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Lincoln Southeast High School officials announced Tuesday that JJ Toczek will be the high school's new athletic director....
Dave Gillespie, who has been the athletic director at Lincoln Southwest High School the past seven years, has been named the ...
Nebraska lawmakers have given final approval to the seven budget bills that make the state's two-year budget. Lawmakers p...
Two men are in jail facing a charge of burglary, after both were caught by a deputy running through the hallway of Raymond Ce...
Withten working days left in the Legislative session, lawmakers are planning to review why few Nebraska students who receive ...
In the State Class B High School Baseball Tournament, Norris defeated Lincoln Pius 8-1 yesterday and Omaha Gross eliminated O...
Lawmakers have given final approval to a funding bill that divides state aid among Nebraska's large and small public scho...
High school teams from Elkhorn and Wayne have won scholarships with their electric car designs. Those two schools prevailed i...
Nebraska lawmakers who support an Omaha charter-schools bill launched a debate on a measure that was killed in committee this...
A jury trial has been set in the case of a man who accuses Creighton University in a lawsuit of discriminating against him be...
This year's KFOR Sportscasters Club All-City recognition banquet will be held Tuesday night at the Grand Manse in Lincoln...
The Hazard Mitigation Grant will give Lancaster County $123,000 to help with the siren upgrade. Lancaster County Emergenc...
ALincoln Middle School student has received a national award. My'Kah Knowlin, a student at Lux Middle School, received th...
Two Nebraska teachers are eligible to teach again after a year of suspension. Last April Keri Watkins and Ann Gigstad resigne...
Around $123,000 in federal grant money will help in further upgrading Lincoln's outdoor warning siren system. The Col...
Officials say eight students were taken to hospitals after a school bus collided with a semi-trailer at a foggy intersection ...
District high school baseball for most of the Lincoln schools starts Monday. However, one team, Pius X, picked up a 10-0,five...
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has finalized plans for an abbreviated May 4 undergraduate commencement ceremony to be hel...
A freshman at Papillion–La Vista High School has been arrested for threatening to bring a gun into the building. Other ...
High School BaseballLincoln Southwest 7, Lincoln Northeast 4Gretna 6, Norris 2 in 8 inningsOmaha Gross beat Waverly 6-1.Distr...
State funding for pre-kindergarten programs had its largest drop ever last year and states are now spending less per child th...
A UN-L student was robbed Thursday night. Police Officer Katie Flood says a 29-year-old man was walking nearWhittier school, ...
A principal of an Omaha middle school is resigning after being criticized for her handling of reports against a teacher who w...
A new state-equalization funding bill for Nebraska public schools has won first-round approval from lawmakers, with a vote of...
Nebraska State Treasurer Don Stenberg is recognizing "Teach Children to Save Day", reminding kids to learn lifelong...
Nebraska lawmakers advanced a bill that would support a program that teaches inmates how to be good parents. Senators voted 3...
Lawmakers are divided over proposed changes to Nebraska's school-funding formula, with rural senators expressing support ...
Some University of Nebraska-Lincoln students have joined a NASA competition in Huntsville Ala., where they will launch a rock...
Southeast Community College officials are reporting double-digit declines in enrollment. College President Jack Huck released...
There was an extra police presence at Lincoln East High School Friday morning. Police received a call late Thursday night adv...
Beatrice 6, Lincoln High 1Lincoln North Star 10, Lincoln Northeast 3Lincoln Pius X 8,Fremont Bergan 4Nebraska City 11, Waverl...
Former Norfolk Mayor Harley Rector has died at age 84. A spokesman for Home for Funerals in Norfolk said Thursday that Rector...
High School Baseball......Lincoln North Star 3, Lincoln Southwest 1Lincoln Pius X 4, Lincoln Northeast 1Fremont Bergan 3, Lin...
BaseballPius X 4, Lincoln High 0SoccerBoysNorth Star 2, Northeast 1, OTGirlsLincoln High 2, Grand Island 0North Star 2, North...
A 30 year old Lincoln man is in jail, ending a manhunt. Chadrick Fitzgerald had been sought by authorities since a shot was f...
The search for a man who allegedly fired a shot at a woman Wednesday afternoon near 47th and Gladstone in north Lincoln has e...
Everything is back to normal at Lincoln North Star High School, after the Metro Fugitive Task Force captured a gunman in the ...
Reportedly, Nebraska women's basketball recruit Jess Shepard will transfer from Lincoln Southeast to Fremont High School ...
The University of Nebraska really wants to build a new College of Nursing division in Lincoln. Up to 60% of qualified applica...
Two dumpster fires at the same school back-to-back nights. Just before midnight Saturday, fire crews put out a dumpster fire ...
The Speaker of the Legislature says Nebraska's budget situation is both a curse and a blessing this year. Senator Greg Ad...
Two teenagers have been accused of selling marijuana-laced brownies to other students at Norris High School. The boys are 14 ...
No Lincoln area schools advanced from the 1st round of the Boys State High School Basketball Tournament. CLASS AOmaha Central...
A new dean has been selected to lead at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture. Ron Rosati, the provost of Southeast M...
Doane College in Crete plans to add a 100-member marching band to perform at sporting events. Music professor Lance Nielsen s...
A group of retired generals is seeking a $10 million yearly increase in Nebraska state aid for early childhood education....
University of Nebraska officials are unhappy with a preliminary state budget that allocates less money than what Gov. Dave He...
What if a school was designed to reduce obesity and foster student health ??? It's already happening. University of Nebra...
District high school girls basketball resumes on KFOR and ESPN 1480 tonight.Dick Janda will broadcast the Class B-1 district ...
District high school basketball coverage continues tonight (Wed.) on KFOR & ESPN 1480.Jeff Motzwill broadcast the A-6 Girls D...
There's boys high school basketball tomorrow (Fri.) & Saturday nights on ESPN 1480 and KFOR 1240.Tomorrow (Fri.) night,Ch...
There's high school basketball tomorrow (Thurs.) night on KFOR.Dick Janda will broadcast the intra-city boys game between...
Big Ten athletic directors and football coaches say they have reservations about loosened NCAA recruiting rules that would al...
From mental health services to more School Resource Officers, city and school leaders are talking about ways to make schools ...
Lincoln Public and Catholic Schools are closed because of the snowy weather. The same goes for College View Academy and Norri...
HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska native Clayton Anderson says plans for his future are up in the air after his retirement from ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A 15-year-old Omaha high school student faces expulsion for a year after taking a loaded handgun to school...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The president of the Omaha school board has resigned her board seat.Freddie Gray's resignation is expe...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska is sponsoring an essay-writing contest for seventh- and eighth-graders to encourage participati...
A Nebraska lawmaker is proposing a state grant program and a task force that would help draw workers into job fields that are...
Nebraska is missing out on more than $9 million in federal funding because fewer than 40% of students eligible for breakf...
There's high school basketball Friday night on KFOR and KLMS-Radio. Chris Schmidt will broadcast the Lincoln East at Linc...
LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 16, 2013 — Students studying broadcast journalism at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln will ...
There are three boys’ high school basketball games on KFOR and KLMS tomorrow (Friday) and Saturday nights. Tomorrow (Fr...
State Lawmakers got back at work today (Wednesday) for the first day of a 90-day session. Ten new senators were sworn in, inc...
Governor Dave Heineman says he will request an increase in state aid that would allow for a two-year tuition freeze at the Un...
LINCOLN, NEB. (AP) - Gov. Dave Heineman says he will request an increase in state aid that would allow for a two-year tuition...
The District 5 seat on the Lincoln School Board is up for grabs; incumbent Kevin Keller isn't seeking re-election. Lanny ...
An Omaha middle school student is facing charges because police say he threatened to kill some of his classmates who teased h...
The senator who tried passing a bill two years ago that would have armed Nebraska teachers says he's not planning on intr...
Nebraska's largest public school district is making a switch to a new school bus company. The Omaha Public Schools board ...
Parents want to see a police presence at school. Lincoln Public Safety Director Tom Casady points out budget cuts years ago e...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman says last week's shooting at a Connecticut elementary school that killed 27, including 20...
Commencement exercises for 1,500 graduates are scheduled at the University of Nebraska Lincoln Friday and Saturday. Graduate ...
Nebraska sent the Omaha school district $6.3 million too much last year because the district mistakenly submitted a speci...
Gretna's former city administrator has been sentenced to 6 months in jail for misusing city funds. A Sarpy County judge a...
Hundreds of students gathered at Irving Middle School last night (Thursday) to remember a teacher they trusted. 51-year-old E...
A committee has been named to find a new chancellor for the University of Nebraska Medical Center. The university announced W...
AP Nebraska high school football rankingsBy The Associated PressHere are the final Associated Press Nebraska high school foot...
The Ralston school board has agreed to offer buyouts to longtime teachers as part of its efforts to avert more severe budget-...
Lincoln Police officers, using a dog, looked for a hit-and-run driver in the area around Southwest High School for several ho...
Nebraska students are showing progress on statewide math and reading tests. New results released Tuesday show that more than ...
The State Board of Education and the Nebraska Department of Education will hold public meetings from five cities around the s...
It is the goal of Nebraska's Division of Behavioral Health to reduce underage drinking by 6% in the next 5 years. They ho...
The University of Nebraska at Kearney is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit that accuses administrators of illegally denying...
Seward Police may never know who fired a bullet into a school bus after it had finished dropping off students yesterday (Mond...
There will be flags in classrooms at Elliott Elementary for Veterans Day. Grand Lodge at the Preserve ensured it. A new state...
A high school senior collapsed and died during a basketball game at his small school in southeast Nebraska this week. Terron ...
The Student Vote results are out. Each of the Lincoln Public Schools and several non-LPS schools participated in the vote and...
Union College sent 10 students and two instructors to Toms River, NJ, to clean up damage. The Lincoln crew is working alongsi...
The 2012 State High School Football playoffs move into round-two today (Wed.) for classes "C" and "D". Li...
Union College offers a major in "International Search and Rescue" and it's sending ten studentsmajoring in that...
A 17-year-old Omaha student has been charged as an adult after police said they found explosive materials and drugs in his ba...
There will be another large apartment-style housing facility and parking garage built over the next couple years on the south...
Chancellor Jon Christensenwas present Friday as the N-U Board of Regentsgave permission to find a developer to plan a $67...
The State High School Football Playoff pairings are out, as post season play begins this week. On Thursday, Lincoln Lutheran ...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Penn State will not renew the contract of athletic director Tim Curley, who has been on leave since...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A math teacher at Omaha's Westside High School who studied math and physics in college so she could ...
Where would you spend your fall break week if you were a college student? Several hundred University of Nebraska at Omaha stu...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Authorities say two students and two drivers have been injured in an Omaha collision between a car and a s...
The parents of a Crete High School teen who was allegedly sexually assaulted by 52-year-old Chad Eggebraaten are filing a for...
BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) - The Beatrice school board has hired a former superintendent of Norris Public Schools to serve as interi...
The University of Nebraska is becoming a leader in licensed inventions. The Omaha World-Herald reports that NU ranks 20th out...
52-year-old Chad Eggebraaten of Crete goes to court next month accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl. He has been cou...
More than 100 high school juniors and seniors are bringing their parents and teachers to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln c...
The University of Nebraska has a new athletic director. Shawn Eichorst, currently the Athletic Director at the University of ...
There's high school football tonight (Thurs.) on KFOR. Dick Janda will have the play-by-play of the Lincoln Pius-Lincoln ...
Classroom life is back to normal this morning (Wednesday) at Goodrich Middle School as well as Belmont and Campbell elementar...
A well known figure in Nebraska democratic politics has died. Norm Otto grew up in Wyoming, went to Kearney State College, fl...
Southeast Nebraska Community College has signed an agreement with Baker University that that will make it easier for students...
Beatrice school officials are looking for an interim superintendent to replace Superintendent Jon "Tommy" Lopez, wh...
Based on academic environment, quality of life and professional opportunity, the American Institute for Economic Research ran...
The largest high school in Lincoln is Southeast with nearly 2,000 students. The largest elementary school is Roper and the la...
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln plans to privatize its health center operations, a plan being closely watched by universit...
An unsettling web site, UN-L Haters, publishes students’ offensive Twitter and Facebook posts. Chinese student, Bin Li,...
Tiny beetles have been found in chicken noodle soup eaten by possibly 150 students at their schools in Papillion-La Vista. Sp...
A mid-morning fire alarm forced the evacuation of Lincoln East High School Thursday. Students were forced outside while firem...
Keep those calls and cash coming in. KFOR is raising money to buy flags for Lincoln Public School classrooms. 550 flags are n...
The Lincoln Public Schools and KFOR are conducting a fund raising drive to buy flags for School Classrooms. L-P-S Needs 550 f...
Special benefits and unused sick and vacation time mean Former Omaha superintendent John Mackiel will receive more than $...
Authorities say a 12-year-old boy has been arrested after inappropriately touching a female faculty member at Westridge Middl...
Prepare to hear a lot about voter registration. It is Constitution Day and Lancaster County Election Commissioner, Dave Shive...
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents has OK'd a new building for the College of Business Administration. The new &...
UN-L is receiving high praises this morning (Friday) from U.S. News and World Report. UN-L is tied for 101st among top nation...
Midland University in Fremont has set a record for an incoming class. The school has welcomed 488 new students, including 364...
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor, Harvey Perlman, is making increased enrollment and reduced spending his priorities...
Trial for a former Omaha middle school teacher accused of molesting students has been set for Feb. 20. Prosecutors say 35-yea...
Three western Nebraska public school officials face misdemeanor charges, accused of failing to report what authorities say is...
What can 800 college students wearing purple t-shirts accomplish? A lot, if they're part of Union College's Project I...
University of Nebraska officials are looking to avoid heat-related problems that left hundreds of people at Saturday's fi...
Enrollment at UNL might be dropping, but it's peaking at UNK. This year's enrollment is almost 7,200 students, the bi...
Enrollment at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln this fall is 24,207. It's a decrease of 1.6 percent from last fall. Chan...
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman has scheduled his 13th State of the University speech. This year'...
In high school football action last night, Lincoln Southwest defeated Grand Island 34-17, Papillion-LaVista downed Lincoln Ea...
Chadron students will have a few extra days off for Labor Day. Wildfires in Northwest Nebraska forced Chadron State College a...
A Nebraska man claims Grand Island Public Schools administrators tried to prevent his deaf 3-year-old son from signing his na...
The American Civil Liberties Union says it has received complaints from teachers about a new rule that requires public school...
The consequences of their bad behavior have been steep for the Penn State students who rioted in the chaotic aftermath of Hal...
Nebraska's educational system is gearing up to meet a new challenge: Helping Wards of the State do better in school. A ne...
What is being described as "horseplay", has gotten two 16 year old Southeast High students cited for assault and tw...
Nebraska high school students are still outscoring their peers nationally on the ACT college entrance exam, even though the r...
Nearly 67 percent of Nebraska's 5th, 8th and 11th grade students met or exceeded proficiency levels on the new state scie...
School starts today (Monday) at UN-L. There's new addition on campus this year, car sharing. ZIPCAR is here...a way for s...
Don't be in a hurry when you're driving around the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus. Curbside traffic lanes have...
Don't be in a hurry when you're driving around the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus. Curbside traffic lanes have...
Security has been increased at the University of Nebraska at Omaha after a student reported being sexually assaulted by a man...
A legendary figure in the University of Nebraska College of Nursing has died.Madeleine Leininger passed away in Omaha from lu...
All Nebraska public schools will soon be required to recite the Pledge of Allegiance daily, but students and teachers have th...
Republican Senate Candidate Deb Fischerintroduced the "Educators For Fischer Coalition" Friday. The group ismade up...
It's almost time to go back to school. The Salvation Army is helping by coming up with donations of back to school suppli...
The Omaha school board has named an interim superintendent during a nationwide search for a permanent leader.The board named ...
The Omaha school board has named an interim superintendent during a nationwide search for a permanent leader.The board named ...
Nebraska high school students are on their ways to healthier living. Nebraska's 2011 Youth Risk Behavioral Survey shows t...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded $123 thousand to a Nebraska community college to buy distance-learning equ...
Another Nebraskan to watch in the London Olympics this summer is a pole-vaulter from Norfolk. Jeremy Scott, who vaulted in co...
The Omaha school board has selected a company to conduct another nationwide search for a superintendent following the resigna...
Two brothers who created a chain of interstate truck stops have pledged $500,000 to renovate a football stadium at Peru S...
State Education Commissioner Roger Breed says Nebraska has for the first time collected enough data to show all public high s...
The Catholic Archdiocese of Omaha has released final details of a plan to shut down some schools and merge several parishes i...
Tuition is going up for students at the University of Nebraska this fall - but it's the smallest increase in 15 years. Th...
The former superintendent of Iowa's largest school district who lost her new job in Omaha is going to court to stop the r...
A familiar face in the Nebraska Democratic Party will seek to replace outgoing state party chairman Vic Covalt. Lincoln attor...
The State Board of Education has scheduled a public hearing on a policy revision that would require Nebraska public schools t...
The University of Nebraska is proposing a 3.75 percent tuition increase for the upcoming school year. The university says the...
It will be at least a week before anything is done in the University of Nebraska computer hacking investigation. N-U Campus P...
8-12 years in prison is the sentence for a former Lincoln teacher for burning down the public schools administration buidling...
Less than 65 percent of Nebraska eighth- and 11th-graders met or exceeded the state's tougher writing standards in statew...
The University of Nebraska student and alumni database that was hacked last week included personal data of system employees a...
The chief financial officer of Mid-Plains Community College has been named president of the college in west-central Nebraska....
KFOR 1240 is proud to bring you the 2012 Shrine Bowl, Saturday June 2nd, at 1:30pm. The Nebraska Shrine Bowl, Inc. was formed...
The University of Nebraska's Foundation has exceeded its goal of raising $1.2 billion two years ahead of schedule. Fo...
Nebraska public schools spent more than $457,000 last year on lobbying expenses, an amount that has increased recently de...
A teacher in the Omaha suburb of Ralston who's accused of inappropriately touching students faces two additional charges....
A Nebraska high school senior is set to graduate and go to college, although he's been listed as dead. Corbin Russell'...
A Council Bluffs teacher is on administrative leave after authorities say he gave a prescription drug to a student. Adam Jone...
Tuition is going up on for students at three Nebraska colleges this fall. The Nebraska State College Board of Trustees has ap...
