drought that continues in Nebraska has been voted the top news story of 2012 by newspaper and broadcast me...
Another Nebraska natural resources district is considering limits on irrigation in the upcoming growing season because of the...
Some holiday travelers took an unscheduled detour Monday afternoon. A United Airlines passenger jet traveling from New Jersey...
The residents of a duplex at 30th and P Streets got the rudest of wake-up calls Monday morning. Firemen were knocking at thei...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - An early-morning electrical fire caused smoke and water damage to an Omaha sporting goods store.Firefighte...
A 49 year old Lincoln man is deadafter a west Lincoln traffic accidentthat occured Friday during thenoon hour. A car and a se...
Yesterday (Thursday) was a nasty day to fight a fire. Firefighters knocked down flames in a mobile home during the noon hour ...
Lincoln Firemen were called out to battle a working fire in a mobile home court thursday afternoon. It was first reportedin t...
A Blizzard Warning is in effect from 3 pm this afternoon until noon CST Thursday. This replaces the Winter Storm Warning that...
5-10 inches of snow is coming to Lincoln. A Winter Storm Warning takes effect at 3 this afternoon (Wednesday) and extends thr...
Nebraska and Iowa officials are urging motorists to use caution as the two states brace for the season's first expected l...
Bennet crews were dispatched to a fire in an abandoned house at 10151 Wittstruck Road around 9:00 Wednesday morning. Sheriff ...
Authorities say more than 40 malnourished horses, donkeys and other animals are being rescued from a rescue operation in sout...
Lincoln Police are investigating an early morning robbery at a motel near the 2000 block of Fletcher Avenue. According to Pol...
A Bennet man is the latest victim of an accidental gunshot wound. Sheriff Terry Wagner said that the man was cleaning his Glo...
A pickup driver has died in a collision with an SUV in a rural area of suburban Omaha. Sarpy County deputies say the man was ...
A new report shows that the nation's worst drought in decades leveled off last week. The weekly U.S. Drought Monitor repo...
Nebraska Speaker of the Legislature Mike Flood has withdrawn his name from consideration for the governor’s race in 201...
Three teens are in custody after they were arrested yesterday afternoon (Tuesday) for acarjackingin North Lincoln Monday nigh...
A 68-year-old woman is recovering from an accidental shooting at her home early Monday afternoon. Deputies were called to the...
19 more incidents of vandalism were reported over the weekend in an area that has already seen its share of cases. Police Off...
Police this morning (Monday) are still investigating the cause of a weekend crash in north Lincoln that killed a couple drivi...
A rural Palmyra man was killed in a highway accident today.37-year old Chad Callahan was headed north on spur 66-A just befor...
HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) - A Kansas truck driver has been charged with manslaughter in connection with a fatal crash in south-cent...
PALMYRA, Neb. (AP) - Authorities say a 37-year-old man was fatally injured when his car slammed into a cow in southeast Nebra...
Lincoln Police have issued an arrest warrant related to the November 15th robbery of a 63-year-old woman's purse in the p...
Donations given to the Humane Society of the United States are not helping local pet shelters. The Opinion Research Corporati...
The massive Thanksgiving apartment fire at 27th and Highway 2 was one of three fires in the past week that were caused by car...
AURORA, Neb. (AP) - A 28-year-old woman has been killed in a collision at a rural intersection in eastern Nebraska.The accide...
A group of U.S. senators is asking President Barack Obama for an emergency declaration in an effort to keep barges moving on ...
A 28-year-old Lincoln man faces a number of charges after allegedly stealing his friend's work van and crashing it on Nor...
Overheated wires in an attic caused a smoky smell last night (Monday) inside a house in the 1700 block of C Street. No damage...
FAIRMONT, Neb. (AP) - A pipeline spill in southeast Nebraska earlier this week that leaked as much as 150 gallons of gasoline...
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) - A Grand Island man has been arrested on suspicion of felony motor vehicle homicide after a passenge...
Careless smoking is being blamed for a costly apartment fire in southwest Lincoln yesterday (Thursday) afternoon. Deputy Fire...
Lincoln Police officers, using a dog, looked for a hit-and-run driver in the area around Southwest High School for several ho...
The cause of an apartment fire just north of 44th and Huntington remains under investigation. Lincoln Firefighters were calle...
Compared to last year at the same time, car-deer crashes are down about 19% according to Lancaster County Sheriff Terry Wagne...
An Omaha man who helped rescue a truck driver and an eastern Iowa couple who trains dogs for public service will be honored a...
Water worries have affected two communities on opposite sides of the state. People in Ceresco boiled their water over the wee...
An attempted burglary Thursday at Jim Powell Diamonds in the 2700 block of North 48th Street. Police have two juveniles in cu...
Authorities have asked people to help find whoever tried to start a fire at a University of Nebraska-Lincoln dorm. Smith Hall...
The troubled Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant is inching closer toward generating power for the first time since April 2011, ...
Lincoln's Salvation Army is asking for contributions of food during the next few days. The organization is about to holdi...
Lincoln firemen were called to a home in the 2800 block of S Street shortly after 12:30 this afternoon. It was first reported...
Speaker of the Legislature Mike Flood is running for Nebraska governor, calling himself "a budget-minded veteran lawmake...
The U.S. Forest Service has eased fire restrictions on land within the Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands. Officials sa...
An announcement is expected tonight (Monday) from outgoing Speaker of the Legislature Mike Flood that he's planning to ru...
No good news about drought conditions. The U.S. Drought Monitor's weekly update Thursday shows 60 percent of the land in ...
Authorities released the name of a man whose body was found inside a burning Omaha building. He was identified as40-year-old ...
So far this year, September has been the deadliest month on Nebraska roads. 29 people were killed; 21 of them in rural areas....
A Ceresco man cited for suspicion of driving drunk may face more charges in the death of a Lincoln man. Early yesterday (Sund...
It has been a bad year for trees in Pioneers Park. The drought has dried up hundreds of tall timber. The skyline won't lo...
Union College sent 10 students and two instructors to Toms River, NJ, to clean up damage. The Lincoln crew is working alongsi...
A driver involved in a crash that killed her pregnant passenger in Omaha last April has been sentenced to 60 days in jail and...
Drought-plagued Midwest farming states, including Nebraska, got little benefit from the massive storm that pounded the Easter...
Relatives of a family killed in a chain-reaction crash in western Nebraska are suing the trucker who crashed into them and fi...
A FedEx jet landed safely at Eppley Airfield in Omaha after reporting possible problems with its landing gear. An indicator l...
A 49-year-old man escaped from his SUV before it was rammed by an eastboundcoaltrain in Scottsbluff. Claude Shelby was drivin...
Hurricane Sandy has interrupted plans for a meeting in Maryland between the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and officials from ...
All are safe after a school bus crashed into a van Friday night. Around 7:30 p.m. the Lincoln Southeast Football team was hea...
Three people were killed in a crash after a 14-year-old driver lost control of a vehicle on icy roads Thursday.14-year-old Co...
Three people were cited for causing last weekend's wildfire in northwest Nebraska. Nebraska National Forests and Grasslan...
The worst U.S. drought in decades is showing little signs of easing as farmers close out their corn harvests and pivot toward...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Dale Earnhardt Jr. has been cleared for this weekend's race at Martinsville Speedway after missing...
The number of traffic accidents involving deer in Lancaster County is up 7% from a year ago. On KFOR's Lincoln Live, Sher...
A passer-by rescued a man who had been buried under a pile of rocks. Cody Lindsey was towing a trailer full of driveway rocks...
One person is dead after a pickup accident near Wahoo. Early yesterday (Monday) morning on a county road, the truck went out ...
Alcohol was not a factor in a head on crash last night (Monday) on Fairfield Street between 22nd and 25th, nor was speed; but...
Lincoln firemen were busyMonday afternoon. They were called out to save a house on fire at 3220 S Street, about four blocks n...
Omaha police are investigating a weekend shooting that killed a 16-year-old boy and injured a 16-year-old girl. Police Office...
Firefighters have been able to mostly contain a wildfire in northwest Nebraska, but not before it burned 83 acres. The U.S. F...
Twelve people had to be treated at a hospital after high levels of carbon monoxide were found at the Lancaster County jail Su...
A second man injured in a house fire in Omaha has died. A Nebraska Medical Center spokesman says 39-year-old Billy Boyer died...
A federal agency has reported that TransCanada Corporation has temporarily shut down its existing Keystone pipeline after tes...
A federal agency says TransCanada Corp. has temporarily shut down its existing Keystone pipeline after tests showed "pos...
Crews are working through stiff winds and dry conditions to contain wildfires in seven Nebraska counties, including Cherry, H...
Recent storms have eased drought conditions in several key Midwest farming states where the corn harvest is wrapping up. The ...
Recent storms have eased drought conditions in several key Midwest farming states where the corn harvest is wrapping up. The ...
Parts of north-central Nebraska are on fire this morning (Thursday). Cherry, Holt and Fillmore Counties are burning. The larg...
A 22-year-old Omaha man has been charged with manslaughter for the death of a woman in a boating accident near Fremont. Saund...
A Nebraska woman in her eighties who died in July is believed to have been a victim of a listeria outbreak related to a recen...
A noted horticulturist who founded a nationally known nursery in eastern Nebraska has died after an explosion at his home in ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Authorities say five people have been hospitalized after a fire erupted at a house in northeast Omaha.Omah...
A Lincoln Police officer is recovering from injuries he sustained in a hit-and-run crash yesterday (Monday) near 14th and Sou...
The city's biggest roundabout is getting a reputation. At 14th and Superior, the wait is less, but your chances of gettin...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Authorities say two students and two drivers have been injured in an Omaha collision between a car and a s...
Lincoln Police need your help finding two robbery suspects who held up a pizza delivery driver last night (Sunday) in the 310...
There have been more pedestrians killed on Nebraska roadways this year than in any year since 2000. Fourteen people have died...
Investigators say the drivers of a school bus and semi that crashed in southern Nebraska both contributed to the fatal collis...
A Kansas woman has been sentenced to 90 days in jail and five years of probation for a collision that killed a motorcyclist o...
Thunderstorms are rumbling our way. Becky Kern with the National Weather Service told KFOR NEWS that a storm in the Las Vegas...
Investigators say the drivers of a school bus and semi that crashed in southern Nebraska both contributed to the fatal collis...
A motorcyclist is dead because of an accident along U.S. Highway 75 north of Omaha. The accident happened about6 a.m. Thursda...
Two workers are recovering from burns from an accident at a food plant in Norfolk. Norfolk Fire Capt. Lyle Lutt says firetruc...
Authorities have released the name of a Lexington man who was killed when his vehicle was struck by a pickup being chased by ...
The corn harvest is in the homestretch in several key Midwest farming states where the nation's worst drought in decades ...
A Papillion man is charged with motor vehicular homicide in the death of an off-duty Ashland police officer in a three-vehicl...
Prosecutors have charged an Omaha man with two counts of motor vehicle homicide after an early-morning crash that killed two ...
Authorities say a 22-year-old Kansas man has been arrested after a fatal collision that ended a vehicle chase in south-centra...
LEXINGTON, Neb. (AP) - Authorities say a vehicle chase in the south-central Nebraska city of Lexington quickly ended when the...
Clothing found near the cafeteria at Bryan West Campus are being checked this morning (Tuesday) to see if they have anything ...
A major grass fire Sunday afternoon north of Waverlykept firefighters from at least six departments busy for more than three ...
A 59-year-old man died in a two vehicle collision north of Stromsburg. The accident occurred just before 7 a.m. Thursday on N...
The results from the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor map are in, and it doesn't look like it's getting better. 75 percent...
The Nebraska National Guard Joint Force Headquarters building is officially open for business today (Wednesday). The new 140,...
Nebraska's biggest reservoir will reduce water supplies to irrigators next year.The Central Nebraska Public Power and Irr...
Political and military leaders cut the ribbon to the newly constructed Nebraska National Guard Joint Force Headquarters build...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Lt. Gov Rick Sheehy has honored volunteers and groups that help prepare Nebraska communities for emergen...
A weekly update on U.S. drought conditions shows the nation's worst drought in decades slightly worsened in the lower 48 ...
A postal worker yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon found a 3 year old boy lying on the ground surrounded by his toys outside an ...
In 1989, a United Airlines flight crashed in Sioux City, Iowa, killing over 100 people. Since then, a memorial has been in pl...
An Illinois trucker whose rig slammed into stalled traffic in western Nebraska may have fallen asleep behind the wheel. A Neb...
LEWISTON, Neb. (AP) - A 25-year-old Tecumseh man has died in a southeast Nebraska crash.Beatrice radio station KWBE reports t...
Police are investigating the death of a central Nebraska man who was sitting on the tracks before being hit by a Union Pacifi...
A weekly tracker of the nation's worst drought in decades says parched conditions continue easing in key Midwest states a...
A mid-morning fire alarm forced the evacuation of Lincoln East High School Thursday. Students were forced outside while firem...
Bikers may like this news. In Wilderness Park, on Lincoln's Southwest side, a new bridge could replace the closed north b...
More people have been killed so far on Nebraska roads this year than anytime in the last 4 years. 156 people have died; about...
Not everything aboutWednesday's overnight rain was good. A Columbus woman and her 12-year-old son are dead following a cr...
Unfortunately, rain wasn't the only product of last night's thunderstorms. High winds caused drought weakened tree br...
Extremely dry and windy conditions fueled a grass fire in north Lincoln Monday evening east of Oak Lake Park along I-180 and ...
Officials say the troubled Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant isn't likely to restart anytime soon. The Nuclear Regulatory ...
More than 50 fire rigs and around 120 firefighters spent much of Saturday afternoon and evening battling a large grass fire i...
The Nebraska State Patrol has identified the four people killed in the fiery crash of a school bus and tractor-trailer near B...
Two Lincoln men men remain in the hospital with what police are calling non-life threatening injuries after a construction ac...
Authorities say four people are dead and at least four children are injured after a school bus crash in south-central Nebrask...
The price tag for a series of blazes in northwest Nebraska and neighboring South Dakota has reached an estimated $3.2 mil...
Authorities have released more information on a deadly collision between a personal watercraft and a boat on Lake McConaughy ...
Firefighters continue to battle fires that have burned more than 120 square miles in northwest Nebraska and neighboring South...
Some firefighters who have been battling the western Nebraska and South Dakota wildfires are being sent home. Fire Informatio...
The family living at 10250 SW 119th Street is beginning the task of rebuilding after their home was destroyed by a fire Sunda...
Strong winds helped wildfires grow Sunday, burning more than 285 square miles in northwest Nebraska and southwest South Dakot...
Ranchers who live in the area know that the wildfires raging in northwest Nebraska and southwest South Dakota will leave a la...
A spreading fire in the Nebraska National Forest is forcing evacuations. Police are going door to door in the Chadron area, a...
A Humphrey man has been sentenced to one year in jail for causing a collision that killed another driver. 63-year-old Lee Tep...
Authorities say a 64-year-old woman died of an apparent heart attack during a wildfire evacuation south of Chadronon Thursday...
Police say a motorcyclist is dead after losing control of her bike and crashing it into a car in northwest Omaha.Police say t...
A 34-year-old Kansas woman is scheduled to be sentenced in October for vehicular homicide in south-central Nebraska's Hal...
Two drivers have died in a head-on collision on Nebraska Highway 133 south of Blair in eastern Nebraska. The Washington Count...
Last weekend's rain wasn't enough. The U.S. Drought Monitor's most recent map shows nearly all of Nebraska remain...
Chadron students will have a few extra days off for Labor Day. Wildfires in Northwest Nebraska forced Chadron State College a...
When it comes to safe driving, Lincoln ranks 5th best for cities of similar size. The Allstate America's Best Drivers Rep...
A part of Nebraska is burning this morning (Thursday). 2 Nebraska Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopters flew out of Linco...
A 42 year old Lincoln man is lucky to be alive this morning (Thursday) after being hit by the rearview mirror of a delivery v...
The area's fire danger is rising....the national weather service has issued a red flag warning thru thursday night...sayi...
Dryness is creeping back across areas that haven't had rain for a couple weeks. State and Federal personnel are joining l...
A fire yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon causing $90,000 damage to a house in north Lincoln was started by a couple of teenag...
A 28-year-old pizza delivery driver will likely remember to shut off her car the next time she's working. Just before 10p...
Federal regulators have scheduled another meeting to discuss efforts to restart the Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant. The Nuc...
Nebraska has issued a health alert for toxic blue-green algae at Big Indian Creek Lake in Gage County and is continuing the a...
A Red Willow County Sheriff's deputy who pulled over a Corvette for a traffic violation created a traffic breach of his o...
A second citation for violating mandatory watering restrictions has been issued by Lincoln Police, this time to a 46-year-old...
Two people were injured in an accident at a fertilizer plant in Beatrice around 5 a.m. Friday. Fire Capt. Jake Carrel says on...
It looks like it's going to stay drier longer. Earlier, Federal weather forecasters said they drought would end in Octobe...
It looks like it's going to stay drier longer. Earlier, Federal weather forecasters said they drought would end in Octobe...
Nebraska volleyball coach, John Cook, suffered minor injuries when his bicycle was hit by a car. Cook says he landed on his r...
Most rural Nebraskans support building the Keystone XL oil pipeline, but ONLY if it avoids the environmentally sensitive Sand...
A legendary figure in the University of Nebraska College of Nursing has died.Madeleine Leininger passed away in Omaha from lu...
You can help the Nebraska Safety Council get a new car. The council is a finalist in the Toyota 100 Cars For Good on Facebook...
Health officials are investigating an outbreak of salmonella at a care center in Blue Hill in Nebraska. Officials say 17 case...
Firefighters in an east Nebraska town could do nothing but stand by and watch as their station burned to the ground. The blaz...
President Obama Kicked off a campaign swing through Iowa today with a stop in Council Bluffs.Hundreds of supporters listened ...
A carelessly discarded cigarette is likely being blamed for starting a grass fire late Monday morning on the north side of Sa...
People living at 1022 Daybreak Circle are thankful to have escaped harm, after a fire started on the back deck of their duple...
More than 50 percent of the nation is in a flash drought this summer. Senator Ben Nelson met with the Drought Mitigation Cent...
An off-duty Ashland police officer is dead after a three-vehicle crash between Gretna and Ashland last night. 58-year-old Dan...
The State Fair's new sky tram ride might not be ready for this year's event because of an Interstate 80 accident this...
The State Fair's new sky tram ride might not be ready for this year's event because of an Interstate 80 accident this...
An off-duty Ashland police officer is dead after a three-vehicle crash between Gretna and Ashland last night. 58-year-old Dan...
Doors weren't the only thing broken in a Monday night burglary of the First Christian Church at 430 S. 16th Street... An ...
There may be a new republican candidate in the 2014 governor's race. Speaker of the Legislature Mike Flood says he's ...
Four fire departments combined forces to put out a blaze that blackened 50 acres of land in southeast Nebraska. The blaze beg...
Four fire departments combined forces to put out a blaze that blackened 50 acres of land in southeast Nebraska. The blaze beg...
The Army Corps of Engineers is again reducing its prediction for how much water will flow down the Missouri River this year b...
Several new wildfires have blackened dozens of square miles of rugged terrain near Lake McConaughy in western Nebraska.The la...
The latest U.S. Drought Monitor map shows conditions have grown slightly worse in Iowa and Nebraska during the past week. The...
More than half of U.S. counties now are classified by the federal government as natural disaster areas mostly because of the ...
The drought affecting Nebraska and other Midwest and Plains states is putting a further drag on the regional economy. Today&#...
Authorities say the three wildfires that blackened nearly 120 square miles of north-central Nebraska have been fully containe...
One man is dead and another is behind bars in a rollover crash near Minatare in western Nebraska. 21-year-old Taylor Magdalen...
As parts of Western Nebraska continue to burn, debate between senate candidates Republican Deb Fischer and Democrat Bob Kerre...
A Havelock Funeral Home and a local Foundation are teaming up this Sunday to help prevent drowning among children. Lincoln Fa...
Despite a fire line break, firefighters are still on track to completely contain three wildfires that have blackened more tha...
Officials say one of the fires being fought in northwest Nebraska has been 100 percent contained. U.S. Forest Service spokesw...
Firemen are making progress against three fires burning in the range and forest land along the Niobrara River. Today's re...
The latest U.S. Drought Monitor map shows all of Iowa and most of Nebraska are suffering severe or extreme drought. The map s...
The wildfire in the northwest corner of Nebraska has spread far enough to burn more than 3 square miles, but firefighters hav...
Residents thought their neighbors were burning incense but whenthey looked outside,they saw their home was on fire. Firefight...
Union Pacific Railroad has been ordered to pay a Topeka worker more than $38,000 for retaliating against a worker who rep...
Governor Dave Heineman visited some of the 240 local, state and federal personnel fighting the three fires in the sandhills e...
A wildfire that's consuming trees and blackening grassland in the northwest corner of Nebraska has grown to about 300 acr...
Firefighters continue working to contain a massive wildfire in north-central Nebraska, but the blaze is now threatening a sec...
A 24-year-old man has been given three to six years in prison for causing a collision that fatally injured a 65-year-old man....
Bushes caught fire at an apartment in the 300 block of W. Charleston around 2:30 this afternoon. View employees tried to quel...
A 30-year-old Lincolnman is recovering, after he was beaten and robbed by two other men following a disturbance early Sunday ...
A man is in jail today after trying unsuccessfully to steal a truck. A Omaha construction worker saw 19 year old Cirino Tripl...
The Nebraska Supreme Court has upheld a ruling against the city of Omaha for a sledding accident that seriously injured two g...
Firefighters responded to a fire in a trailer home on the 200 block of Belmont around 3:30Friday afternoon. A family of six w...
What do you get when you combine a house fire, a heat index of 105 degrees and a metal roof? A challenge for firefighters as ...
The latest U.S. Drought Monitor map shows that severe drought affecting much of the Midwest and Great Plains now covers more ...
Everyone is safe after a small house fire on the 4900 block of Boeckner Avenue today. Fire investigator Rick Campos says the ...
Authorities have released the name of a man who died when he jumped from a pickup during a chase with officers in southeast N...
An old farmstead north of 14th and Alvo Road burned down early Wednesday, keeping firefighters busy for at least an hour. Cre...
A man who had a rope around his neck died after he jumped from a moving pickup truck during a chase with police. The State Pa...
A family of three escapes harm after a fire started just before 8 p.m. Monday in the attic of their home at 6310 Leighton Ave...
Federal regulators have proposed $195,000 in penalties for a Nebraska meatpacker over the death of an employee. The Occup...
A south-central Nebraska woman has died in a rollover accident near Smithfield in Gosper County. 42-year-old Darla McCoyz, of...
Ranchers statewide can now apply to harvest roadside hay in Nebraska to help feed their livestock during the drought. Governo...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is streamlining the process for farmers to apply for government disaster help as crops in ...
An Omaha man is suspected of flashing a laser pointer at planes and helicopters. The most recent incident occurred Tuesday ni...
A farmer was killed when a large piece of equipment fell on him. Nuckolls County Sheriff Jim Marr says 33-year-old Jeffrey Sc...
A new report says the number of traffic crashes in Lincoln held fairly steady in 2010, despite an increase in residents and r...
Lincoln drivers are driving much safer compared to other cities. There were 28 fewer traffic crashes in 2010, compared to 200...
Lincoln Mayor Chris Beutler's new city budget proposal has no tax increases, but proposes increases in several user fees....
Volunteer firefighters spent seven hours battling a blaze in central Nebraska that burned 500 acres of pastureland. The fire ...
A man accused of flooding a western Nebraska jail and causing more than $10,000 in water damage to county offices has ple...
Lincoln's City Government will have a status-quo budget the next two years, if Mayor Chris Beutler gets his way. The Mayo...
Cutbacks to police investigations of non-injury accidents will be included in Mayor Beutler's two-year budget proposal. B...
The drought is getting more intensein Nebraska and across much of the nation. More than three-quarters of Nebraska is now exp...
A pesky fire took two alarms before it was brought under controlThursday afternoon. It broke out at the former Cook's Foo...
The Nebraska State Patrol says two people are dead following a fiery crash involving three semis on Highway 30 in central Neb...
A fire in a national forest southeast of Halsey in central Nebraska has charred about 1,043 acres. The fire, which was sparke...
A 13-year-old girl died when the vehicle her mother was driving crashed and rolled into a field near the Nebraska-Kansas stat...
A wildfire that has burned more than 1,000 acres at the Nebraska National Forest is only 20 percent contained. Firefighters c...
Gov. Dave Heineman has declared a state emergency due to the current drought conditions throughout Nebraska. The declaration ...
A 49-year-old man drowned this weekend in a western Nebraska reservoir near Sutherland. James Decent, of Paxton, died Saturda...
Fire officials are putting extra emphasis this week on keeping lighters and any ignition sources away from young children. Bu...
Firemen were called to 2739 Starr Street just before Noon on Monday. A preliminary statement from fire officials on the scene...
The U.S. Forest Service has imposed tougher fire restrictions for the Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands because of ext...
No injuries in a fire that started in a vacant home at 1525 South 11th Street. The first call came in shortly after 5am Frida...
Authorities are checking whether the death of an Iowa man after an Omaha accident was related to the extreme heat. Omaha poli...
A robbery charge is looming for a 46-year-oldLincolnman, after he took off in another man's vehicle during a road rage in...
The Colorado Springs fire just keeps burning. Rolland Johnson is CEO of KFOR's parent company, Three Eagles Communication...
Details into an allegedcheck fraud case that led up to a three-vehicle crash Monday afternoon in northeast Lincoln are still ...
Authorities have released the name of a Lincoln woman who was killed in an accident on Interstate 80 near Grand Island. The H...
Four people are in the hospital for non-life threatening injuries following two separate crashes Monday afternoon at 84th and...
Quick reaction from firefighters keeps a fire from further damaging a northwest Lincoln home. Fire crews were called to 1019 ...
A short in an extension cord is to blame for starting a fire in a garage that spread to a house at 7020 South Wedgewood Drive...
Lincoln Police are also looking for a man who tried to rob another man, who was waiting for traffic to clear up around 40th a...
The Lakeview Nursing Home in Firth is in the process of shutting down and sometime between June 6th and this past Monday, thr...
The battle against wildfires in western Nebraska is winding down. One blaze has blackened an estimated 5,000 acres northeast ...
One person was injured in a hot air balloon crash Sunday at a Norfolk air show. The balloon crashed in a cornfield near the 2...
A two car crash around 6am Friday at Cotner and "O" Street sends two people to the hospital. Lincoln Fire Batallion...
Police have released the name of a 23-year-old man who died after his car crashed into a west Omaha carwash business. Officer...
A Nebraska City man has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and placed on two years of probation for a deadly crash near Union....
The man who died in a hit and run late Sunday night just east of 14th and Cornhusker has been identified as 53-year-old Danie...
It's a secret that at least one victim held on to for nearly 30 years, but this past February...he felt something had to ...
More than 37,000 acres and counting for the fire that is raging west of Fort Collins, Colorado. Smoke from that fire has ling...
If you have plans this weekend to head to Rockford Lake, southeast of Beatrice in Gage County, or Swan Creek Lake No. 5, near...
A drunken-driving charge has been filed against a volunteer firefighter who was behind the wheel when his firetruck crashed i...
A14-year-old boy has been killed in an accident on train tracks in Grand Island. The Grand Island Police Department says the ...
Lincoln Police are looking for three people following an armed robbery early Thursday morningnear 48th and Madison. Officer K...
The city of Lincoln has settled a claim filed by the family of a worker who was fatally crushed by a 1,200 pound lawn mower i...
A two vehicle crash tied up Cornhusker Highway just east of 27th street lateTuesday morning. It happened when a northbound wh...
Seven residents of a southwest Lincoln neighborhood are victims of larceny from auto. Police Officer Katie Flood says these i...
Authorities have released the names of two people who died in a crash on Interstate 29 in western Iowa. The Iowa State Patrol...
Lincoln Firemen were called to 6903 Colby Street Thursday noon on a report of smoke and flames coming from the eaves of the h...
Federal regulators and the Omaha Public Power District faced tough questions Thursday about Fort Calhoun nuclear plant. Sever...
The Saunders County attorney says he's awaiting a report about a firetruck crash before deciding whether to charge the vo...
LincolnFirefighters were busy handling a peskylate morning fire Thursday, wherehalf a dozen trucks responded to a fire just b...
71 year old Robert Richmond of rural Waverly has been identified as the motorist killed in a traffic accident Tuesday. It hap...
A 24-year-old man is being treated for several fractures and other broken bones, after he was attacked by a 21-year-old passe...
One person died in a traffic accident east of Lincoln Tuesdayday. It happened just after 11 AM on Highway 6 at 98th street. A...
Fire destroyed a garage and damaged a house at 1118 Hill Street in South Lincoln Tuesday. The blaze, reported during the noon...
A 27 year old Lincoln man is recovering from a motorcycle accident in South Lincoln last week. Adam Koenig is still in intens...
A 27 year old Lincoln man is recovering from a motorcycle accident in South Lincoln last week. Adam Koenig is still in intens...
Two property owners are facing expensive repairs after a shooting at 2700 North First Street around 2:45 a.m. Sunday morning....
State officials are urging Nebraska motorists to fasten their seatbelts in the wake of an uptick in traffic fatalities so far...
Fire units were called to the Tractor Supply Warehouse in Waverly late Wednesday afternoon. Damage was done to the outside of...
Firefighters responded to a three-alarm house fire at 1633 Harwood and worked for several hours, after the initial report of ...
Authorities areinvestigating the death of a woman whose vehicle plunged into a reservoir near Wilber in southeast Nebraska. T...
Firemen battled to save a burning home on the west edge of LincolnFriday afternoon. The alarm was turned in about 1:30 as a d...
A 9-year-old boy died in a house fire south of Davey. Lancaster County Attorney Joe Kelly told our ABC Partner Channel 8that ...
Mayor Chris Beutler said watering restrictions are not needed this year because the City’s water supply is in good shap...
A District Judge in Scottsbluff is faced with an unusual case. Two men from the Panhandle Town of Henry were drinking while d...
A year ago, a record amount of water was flowing through Gavins Point Dam on the Missouri River. On Wednesday, the tap was tu...
A 21-year-old student has been charged with manslaughter for the death of a friend who'd fallen from the back of a truck ...
A Lincoln woman has been sentenced to one to three years in prison for a hit-and-run crash that trapped two people in a car. ...
A 13-year-old Lincoln boy is recovering after he was hit while trying to cross a busy street. Police and Firefighters respond...
A Lincoln Nursing Instructor has won a prestigious national award. Michelle Johnson, an assistant professor at Bryan LGH Nurs...
A delivery mix up of 37 boxes of diapers and five boxes of baby wipes goes to an old north Lincoln home of a Cedars Youth Ser...
A 2-year-old girl has died after a fall from a horse in the Nebraska Panhandle. The accident occurred Friday afternoon, near ...
A 46-year-old woman has died after a collision on U.S. Highway 81 in northeast Nebraska. The collision occurred early Sunday ...
The Army Corps of Engineers plans to cut the flow of water coming out of Gavins Point Dam in southeast South Dakota next week...
A 19-year-old Lincoln man is in jail, accused of being responsible for a disturbance initially thought to have been a kidnapp...
Firefighters were called to the 3700 block of North 56th StreetWednesday afternoon on a report of thick black smoke coming fr...
One person is dead after a collision between a compact car and a semi-truck in the 900 block of West “O” Street s...
