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Dave Gillespie, who has been the athletic director at Lincoln Southwest High School the past seven years, has been named the ...
Skilled members of Nebraska Task Force One are in the Oklahoma City area to help with search and rescue efforts after a feroc...
Lawmakers have rejected an attempt to repeal a new Nebraska law that lets cities raise their local option sales tax rates, as...
Nebraska lawmakers have given final approval to the seven budget bills that make the state's two-year budget. Lawmakers p...
The superintendent of the Nebraska State Patrol says law enforcement is increasing its presence in Whiteclay after activists ...
Nebraska officials have kicked off their annual seat belt campaign to promote roadway safety. The "Click It or Ticket&qu...
The Nebraska softball team fought through three weather delays and defeated Stanford 10-5 yesterday (Sun.) to win its first N...
Nebraska women's basketball star Jordan Hooper has earned a spot on USA Basketball's 12-player roster for the Women&#...
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...
Withten working days left in the Legislative session, lawmakers are planning to review why few Nebraska students who receive ...
The 'Nebraska' baseball team opened its final Big Ten series of the season, hosting the Michigan Wolverines Thursday ...
Give To Lincoln Day was a HUGE success. Unofficially, more than $2.1 million was raised for local non-profit organization...
A proposal to increase mental health services for children throughout Nebraska has won first-round approval from lawmakers. L...
Organizers of a concert last summer at Haymarket Park are suing the Lincoln Saltdogs the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and i...
A proposal to repeal Nebraska's motorcycle helmet law will wait until next year. Sen. Dave Bloomfield of Hoskins said Thu...
Nebraska has a new millionaire. One lucky player who bought a Powerball ticket for Wednesday’s drawing is holding a tic...
The Big Ten Conference announced the conference schedule for the 2014 football season on Thursday morning, as approved by the...
A rally on the west steps of the state Capitol building drew about 200 supporters for expanded Medicaid in Nebraska. The bill...
Memorial Day is a little more than a week away, but rising gas prices may affect your holiday plans. Gas prices have jumped a...
Supporters of a bill to expand Medicaid are planning a rally at the Nebraska Capitol. The rally is part of a push to get to a...
Lawmakers have given final approval to a funding bill that divides state aid among Nebraska's large and small public scho...
Nebraska lawmakers have voted to expand eligibility on a grant program so that more Native American tribes might benefit. Sen...
The Nebraska baseball team defeated Creighton 12-9 on Wednesday night at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha in the last Husker non conf...
Less than two weeks ago, it snowed in some parts of Nebraska. On Tuesday, it seemed white hot in some parts of Nebraska, as r...
Nebraska lawmakers have voted to override Gov. Dave Heineman's veto on a public-school retirement bill. Lawmakers voted 3...
Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning is fined $19,000 by the Federal Election Commission for violating campaign finance ...
A proposal to abolish the death penalty in Nebraska is dead for the year. Supporters on Tuesday failed to muster the 33 votes...
Nebraska U.S. Republican Senator Mike Johanns has written the head of the Appropriations Committee calling for a hearing on t...
A "test vote" in the Legislature suggests that a majority of Nebraska lawmakers want to abolish the death penalty, ...
Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has vetoed a teacher retirement bill, arguing that a proposed increase in the state's contrib...
An effort to repeal Nebraska's motorcycle-helmet law will get another ride in the Legislature. A new crop of lawmakers ar...
Nebraska Political Action Committees contributed about $2 million to Nebraska candidates in state and local races last ye...
The Nebraska baseball team took care of business Sunday afternoon with an 8-0 win over the Minnesota Golden Gophers in the ru...
The Nebraska softball team has been selected as an NCAA Regional host. The #14 Huskers will welcome Stanford, Tulsa and North...
Lincoln East has announced longtime assistant Jeff Campbell will replace Ed McPherren as their head boys basketball coach. Mc...
Summer is almost here, and that means family vacations. If any of you are heading out to Lake McConaughy in western Nebraska,...
A former railroad worker says the money he was awarded for injuries received on the job should not be subject to a federal ra...
A man who spent nearly 14 years in a Nebraska prison for a murder he did not commit is on pace to receive $500,000 from t...
Nebraska lawmakers have advanced a new, $7.8 billion state budget for the next two fiscal years. Lawmakers gave first-rou...
Someone who bought a Powerball ticket at a Seward store can claim his or her $2 million prize. The Nebraska Lottery says ...
Lawmakers have failed to reach a vote on a proposal to buy a $2.2 million airplane from the University of Nebraska Founda...
Authorities say a man born in Kuwait has been convicted of marriage fraud in Nebraska. A news release from the office of U.S....
A 26-year-old Vermont man caught hauling more than 100 pounds of marijuana has been given Nebraska prison time. Online court ...
Nebraska officials have agreed to stop releasing water into Kansas, now that the states have reached a tentative agreement on...
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...
Lawmakers have rejected an attempt to add $7.5 million in yearly funding to Nebraska's property tax credit program. S...
Authorities have been searching for a man or men who tried to abduct girls in western Iowa and eastern Nebraska. The Monona C...
Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has signed a bill that ends mandatory life sentences for juveniles who commit first-degree murder...
Nebraska will host defending Atlantic Coast Conference champion Miami in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Dec. 4 at Pinnacle Bank...
Lawmakers are inching toward a key vote on Nebraska's main two-year budget bill. Debate on the bill slowed to a crawl Wed...
Despite wet weather in April, the amount of water flowing into the Missouri River remains below normal because of slow runoff...
Sen. Ernie Chambers has argued for months that lawmakers don't need a law to study Nebraska's tax climate, and he'...
Nebraska authorities say a 15-year-old passenger died in a rollover accident on Interstate 80 after the vehicle she was in sw...
A 7-year-old Nebraska boy is recovering after being attacked by a neighbor's two Rottweiler dogs. The Nebraska Humane Soc...
The public is invited toceremonies to honor fallen law enforcementduring National Police Week, May 12th-17th.This Monday, May...
Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has signed a new law aimed at presidential write-in and petition candidates. The governor signed ...
Heisman Trophy winners Danny Wuerffel of Florida and Ron Dayne of Wisconsin, along with two-time national champion quarterbac...
Nebraska lawmakers who support an Omaha charter-schools bill launched a debate on a measure that was killed in committee this...
This year's KFOR Sportscasters Club All-City recognition banquet will be held Tuesday night at the Grand Manse in Lincoln...
Nebraska officials are warning about an unauthorized website that might be intended to collect confidential information. The ...
Two Nebraska teachers are eligible to teach again after a year of suspension. Last April Keri Watkins and Ann Gigstad resigne...
An Iowa man has been sentenced in a Nebraska federal courtroom to 18 months in prison for having stolen explosives. U.S. Atto...
A Nebraska state lawmaker who suffered a mild heart attack has returned to the Legislature. Sen. Ken Haar of Malcolm thanked ...
The Nebraska baseball team wasn't able to deliver a win Monday afternoon at Hawks Field/Haymarket Park. No. 14 Indiana to...
A one-hit shutout led the 14th-ranked Nebraska softball team past Penn State Monday afternoon in the regular-season finale at...
Officials say eight students were taken to hospitals after a school bus collided with a semi-trailer at a foggy intersection ...
Two Nebraska home games in 2013 will be played in prime time and televised nationally on BTN, the network announced on Monday...
TheNebraska baseball team scored a 3-2 win over #16 Indiana Sunday afternoon at Hawks Field. The Huskers are 21-24 overall on...
Nebraska has sold out the public allotment of men's basketball tickets six months before the Cornhuskers play their first...
Nebraska's first and former gentleman, Bill Orr, has died at the age of 78. Orr's son and grandson said he died at ho...
The University of Nebraska Athletic Department announced Thursday that less than 300 public season tickets remain for the fir...
After several days off during final exams, the Nebraska baseball team returns to action this weekend, hosting Indiana in the ...
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has finalized plans for an abbreviated May 4 undergraduate commencement ceremony to be hel...
Nebraska lawmakers are debating a bill that would ban chemicals used in synthetic drugs, which mimic the effects of substance...
Nebraska lawmakers are debating a bill that would ban chemicals used in synthetic drugs, which mimic the effects of substance...
Nebraska lawmakers are debating a bill that would ban chemicals used in synthetic drugs, which mimic the effects of substance...
The attorney for United Football League founder and chairman William Hambrecht asks that a lawsuit seeking millions of dollar...
What's making America successful? According to Billionaire Warren Buffett, it's women. He says a key part of why he i...
Nebraska lawmakers have moved to streamline appeals for anyone who challenges a decision of the commission that regulates uti...
Former Nebraska football player Brion Carnes has announced he'll transfer to Northern Iowa. Carnes wrote on his Facebook ...
A spring storm hasleft a heavybatch of slushy snow on parts of eastern Nebraska and western and north-central Iowa. In the pa...
Nebraska lawmakers have passed a bill that would require many hospitals and nursing facilities to offer vaccinations to patie...
A 2-point slip in the monthly economic index for nine Midwestand Plains states, including Nebraska. The Mid-America Business ...
Nebraska lawmakers are expected to face more long days next week, so they can focus on the state budget. Speaker Greg Adams a...
The Heartland Athletic Conference Track & Field championships were moved up and heldTuesday at Lincoln High'sBeechner Ath...
The Omaha Beef have a job waiting for Tim Tebow if he wants it - and the Nebraska indoor football team will even pay him $...
Nebraska spends nearly $95 million a year on child-care subsidies for working, low-income families - but the state isn...
Join KFOR 1240 and 10/11 News on May 18th at 10am as we walk, run, eat, drink and have fun with our furry friends at the Capi...
The Nebraska volleyball program has lost another player. Head Coach John Cook announced Monday night that rising sophomore Al...
Lincoln Police and law enforcement agencies around eastern Nebraska and western Iowa are looking for 21 year old Jamal Dean, ...
The 7-year-old cancer patient who became an Internet sensation for his touchdown run in Nebraska's spring football game h...
A Nebraska state senator is recovering at home this week after suffering a mild heart attack. An aide says Sen. Ken Haar of M...
A proposal to create a Nebraska state water task force is headed to a final vote in the Legislature. Lawmakers gave the bill ...
The 7-year-old cancer patient who became an Internet sensation for his touchdown run in Nebraska's spring football game h...
Running back Rex Burkhead and strong safety Daimion Stafford are the only two Nebraska players taken in the NFL draft, making...
Nebraska snapped a four-game losing streak with a 3-1 win Sunday afternoon over the Rutgers Scarlet Knights at TD Ameritrade ...
The 16th-ranked Nebraska softball team scored 5 times in the bottom of the 6th inning to rally for a 7-4 victory over No. 9 M...
State funding for pre-kindergarten programs had its largest drop ever last year and states are now spending less per child th...
Delays are pushing up the cost of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. TransCanada had been sticking to its late 2014 or early 2015 ...
Johnny Carson's foundation is donating more than $571,000 for renovations at the theater named in his honor at the Un...
Those heading to state and local government offices on Friday will find most of them closed to observe Arbor Day. The holiday...
U.S. Senators are currently debating legislation that will put brick-and-mortar stores on equal tax footing with online vendo...
A federal appeals panel has upheld the five-year sentence for an Omaha man convicted of securities fraud that cost investors ...
A new state-equalization funding bill for Nebraska public schools has won first-round approval from lawmakers, with a vote of...
The Nebraska baseball team scored 10 runs Wednesdaynight, but it wasn’t enough. Kansas State scored 13 and outlasted th...
The Nebraska softball team shutout Creighton 6-0Wednesday nightat Bowlin Stadium. Freshman pitcher Emily Lockman tossed a two...
Nebraska volleyball coach John Cook has announced that volleyball player Hayley Thramer will miss her senior season because o...
Ground will be broken Thursday on Hyatt Place and Hobson Place at the Historic Haymarket's Iron Horse Park at 7th and Q. ...
Nebraska lawmakers gave first round approval to a measure that would launch a state review of climate change. Lawmakers voted...
A bill to expand a juvenile-justice pilot program throughout Nebraska has won first-round approval from lawmakers. The expans...
National Walk at Lunch Day is aiding Nebraska's trails. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska is contributing $20 to...
Lincoln Mayor ChrisBeutler is in Washington D.C. talking with Nebraska representatives and agency heads to got some idea how ...
Nebraska State Treasurer Don Stenberg is recognizing "Teach Children to Save Day", reminding kids to learn lifelong...
The Environmental Protection Agency again is raising objections to the proposed Keystone XL pipeline which would carry oil fr...
The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services is raising awareness about child abuse during April in recognition of Na...
Nebraska lawmakers advanced a bill that would support a program that teaches inmates how to be good parents. Senators voted 3...
The utility that owns Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant in Nebraska says it plans to strengthen protections against tornado de...
Lawmakers are divided over proposed changes to Nebraska's school-funding formula, with rural senators expressing support ...
The Nebraska baseball team (19-19, 11-4 Big Ten) moved to .500 on the season with its first conference road sweep since 2008,...
A four-run first inning deficit proved too much to overcome for the 18th-ranked Nebraska softball team on Sunday, as the Husk...
A DNA sample taken in 2011 after a Nebraska man's burglary conviction has linked him to five sexual assaults in Omaha bet...
Authorities say a 21-year-old University of Nebraska-Lincoln student has been injured in a three-story fall. UN-L police say ...
More than 1,000 people gathered in Grand Island on Thursdayto support or oppose a Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline that would sna...
Nebraska lawmakers passed a measure to repeal a state campaign finance law after the Nebraska Supreme Court declared it uncon...
Nebraska lawmakers voted 33-8 to pass a measure that would leave register voters with fewer days to cast in-person early ball...
Nebraska lawmakers gave final approval on a measure that would let doctors provide prescription antibiotics to sexual partner...
Two Nebraska men have been charged in separate federal indictments with child pornography counts. The U.S. Attorney's off...
A judge has given jail time and probation to a Lincoln woman reported being attacked by three men who carved anti-gay slurs i...
An all-day meeting starts at Noon Thursday in Grand Island on the Keystone XL oil pipeline. It's the last open public for...
A group of conservative Nebraska lawmakers are trying to derail a proposal to expand Medicaid to more low-income adults. Stat...
A former postal worker in Lincoln has been indicted in federal court after being accused of stealing cash and gift cards from...
Some University of Nebraska-Lincoln students have joined a NASA competition in Huntsville Ala., where they will launch a rock...
The Nebraska men's basketball team has signed a 6-foot-8, 250-pound forward to a letter of intent. Leslee Smith played la...
Southeast Community College officials are reporting double-digit declines in enrollment. College President Jack Huck released...
Nebraska lawmakers began a second day of debate on a proposal to expand Medicaid to more low-income adults. Lawmakers continu...
Three Nebraska pitchers combined to no-hit Arkansas as the Cornhuskers beat the Razorbacks 3-0 on Tuesday in college baseball...
BaseballLincoln Northeast 16-13 , Norfolk 9-2Lincoln Pius X 6, Grand Island 0Wahoo/Lincoln Lutheran/Raymond Central 14, Omaha...
Nebraska lawmakers are still debating a proposal to expand Medicaid as part of the federal health care law. Lincoln Senator K...
The Nebraska State Patrol is asking state residents to be on the lookout for any activity that seems suspicious in the wake o...
Nebraska and U.S. flags are being lowered to honor the victims of the bomb blasts at the Boston Marathon. The office of Gov. ...
The Nebraska State Patrol is asking state residents to be on the lookout for any activity that seems suspicious in the wake o...
Beginning this week, Nebraska hunters can enter the Nebraska Super Tag Lottery for a shot at a four-species permit. The nonre...
Nebraska lawmakers began debating a proposal to expand Medicaid as part of the federal health care law. Sen. Kathy Campbell i...
Lindsey Moore became the 3rd first-round pick in Nebraska women's basketball history, when she was selected with the 12th...
Nebraska football player Sean Fisher and track athlete Katelyn White have been chosen as the 2013 Wayne Duke Postgraduate Awa...
The Nebraska baseball team dropped its first Big Ten series of the season, losing 7-4 Sunday to Ohio State in Lincoln. The Hu...
An eight-run third inning powered the 18th-ranked Nebraska softball team to a 11-2 series-clinching five-inning victory over ...
The Nebraska women's bowling team has won its fourth national title. The Cornhuskersdefeated Vanderbilt Saturday in the t...
There are at least 16,000 non-profit companies, limited liability partnerships and limited liability companies in Nebraskadel...
Monday is Tax Day, a day off for state lawmakers, but Tuesday when they come back to Lincoln, they'll have money on their...
That person next to you looking at a dinette set at Nebraska Furniture Mart in Omaha might be carrying a gun. As one of the b...
Images have been released of the Nebraska basketball floor to be used at Lincoln's new Pinnacle Bank Arena. There's a...
Nebraska's Lindsey Moore is one of 12 collegiate women's basketball players invited to attend the WNBA Draft at ESPN ...
An Ohio man has pleaded guilty to making more than 100 telephone bomb threats to courthouses and other public buildings in fi...
Authorities say a body found nearly a year ago along the South Platte River in western Nebraska was that of a Wisconsin fugit...
The Nebraska State Patrol is now taking appointments for fingerprinting. The service is offered at the Patrol's Investiga...
New England Patriots cornerback and former Nebraska football playerAlfonzo Dennard has been sentenced to two years of probati...
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 ...
The State Patrol says a western Nebraska woman whose body was found in a field in the Panhandle by searchers on snowmobiles d...
Nebraska's tax receipts in the month of March dipped below projections. The state tax commissioner reported Wednesday tha...
Opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline in Nebraska are circulating a petition to try to halt the project. The group Bold Nebra...
Ever wondered what happened to Bubba Starling, the former Nebraska football recruit who became the top draft pick of the Kans...
Up to 4 inches of snow is expected from a spring storm over much of central and northeast Nebraska. National Weather Service ...
Nebraska lawmakers are moving ahead with a proposed study of 911 services. Lawmakers granted first-round approval to a bill T...
Lawmakers have tentatively agreed to a 40-year minimum prison sentence for juveniles who commit murder in Nebraska, but the n...
Supporters of the Keystone XL oil pipeline argue the oil will not be exported, but the ranking member of the House Subcommitt...
Nebraska lawmakers are trying to set a new minimum prison sentence for convicted murderers who committed their crimes as juve...
The Nebraska baseball team wrapped up its three-game seriesat Iowa on Sunday with a 6-5 loss to the Hawkeyes. The Huskers tra...
Jack Hoffman just might go down as the biggest star of the Nebraska spring game. And he's only 7 years old. Hoffman of At...
Nebraska's state auditor says the wasteful state spending his office reported earlier this week is but a drop in the budg...
Nebraska lawmakers have granted first-round approval to a measure that would give housing assistance to youths aging out of f...
The Nebraska Womens gymnastics team will compete in an NCAA regional Saturday in Morgantown, West Virginia. The eighth-ranked...
The federal State Department comes to Grand Island intwo weeks to hear what you have to say about a Supplemental Environmenta...
Nebraska lawmakers advanced a measure to reduce the number of days in which registered voters can cast their ballots in perso...
Lincoln Senator Amanda McGill's legislation, known as the Young Adult Voluntary Services and Support Act, would create a ...
As Nebraska's members of Congress get ready to return to Washington D.C., more than 40 Nebraska organizations gathered to...
Owners of livestock that are seized in abuse or neglect cases could be ordered to pay for the care of their animals, under a ...
A western Nebraska man has been charged with a hate crime in the March assault of another man at a Sidney bar. Cheyenne Count...
The Nebraska football team held its final practice of the spring on Wednesday in preparation for Saturday’s spring game...
The 19th-ranked Nebraska Softball team rallied from a two-run deficit to beat the Creighton Bluejays 4-3 Wednesday night in O...
One person is being treated for injuries in a grain elevator explosion at a feed yard in south central Nebraska. It happenedW...
Kansas State pounded out 14 hits in a 9-to-1 win over Nebraska. The Huskers managed onlyfive hits offfive Wildcat pitchers. N...
More than 30 Nebraska organizations say now is the time for common-sense immigration laws. Campbell's Nurseries, Nebraska...
African Americansin Nebraska'stwo largest metro areas continue to be stopped in disproportionate numbers. The state's...
Two gun-rights groups are suing to force Nebraska to change a state law which bars legal immigrants from getting permits to c...
"Hiring Our Heroes" ... a job fair for veterans and their spouses ...took place Tuesday at the Lancaster Events Cen...
Two gun-rights groups are suing to force Nebraska to change a state law that bars legal immigrants from obtaining permits to ...
A Missouri man who was convicted Feb. 8 of a 1989 Nebraska slaying wants a retrial. On Monday a judge scheduled a hearing to ...
Separate grand juries have found no crimes were involved in the unrelated deaths of two inmates at the Nebraska women's p...
Searching for a job can be tough, and even tougher for veterans making the transition from military service to the private se...
A very real looking news release from Bold Nebraska may have done more harm than good for the reputation of the grassroots gr...
A state audit hasraised questions aboutNebraska's distribution of nearly $8 million in federal energy-assistance mone...
A bill that would allow military veterans in Nebraska to display their status on license plates and state identification card...
A monthly economic survey index for nine Midwest and Plains states jumped last month, suggesting improving economic growth fo...
Nebraska's new lieutenant governor is marking a new chapter in an unlikely political career. Lavon Heidemann says he neve...
The Nebraska baseball team improved to 5-1 in Big Ten play with an 8-6 win Sunday afternoon at Hawks Field at Haymarket Park,...
Nebraska's unemployment rate for February was unchanged at 3.8 percent, matching January and December. The Nebraska Labor...
A Nebraska inmate has been given 100 to 140 more years in prison for slicing and stabbing a prison caseworker. 42-year-old Pa...
Construction will begin soon on a new 650-seat Catholic church at the campus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The St. T...
Three tornado sirens in the Nebraska Panhandle have failed their tests. A siren in Harrisburg, one in Morrill and one Terryto...
Nebraska running back Imani Cross is looking to expand his role after serving as the Cornhuskers' dependable short-yardag...
Nebraska women's basketball coach Connie Yori's postseason bonus would grow to more than $75,000 if the Cornhuske...
A committee of the Legislature Thursday halted an attempt to repeal state-funded prenatal care for the unborn children of ill...
Lawmakers have passed new insurance requirements for licensed child care providers in Nebraska. Child care services would hav...
Nebraska lawmakers have passed a measure to let cities offer "relocation incentives" to attract new residents, if l...
Sexual partners of patients who are diagnosed with chlamydia or gonorrhea could receive prescription antibiotics without a me...
Mauro Bondi embraces the challenge of following two Nebraska kickers who combined to make 84 percent of their field goals the...
The Nebraska baseball team lost 10-8Tuesday night atKansas State in Manhattan, Kansas. The Huskers pulled within two runs in ...
Nebraskalawmakers continue to debate a controversial measure that would allow doctors to prescribe antibiotics to partners of...
Governor Dave Heineman says he supports competitive bidding to replacethe outdated Grand IslandVeterans Home in central Nebra...
Jordan Hooper scored 21 points and Lindsey Moore had 20 points and 10 assists to help Nebraska to a 74-63 win over Texas A&M ...
The Nebraska State Patrol now offers online access for criminal background checks. Gov. Dave Heineman announced the upgrade o...
The NCAA Wrestling championships got underwayThursday in Des Moines, Iowa. Two Nebraska wrestlers advanced to the quarterfina...
The No. 9 Nebraska sand volleyball team edged the No. 7 UCLA Bruins in 3-2 victory at the Annenburg Community Beach House in ...
A long-shot attempt to repeal state-funded prenatal care services for illegal immigrants is drawing criticism from a variety ...
A new report says the value of Nebraska's farmland soared 25 percent last year despite the drought, but experts think val...
Lawmakers have given first-round approval to a bill that's intended to reduce the number of incarcerated juveniles in Neb...
Lawmakers have begun to debate a bill that would pour new firefighting resources into central and western Nebraska, areas tha...
A long-shot attempt to repeal state-funded prenatal care services for illegal immigrants is drawing criticism from a variety ...
KFOR and the Legacy Retirement Communities presented the Jerry Joyce Living Legacy Award to Terry Gillespie of Lincoln Thursd...
An Ohio man has been charged in the investigation into dozens of bomb threats made to courthouses and other public buildings ...
The Nebraska baseball team took a 4-2 lead into the sixth inning last night against Cal State-Fullerton, but the Titans explo...
The Nebraska softball team split a doubleheader Wednesday with North Dakota State in Lincoln. The Bison won the opener 13-0, ...
Britni Fett has been hired as the head women's basketball coach at Nebraska Wesleyan University.Fett comes to Nebraska We...
Lawmakers waded into an intense gun debate Wednesday during a hearing on several bills, including two that would try to preve...
A Nebraska lawmaker is set to present his bill that would repeal state-funded prenatal care services for illegal immigrants. ...
A Beatrice attorney has been tabbed by Governor Heineman to fill a vacancy on the University of Nebraska Board of Regents. Ro...
A stolen vehicle was used in a burglary of a south Lincoln sandwich shop early Wednesday. Lincoln Police spokesperson Katie F...
The Nebraska baseball team was defeated by one run Tuesday night at 8th-ranked Cal State Fullerton. The Huskers lost 8-7 to t...
The Nebraska softball team, meanwhile, had to come from behind to edge UNO 3-2 Tuesday afternoon in Lincoln. Husker first bas...
The Nebraska sand volleyball team lost 4-1on Tuesdayto Long Beach State, the #2 team in the national ratings. Bigger story mi...
Reportedly, Nebraska women's basketball recruit Jess Shepard will transfer from Lincoln Southeast to Fremont High School ...
For the 37th time in his long legislative career, Omaha Senator Ernie Chambers is working to do away with the death penalty. ...
A legislative committee has set the stage for a battle over Medicaid. The bill expands eligibility to people with incomes up ...
The University of Nebraska really wants to build a new College of Nursing division in Lincoln. Up to 60% of qualified applica...
The Nebraska Broadband Initiative has scheduled a free webinar on what it takes to have a successful mobile information opera...
Nebraska will play Chattanooga in the first round of the NCAA women's basketball tournament on Saturday in College Statio...
A major headline event of the Lied Center's upcoming season was announced Monday. The Cleveland Orchestra is scheduled to...
For the second time during his 2 1/2 years in office, State Treasurer Don Stenberg is asking the NebraskaLegislature to reduc...
The Nebraska Baseball team lost the rubber match to UC-Irvine 2-0 Sunday.Nebraska’s pitching staff held Irvine to a pai...
The Speaker of the Legislature says Nebraska's budget situation is both a curse and a blessing this year. Senator Greg Ad...
Nebraska's Second District Congressional Representative,Lee Terry, has introduced a bill to allow the Keystone XL oil pip...
Shavon Shields scored 19 points, Brandon Ubel added 16 points and eight rebounds and Nebraska beat Purdue 57-55 Thursday in t...
The Nebraska Volleyball team opened its inaugural sand volleyball season in California Thursday, losing 4-1 to Florida State ...
Four hours of testimony on bills that would expand gay rights in Nebraska. They were before the Legislature's Judiciary C...
A tip leads to the arrest of a wanted murder suspect from Illinois. A news release from the U.S. Marshal's Office says th...
A Nebraska man is suing his former employer, saying the company fired him because his medical bills were contributing to the ...
Nearly two-thirds of Nebraska's counties lost population in 2012 as the longstanding trend of the state's rural popul...
The Nebraska sand volleyball team begins the 2013 season Thursday, traveling to southern California for a string of matches. ...
Nebraska would become the 18th state to abolish the death penalty under a bill introduced by Omaha Senator, Ernie Chambers. T...
Bogus letters are being reported from around the country claiming to be from Publishers Clearinghouse's International Lot...
It matters where your kids grow up. Researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Bowling Green State University foun...
Nebraska softball coach Rhonda Revelle will be honored for becoming the winningest coach in the history of Husker Athletics. ...
New Nebraska offensive line coach John Garrison says he's driven to help return the Cornhuskers to championship caliber. ...
Lincoln Police are still looking for a 75-year-old woman who left her Taylor Park neighborhood home overnight. Officer Katie ...
Word from the Nebraska football team is that running back Ameer Abdullah will miss practice because of a knee injury. Head Co...
Gonzaga remains on top of the AP Mens Top 25 College Basketball poll for the second week in a row. Duke is second, followed b...
An analysis by a nonpartisan nonprofit group focusing on making government transparent and accountable gives the Nebraska Leg...
A Nebraska lawmaker who took aim at Omaha's new tobacco tax is working on a deal that would allow the city to continue co...
Nebraska's net tax receipts in the month of February dipped below projections. The state tax commissioner's office re...
The Nebraska Air National Guard received the U.S. Air Force Organizational Excellence Award and the U.S. Air Force Outstandin...
Nebraska's attorney general is warning residents to be skeptical of unexpected lottery winnings. Jon Bruning issued a con...
Nebraska guard Lindsey Moore has been named to the All-Big Ten Womens Basketball Tournament first team, after the Huskers suf...
The Nebraska Baseball team split a doubleheader with Louisiana Tech on Saturday afternoon, as the Huskers picked up their fir...
From 5.5-inches of snow in Lincoln to 11-inches in Fremont, snow totals are widespread. There are unofficial reports of 7 to ...
Nebraska lawmakers are again talking about gay rights.Three proposals come up Thursday to extend gay rights for employees and...
While fans are enjoying the state tournament games in Lincoln this week, and many business owners are enjoying a shopping and...
The Nebraska Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for a Wyoming man who was convicted of posing as a licensed car dealer and...
A bill that would require government-issued photo identification to vote in Nebraska is triggering a heated debate in the Leg...
A legislative committee has advanced a bill that would provide tax incentives for Nebraska wind farms, drawing the ire of Gov...
Companies are starting to show interest in Nebraska for wind energy. Volkswind USA, of Portland, Oregon will move a survey to...
Lindsey Moore has a couple school records in sight when Nebraska plays Iowa in the Big Ten women's basketball tournament ...
A legislative committee has advanced a bill that would provide tax incentives for Nebraska wind farms, drawing the ire of Gov...
Airport control towers in Des Moines and Omaha could go dark during overnight hours if the federal government follows through...
A collision on Interstate 80 involving killed at least one person. The accident happened around 8:30 a.m. Thursday near Grand...
Companies are starting to show interest in Nebraska for wind energy. Volkswind USA, of Portland, Oregon will move a survey to...
The Nebraska Department of Labor says the state's unemployment rate remained unchanged in January, matching the 3.8 perce...
Only Nebraska and Maine distribute electoral votes by congressional district. All other states are winner-take-all. Nebraska ...
LINCOLN -- Brandon Ubel scored Nebraska's last 10 points and finished with 15, and the Cornhuskers defeated Minnesota 53-...
LINCOLN -- Nebraska wins a doubleheader at Hawks Field Haymarket Parkagainst Northern Colorado Thursday afternoon. A one-hit ...
A state lawmaker and Republican candidate for governor is pushing again to pass a voter identification law in Nebraska. Sen. ...
A constitutional amendment that could open the door to betting on historic horse races is facing a filibuster in the Nebraska...
U.S. Sen. Mike Johanns and his wife, Stephanie, will be inducted into the Nebraska Republican Party Hall of Fame. The Johanns...
The Great Platte River Road Archway has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection so its finances can be reorganized. The ar...
A former Democratic candidate for governor is considering another run for office in Nebraska. Scottsbluff attorney Mike Meist...
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...
A constitutional amendment that could open the door to betting on historic horse races is facing a filibuster in the Nebraska...
Lawmakers are reviving a bill that would establish a winner-take-all system for Nebraska's five electoral votes. A legisl...
The Bob Devaney Sports Center's time as home for Nebraska basketball ends Wednesday night when Minnesota visits. The Corn...
Panelists for a gun violence discussion atthe University of Nebraska-LincolnTuesday nightsaid lacking access to mental health...
The Nebraska baseball team announced on Monday afternoon that the Huskers’ baseball game for Tuesday with the Northern ...
Nebraska's 31-cents per gallon beer tax is already the highest of any bordering states, but Hyannis Senator Al Davis want...
A group of retired generals is seeking a $10 million yearly increase in Nebraska state aid for early childhood education....
Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning is warning consumers about increasingly sophisticated scams from offshore. Bruning anno...
Lincoln, Neb.– Behind eight-shutout innings from junior Christian DeLeon and a two-run home run from senior Josh Scheff...
Stillwater, Okla. –Rhonda Revelle became the all-time wins leader in the history of Nebraska Athletics on Sunday, as he...
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Illinois used double-figure scoring from five players to hold off stubborn Nebraska Saturday, 72-65.Th...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Maggie Lucas scored 34 points to lead seventh-ranked Penn State to an 82-67 victory over No. 20 Nebraska...
University of Nebraska officials are unhappy with a preliminary state budget that allocates less money than what Gov. Dave He...
A new report from The State Department could signal impending approval for the Keystone X-L Pipeline. It says Canadian tar sa...
Lindsey Moore scored 13 points, Rachel Theriot added 11 and Nebraska held on for its 10th straight win, 55-53 over Wisconsin ...
The new conduit system recently installed in downtown Lincoln will be used by NebraskaLink, a Lincoln-based Internet provider...
Onlythree other states are incarcerating juvenile offenders at a faster rate than Nebraska .A new KIDS COUNT report shows bet...
A federal appeals court has upheld the 10-year sentence for a Nebraska man convicted of growing marijuana in Lincoln houses w...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The 20th-ranked Nebraska women's basketball team has won nine straight and is the hottest team in th...
A bill that would have let Nebraska work-camp inmates perform labor for charities, fraternal groups and nonprofits is dead af...
Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman is holding firm in his opposition to a proposed Medicaid expansion that could come as a result of...
Nebraska lawmakers have given first-round approval to a bill that would let keno parlors offermore games in an hour. Lawmaker...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Reserve Sam Dekker matched his career high with 19 points to lead No. 17 Wisconsin to a 77-46 victory ov...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The Big Ten has approved the request from Nebraska and Iowa to move their 2013 football game to the day ...
The Senate has voted to confirm Chuck Hagel to be the nation's next defense secretary. The vote Tuesday was 58-41, with f...
Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman is criticizing Congress and President Obama for across-the-board spending cuts rather than target...
The University of Nebraska has been selected to host a regional site for the 2013 championship, announced by the NCAA Divisio...
The lawyer for a 45-year-old northeast Nebraska man says his client will plead not guilty to four counts of wire fraud. Attor...
A bill that would regulate when Nebraska cities and counties can start charging for public records requests has won first-rou...
Austin, Texas– The Nebraska baseball team (0-7, 0-0 Big Ten) was unable to get its offense going on Sunday afternoon at...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Rachel Theriot scored 19 points and No. 24 Nebraska won its ninth game in a row, defeating Iowa 66-46 on...
A 12-year-old boy died after a collision on an icy highway in the northern Nebraska Panhandle. The Sheridan County Sheriff...
Nebraska lawmakers have started a debate over what cities, counties and state agencies can charge for public records. Sen. Bi...
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - Jordan Hooper scored 14 points and pulled down 12 rebounds to lead No. 24 Nebraska to its eighth stra...
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 ...
Convicted murderers in Nebraska who committed their crime as juveniles would serve a minimum sentence of 30 years to life, un...
A survey of rural bankers in 10 Midwest and Plains states suggests slow economic growth is ahead. A report released Thursday ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - New Nebraska basketball coach Tim Miles might not be winning many games. But he is winning over fans.Tha...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The Iowa-Nebraska men's basketball game on Saturday will be available for viewing on the Big Ten Net...
The state's deputy chief medical officer has been promoted to become the chief officer and the director of the Division o...
New England Patriots rookie and former Nebraska cornerback Alfonzo Dennard has been convicted of assaulting a police officer ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - This week's Iowa-Nebraska men's basketball game has been moved to Saturday at 1 p.m. in Lincoln ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Grant Gibbs and Will Artino scored 13 points apiece, and Creighton broke open a close game in the middle o...
Monday was a significant day in Nebraska politics. A state senator announced he's running for governor and a U.S. Senator...
Nebraska Republican Mike Johanns announced Monday he will not run for a second term in the U-S Senate. Johanns says it's ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Ken Clark, one of the top all-time rushers at Nebraska who went on to play for the Indianapolis Colts, has...
Ithaca, N.Y.– The No. 13 Nebraska wrestling team took down No. 11 Virginia in its opening match at the NWCA National Du...
Tucson, Ariz. -The Nebraska softball team overcame four errors and a wild seventh inning to defeat Purdue, 4-3, on Sunday aft...
Los Angeles, Calif.– The Nebraska baseball team (0-4, 0-0 Big Ten) took a 3-2 lead into the bottom of the ninth inning ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Keith Appling scored 16 points to go over 1,000 for his career and Adreian Payne added 15 points and 14 ...
State Treasurer Don Stenberg is warning financial institutions and businesses to be cautious when cashing State of Nebraska w...
A Florida-based company has filed paperwork to build a $138 million wind farm in parts of Jefferson and Gage counties in ...
LINCOLN, Neb.–Nebraska Wesleyan University head women’s basketball coachEric Jensenhas resigned his position as h...
The 2013 State High School Wrestling Championships got underway yesterday (Thursday) inOmaha. After the opening session, Omah...
Lincoln- The Nebraska women's basketball team notched its seventh straight win with a 58-39 run past Ohio State on Thursd...
Nebraska is one of 20 states to file briefs in a lawsuit challenging a gun law in the state of New York, where gun permits ar...
Former Nebraska Womens basketball player Charlie Rogers' case has been delayed. Rogers will now face a March 14 sentencin...
Irrigators in the Republican River basin part of the Tri-Basin Natural Resources District pumped twice as much groundwater du...
A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit accusing Nebraska prison officials of reneging on a 2005 agreem...
Nebraska lawmakers are showing interest in a bill that would keep surveillance drones out of police hands.The Legislature'...
Gov. Dave Heineman is seeking applicants interested in filling a vacancy on the University of Nebraska Board of Regents. The ...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Cody Zeller scored 16 points and Christian Watford finished with 13 points and 11 rebounds to help No. 1 ...
Another setback for former Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel......U-S Sen. Susan Collins of Maine says she will vote NO to Hagel&#...
A Nebraska lawmaker who is leaning toward a run for governor is scheduled to make an announcement in his hometown of Fremont....
According to a 24/7 Wallstreet (247wallst.com) article, Lincoln is the fourth best-run city in America. The online financial ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska assault trial for New England Patriots rookie Alfonzo Dennard has begun.Dennard, a former N...
Nebraska 1st District Republican Congressman Jeff Fortenberry was pleased to hear President Obama talk about a reasonable and...
A Nebraska lawmaker is pushing legislation to create an interest-free loan program for counties that the state has designated...
The pilot of a plane that crashed in northwest Iowa, killing two passengers, has died in a Nebraska hospital. The Sioux City ...
Upper Great Plains states have the lowest home mortgage delinquency rates in the nation. Homeowners around the country who to...
Iowa City,Iowa- Jordan Hooper scored a game-high 29 points to lead theNebraskawomen's basketball team to its sixth straig...
The Legislature's Judiciary Commission will meet with state corrections officials in the next few weeks to find a solutio...
A legislative audit has found that Nebraska has no clear way to measure whether several major tax-incentive programs have suc...
A new Nebraska law will shrink the Omaha Public Schools board and force new elections in the wake of controversies that have ...
Nebraska isn't the only place that demonstrations are being staged against the KeystoneX-L Oil Pipeline. Seminole County ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Dylan Talley had 16 points and Nebraska pulled away from Penn State early in the second half to take a 6...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Tyler Brown scored 23 of his 27 points in the second half and Illinois State took advantage of Creighton&#...
Jurors have found a Missouri man guilty of killing a woman in Nebraska more than 20 years ago. A Howard County jury on Friday...
State forecasters are predicting modest economic and employment growth in Nebraska this year, and a pullback in farm incomes ...
A registered sex offender in Nebraska has been given 20 to 25 years in prison for sending text messages to someone he thought...
Evanston,Ill.- Jordan Hooper and Lindsey Moore both went over the 1,500 career point mark and powered theNebraskawomen's ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska has signed a contract to play four football games against former Big Eight and Big 12 rival Col...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Tyronn Lue will be inducted into the Nebraska Basketball Hall of Fame and retired athletic director Tom ...
A Nebraska woman accused of prostituting her 7- and 14-year-old daughters has been given up to 20 more years in prison. The 3...
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission officials are urging those planning a winter fishing expedition to use caution after two a...
In an op-ed article published today (Thursday) in the Omaha World Herald, Nebraska Republican Sen. Deb Fischer says she will ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska coach Bo Pelini has announced a 26-player recruiting class that analysts consider more talented...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska Athletic Department is encouraging volleyball fans to put their names on the waiting list f...
The Revenue Committee hearing room at the state Capitol building overflowed with people waiting to testify on Governor Heinem...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - National analysts say it appears Nebraska coach Bo Pelini will sign a football recruiting class that doe...
The Omaha Chamber of Commerce has declined to endorse Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman's tax reform proposals. The chamber'...
The numbers of marriages and divorces in nebraska are both going down. The state reports 2011, the latest year for which stat...
The average Nebraska resident is living slightly longer. Statistics released on 2011, the latest year available, shows the av...
The number of babies born in Nebraska has gone down for the second year in a row. The state recorded 25,722 births in 2011, t...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The 16th-ranked Creighton basketball team will visit Saint Mary's for a Feb. 23 game in the BracketBus...
Lincoln- Jordan Hooper scored a game-high 27 points to lead Nebraska's most complete effort of the year in an 80-56 women...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Lenzelle Smith Jr. had 21 points and No. 11 Ohio State held off a late Nebraska surge for a 63-56 victor...
Nebraska lawmakers have set a hearing date for a proposal to expand Medicaid coverage as part of the federal health care law....
Those looking for a good read in the southwest Nebraska town of Culbertson can usually find one in a tidy bungalow on New Yor...
Disabled veterans who live in Nebraska would receive a preference when competing for state contracts, under a bill presented ...
Mayor Chris Beutler and a group of local health care executives have thrown their support behind an expansion of Nebraska'...
A former minister already sentenced for sexual assault in Iowa has been given a 30-year sentence in Nebraska. 57-year-old Efr...
A 43-year-old man who deputies say shot up his southeast Nebraska home has made a plea deal. William Price, of Cortland, has ...
A monthly economic index for nine Midwest and Plains states rose above a growth neutral level last month, pointing to slow gr...
Columbus, Ohio- Jordan Hooper erupted for 28 points and seven rebounds to lead the Nebraska women's basketball team to a ...
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Iowa and Nebraska want to continue playing each other on the Friday after Thanksgiving.Iowa athletic d...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Justin Simmons scored 23 points and Marcus Tyus had 22 as Nebraska-Omaha defeated IPFW 86-79 Thursday nigh...
A legislative panel has scheduled hearings on four bills that would exempt various forms of retirement pay from Nebraska stat...
Authorities have released the name of a truck driver who was killed in a crash about five miles north of Battle Creek in nort...
Nebraska says a law that establishes a review process for a proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline is constitutional. The state re...
The Omaha Tribe says it will be seeking county, state and federal help in fixing several pipes and restoring water service to...
A Nebraska lawmaker wants to allow foster care kids to get assistance from the state until they're 21. Former foster care...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Doug McDermott scored 29 points and made five of Creighton's 15 3-pointers in the No. 21 Bluejays'...
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...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Rodney Williams snapped out of a funk to score 23 points and No. 23 Minnesota got a much-needed confidence...
A 43-year-old driver has been killed in a collision on an icy state highway in central Nebraska. The Nebraska State Patrol sa...
A Beatrice man in prison for beating and raping a woman has pleaded not guilty to separate federal child pornography charges....
A lawsuit a former Beef Products Inc. worker filed against ABC News and celebrity chef Jamie Oliver over the use of the term ...
Several inches of snow are expected across parts of Iowa and Nebraska as a winter storm moves in. The National Weather Servic...
LINCOLN, Neb. --Dylan Talleyscored 20 points andRay Gallegosbroke out of his 3-point shooting slump in the second half to lea...
LINCOLN, Neb. --Dylan Talleyscored 20 points andRay Gallegosbroke out of his 3-point shooting slump in the second half to lea...
Nebraska’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Joann Schaefer is leaving that post. She will become a Vice President for Blue Cr...
You don't usually hear of someone overpaying on their taxes - especially by almost $500,000. The Nebraska Supreme Cou...
Public hearings have been scheduled for Gov. Dave Heineman's proposals to overhaul the state tax system. The Legislature&...
Some northeast Nebraska farmers are facing new irrigation rules. The rules were adopted Thursday night by the Lower Elkhorn N...
The Nebraska Supreme Court won't let prosecutors increase a Lincoln man's Nebraska sentence for drunk driving based o...
HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska native Clayton Anderson says plans for his future are up in the air after his retirement from ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Jordan Hooper scored 25 points to lead Nebraska to a 59-54 win over No. 25 Michigan State Thursday night...
Doctors who treat newborns are urging Nebraska lawmakers to support a bill that would require congenital heart screenings as ...
The Keystone XL pipeline is drawing lots of criticism in Nebraska, but TransCanada’s Shawn Howard wants to reiterate th...
It came as no surprise for Nebraska Republican Senator Mike Johanns to support Governor Heineman's approval of the new Ke...
A Nebraska woman accused of pimping out her 7- and 14-year-old daughters has been given 80 to 90 years in prison. The 36-year...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A Nebraska lawmaker has introduced a bill that would lower the state's inheritance tax rates.Sen. Jo...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska lawmakers are introducing a bill to expand Medicaid coverage as part of the federal health care...
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...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Officials in Omaha say a partially blind and deaf dog was unharmed from a fall into a neighborhood storm d...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - D.J. Richardson scored a career-high 30 points, Brandon Paul added 14 and Illinois ended a three-game lo...
Former Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson has a new job: chief executive officer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners...
State Senator Charlie Janssen of Fremont doesn't like President Obama's new executive orders aimed at gun violence. J...
A Nebraska lawmaker is proposing a state grant program and a task force that would help draw workers into job fields that are...
Governor Heineman has given his approval for the new route of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. In a letter sent Tuesday to Presi...
MIAMI (AP) - Miami Dolphins guard Richie Incognito and defensive tackle Randy Starks have been added to the AFC Pro Bowl rost...
Nebraska is missing out on more than $9 million in federal funding because fewer than 40% of students eligible for breakf...
Minneapolis, Minn.- Nebraska played its most complete game of the season, rolling to an 84-63 win over Minnesota at Williams ...
There is no legislative session today in honor of Martin Luther King Day. Lawmakers will be back to work tomorrow (Tuesday) w...
Nebraska has suffered its third flu-related death of this season. An elderly Douglas County died this week after being hospit...
The Nebraska Department of Labor says the state's unemployment rate remained unchanged in December, matching the 3.7 perc...
Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has unveiled two proposed tax reform measures that would eliminate or reduce state income taxes.T...
Lincoln- The Illinois defense held Nebraska to its lowest offensive output of the season, as the Fighting Illini escaped the ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska football coach Bo Pelini has received a strong endorsement from new athletic director Shawn Eic...
Lincoln Senator Amanda McGill is in the 2nd phase of her 3 phase effort to address human trafficking in Nebraska. The first p...
Gov. Dave Heineman is asking lawmakers for $1.7 million to upgrade camping services at two Nebraska state parks. Heineman...
A Maine Senator says he sees no strong reason to oppose President Barack Obama's pick for Secretary of Defense. Angus Kin...
A new survey of rural bankers suggests that growth in farmland prices, cash rents and farm equipment sales remain strong desp...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Terone Johnson scored 18 points to lead four Purdue players in double figures, and the Boilermakers turn...
Nebraska Senator Mike Johanns has some questions about President Obama'snewly-announced gun control measures. The preside...
Newly sworn-in U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer says she's ready to bring U.S. troops home from Afghanistan, but does not favor an o...
A 20-year-old Nebraska man sought by police investigating a Lincoln slaying has been arrested in Texas. Lancaster County Sher...
The Senate Armed Services Committee will hold a confirmation hearing on the nomination of Chuck Hagel to be the next defense ...
The father of a 4-year-old boy who died in 2009 as a result of child abuse says Nebraska officials should have taken the boy ...
A central Nebraska ethanol plant is temporarily shutting down because of the unfavorable market for the corn-based fuel. Aben...
Officials say they've verified the name of an Arizona man whose body was found burning in an eastern Nebraska farm field ...
LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 16, 2013 — Students studying broadcast journalism at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln will ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Doug McDermott scored 21 of his 31 points in the second half and No. 12 Creighton pulled away for a 79-68 ...
Governor Dave Heineman is calling for an overhaul of Nebraska's tax system, saying the state needs to get rid of its indi...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska linebacker Sean Fisher has announced his plan to enroll in medical school next fall rather than...
Men who conceive children through a sexual assault would lose all parental rights but still might have to pay child support t...
A Nebraska lawmaker has introduced a bill that would require the state to fast-track concealed carry gun permits for victims ...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Alex Bentley scored 19 points and led a swift backcourt trio that created havoc all over the floor ...
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Derrick Nix made two free throws with a minute left and finished with 17 points to help No. 22 Mic...
Nebraska basketball player Mike Peltz will undergo season-ending surgery on his left knee. Coach Tim Miles said Friday that t...
A Nebraska lawmaker has introduced a bill that would give police the authority to pull over motorists who are texting while d...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman says he expects to have a strong working relationship with all of the Legislature's new c...
A man falsely accused of rape by a southeast Nebraska woman wants his lawsuit heard in U.S. District Court in Lincoln rather ...
Deputies in eastern Nebraska are looking for a person who shot a woman's dog with a bow and arrow.Tamie Cluck of Plattsmo...
Two teen girls from Scottsbluff, Neb. are dead after a crash just over the Wyoming border.18-year-old Alexis B. Wheeler and 1...
PLATTSMOUTH, Neb. (AP) - Deputies in eastern Nebraska are looking for a person who shot a woman's dog with a bow and arro...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska Supreme Court has denied a new trial for a Lincoln man originally accused of helping his boyf...
Bloomington, Ind.- Rachel Theriot scored a career-high 14 points and dished out six assists, while Jordan Hooper and Emily Ca...
Nebraska lawmakers are taking aim at taxes in the first wave of bills introduced during this year's session.Lawmakers sub...
A lawmaker has introduced a bill that would boot state elected officials off Nebraska's state employee health insurance p...
Tax exemptions for Social Security income and military retirement benefits being proposed in the Nebraska Legislature Thursda...
Nebraska collected nearly $42 million more than expected in taxes in December. Tax Commissioner Doug Ewald announced Thur...
Three Lincoln teams are participating in this weekend's Nebraska Prep Classic basketball showcase at the brand new Ralsto...
Nebraska is adding sand volleyball as a women's varsity sport beginning this spring. Sand volleyball has been an emerging...
Retired Nebraska coach Tom Osborne isn't getting drawn into arguments over how his 1990s teams that won three national ch...
UNDATED (AP) - Second-ranked Michigan remains undefeated.Glenn Robinson III had 14 points, including a pair of crucial dunks ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Ethan Wragge matched career highs with 22 points and six 3-pointers and No. 13 Creighton got off to a blis...
Dick Janda began hiscareerin Ord, Nebraska. During his high school years, at Ord High School, Dick enjoyed participating in s...
Dick Janda began hiscareerin Ord, Nebraska. During his high school years, at Ord High School, Dick enjoyed participating in s...
An arrest has been made in connection with a stabbing and shooting incident which occurred in the early morning hours of Dece...
MIAMI (AP) - College football's national champions still reside in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.The Crimson Tide breezed to their ...
Governor Dave Heineman says he will request an increase in state aid that would allow for a two-year tuition freeze at the Un...
President Obama says Chuck Hagel, his choice as the new secretary of defense, is "the leader that our troops deserve.&qu...
MAYWOOD, Neb. (AP) - The Frontier County Sheriff's Office has been investigating the report of a sexual assault at Maywoo...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraskans who enjoy spending time in the outdoors can now buy 2013 state park permits for $25.The p...
LINCOLN, NEB. (AP) - Gov. Dave Heineman says he will request an increase in state aid that would allow for a two-year tuition...
President Obama today (Monday) will nominate 66-year-old Chuck Hagel as his next Defense Secretary defying congressional oppo...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Jared Berggren scored 12 of his 13 points in the second half, Ryan Evans had 10 points and 15 rebounds, ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Sam Ostarello had 17 points and a career-high 19 rebounds Saturday and No. 14 Purdue held off No. 25 Neb...
The Oregon State Police say a trucker from Nebraska stopped along Interstate 84 reported that an assailant cut him Friday mor...
Within the next 30 days, Governor Heineman must review, then forward a recommendation on the Keystone XL oil pipeline to the ...
Thursday at noon, Governor Heineman lead a group on a 30-minute walk around the Captiol. He was joined by Nebraska's Chie...
Nebraska is imposing limits on the use of the Republican River this year to make sure enough water flows downstream to Kansas...
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 ...
The amount of water released into the lower Missouri River will be decreased this month because warmer weather has reduced ic...
Husker Head Coach Bo Pelini said his team isn't far from being able to compete for a national championship. Despite losin...
The fiscal cliff vote in congress brought a reaction of "could have been worse" from Nebraska's largest farm gr...
Only one of Nebraska's House members voted for legislation to avoid the fiscal cliff. Republican 1st District Congressman...
Lincoln's first baby of the New Year was supposed to be a Valentine's Day baby. 5-pound Cy Fickenscher was a New Year...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Aaron Murray threw five touchdown passes to set a Georgia bowl record, including two in the fourth quart...
HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) - Quinnipiac spotted Nebraska-Omaha a one-goal lead then came back to beat the Mavericks 3-1 on Sunday to ...
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) - New England Patriots running back Danny Woodhead is launching his own clothing line, but fans will ...
Nebraska will ring in the new year with a host of new state laws, including higher county filing fees for mortgages. 10 bills...
Organizations opposing the Keystone X-L Oil Pipeline may be stopping the pipeline, but not the flow of oil. Energy companies ...
Federal agriculture officials say Nebraska's hog inventory is down. The United States Department of Agriculture says in a...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Creighton senior backup guard Josh Jones is quitting basketball because of a heart condition.Jones fainted...
Nebraska basketball redshirt junior Deverell Biggs has been cited on suspicion of DUI and leaving the scene of an accident. T...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A state panel has concluded that Nebraska road and bridge projects are almost always chosen based on nee...
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...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - An early-morning electrical fire caused smoke and water damage to an Omaha sporting goods store.Firefighte...
Lincoln, NE – KFOR's parent company, Three Eagles Communications, is trying to make Christmas a little merrier for ...
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - Konner Tucker and Jaques Streeter had 17 points apiece to help UTEP defeat Nebraska 68-52 in the champi...
The senator who tried passing a bill two years ago that would have armed Nebraska teachers says he's not planning on intr...
A 35-year-old Hampton, Virginia man will spend Christmas in jail here in Nebraska, after he was arrested for having five-and-...
A new survey of rural bankers shows that rising commodity prices and lower energy costs are helping businesses in Midwestern ...
Officialsreopened Interstate 80 across Nebraska24 hours after the beginningof the blizzard that swept through the state. Crew...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Avery Dingman had 14 of his career-high 21 points in the second half, and Doug McDermott overcame a slow s...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Creighton's Josh Jones has been released from an Omaha hospital after undergoing a nine-hour surgery t...
Nebraska finished seventh in the final national college women's volleyball ratings of the year. The Huskers had been #10 ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Dylan Talley hit a pair of free throws with 6 seconds left to seal Nebraska's 59-55 win over Jackson...
Nebraska is getting settlement money from a multi-state agreement with 4 major tobacco companies involving a 10-year dispute ...
Nebraska and Iowa officials are urging motorists to use caution as the two states brace for the season's first expected l...
Omaha officials are honoring Nebraska's first female firefighter before she retires. Mayor Jim Suttle scheduled a recogni...
Authorities say a 38-year-old man is being treated for a gunshot wound after ramming into a Nebraska state trooper's car ...
Concerns about cold temperatures mean the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will up the amount of water flowing into the lower Mis...
Nebraska's largest public school district is making a switch to a new school bus company. The Omaha Public Schools board ...
Lincoln is stuck in the middle of low gasoline prices. Omaha to the east and Grand Island to the west are seeing pump prices ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska has announced a three-game football series with Northern Illinois, including a game at Chicago&...
Nebraska's five members of the Electoral College met and cast their officials votes in the 2012 Presidential Election Mon...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman says last week's shooting at a Connecticut elementary school that killed 27, including 20...
More progress reported by developer Trans-Canada toward building the Keystone XL Pipeline Monday. The state of Montanaapprove...
Secretary of State John Gale has received the findings and recommendation issued in connection with a voting complaint filed ...
NEW YORK (AP) - Iowa and Ohio State each won a pair of duals as 14 teams competed in what organizers said was the first colle...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman has ordered flags across the state flown at half-staff in the wake of a Connecticut elementar...
Commencement exercises for 1,500 graduates are scheduled at the University of Nebraska Lincoln Friday and Saturday. Graduate ...
Creighton mens basketball guard Josh Jones will undergo a procedure to address a heart problem that caused him to pass out be...
We could see a familiar Nebraskan taking over a top job in the Obama administration soon. Former U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel is ...
The Nebraska Supreme Court will not intervene in a case involving prisoners who are serving life for crimes they committed as...
Nebraska comes in 15th in overall health because of our high immunization rate, low high school drop-out rate, fewer smokers ...
The White House and Congressional Republicans are still negotiating about ways to bring the nation's budget deficit under...
Creighton guard Josh Jones will undergo a procedure to address a heart problem that caused him to pass out before a game agai...
A western Nebraska man was charged with sexual assault of a child after a 19-year-old woman reported he'd molested her fo...
Nebraska's setter and Pius X graduate Lauren Cook has been named to the AVCA All-America Volleyball First Team. Cook was ...
As Mayor Beutler, Governor Heineman and UNL officials looked on yesterday (Wednesday), the final beam has been lifted into pl...
Imagine, planning your PERFECT wedding in one afternoon!The 2013 KFOR Bridal Forum will be Sunday, January 6th, from 12p-4p a...
The State Patrol says DNA testing is planned to try and identify a human skull found in northeast Nebraska. It's believed...
Nebraska officials are preparing for a likely water shortage next year that would require extra conservation along the Republ...
A Nebraska political group has issued a new report predicting the Keystone X-L Pipeline will be a financial windfall. The Pla...
Authorities say more than 40 malnourished horses, donkeys and other animals are being rescued from a rescue operation in sout...
Nebraska will see a cut in federal Medicaid funding in the upcoming state budget, which will force lawmakers to make up the d...
Prosecutors say a northeast Nebraska man killed his ex-girlfriend and the man she was living with before setting fire to thei...
A 68-year-old Idaho man has been arrested in Nebraska, accused of hauling more than 124 pounds of marijuana. The Nebraska Sta...
The latest Problems and Solutions Cookbook is now available! This cookbook features delicious recipes provided by local, regi...
Lincoln Police are searching for a missing seventy-five year old male. Roland Leavitt’s wife awoke this morning to find...
A Nebraska woman has been convicted of faking an anti-gay hate crime in Lincoln. 34-year-old, Charlie Rogers has pleaded no c...
The Nebraska Department of Revenue is reporting $315 million in November net tax receipts, nearly 1 percent higher than s...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Doug McDermott scored 30 points for No. 16 Creighton, which broke away late in the first half and beat Akr...
Doug McDermott scored 27 points, Gregory Echenique had 12 points and 12 rebounds, and No. 16 Creighton pulled away in the sec...
The Nebraska Tourism Commission has selected Kathy McKillip to be the agency's executive director. McKillip has been dire...
A new report shows that the nation's worst drought in decades leveled off last week. The weekly U.S. Drought Monitor repo...
Today is the 297th day in a row without measurable snow in Lincoln. The old record was 295 snow-free days in 2004. The Nation...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Marissa Janning provided the spark Creighton needed off the bench, leading the Bluejays with 19 points on ...
The mother of a missing Peru State College student is suing the college, the state of Nebraska and the man suspected in the w...
A new report says Nebraska's effort to privatize child welfare services wasn't necessarily bad - it just went too fas...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska's back-to-back, double-digit wins over opponents from BCS conferences have piqued the inter...
There could be a Keystone XL oil pipeline report in Governor Heineman's Christmas stocking. The Nebraska Department of En...
Nebraska health officials continue to urge people to get a flu shot after a jump of cases in Douglas County. Officials said T...
Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning is seeking a court order that would allow the state pardons board to commute the senten...
Nebraska sent the Omaha school district $6.3 million too much last year because the district mistakenly submitted a speci...
The Nebraska Supreme Court has again been asked to determine whether a trial court unfairly ordered a Nebraska man to registe...
A 30-year-old western Nebraska man has been given seven years in prison for having thousands of images of child pornography o...
A 37-year-old man is facing felony child abuse charges because his wife and two of his kids were riding in the back of a movi...
Canadian Pacific Railway is looking into the possibility of selling 660 miles of track in South Dakota and three surrounding ...
The Boone County Fairgrounds Event Center in Albion will be full tonight (Tuesday) with people who support and oppose the Key...
Nebraska needs more doctors. A University of Nebraska Medical Study finds the number of primary care physicians is 30% lower ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Ray Gallegos scored 20 points and made a career-high six 3-pointers to lead Nebraska to a 63-51 victory ...
Gov. Dave Heineman says Nebraska will vigorously defend a policy that denies driver's licenses to young illegal immigrant...
Nebraska's director of agriculture is visiting China this week to attract potential investors in farming, ranching and bi...
Lawmakers are looking for ways to replace the revenue that Nebraska counties would lose if the state's inheritance tax wa...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - When it comes to volleyball in the Cornhusker state, Creighton has always been little sister to the powerf...
University of Nebraska researchers are preparing for a study which could help more smokers quit their habit. The study will e...
Southern Mississippi has agreed to be the visiting team for its football game against Nebraska next fall in exchange for a &#...
A 15-minute phone conversation last night between President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner is being followed by ...
Omaha Congressman Lee Terry has been selected as the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's commerce and t...
WACO, Neb. (AP) - A 19-year-old woman has been arrested, accused of robbing a bank in the eastern Nebraska city of Waco.The Y...
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...
Nebraskans are making the lowest mortgage payments in the nation. LendingTree, which runs an online market for mortgages and ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska Roads Department plans to temporarily close a westbound stretch of Interstate 80 in eastern...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - U.S. Rep. Lee Terry has been selected as the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's com...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Derrick Marks scored a career-high 35 points, including 18 straight in the second half, and Boise State up...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Alyssa Thomas scored 25 points and Tianna Hawkins scored 21 to lead No. 11 Maryland to a 90-71 win over ...
Donations given to the Humane Society of the United States are not helping local pet shelters. The Opinion Research Corporati...
(Update) - 5:14 a.m. 11/29/12- Kieran Richey was found safe last night around 9 p.m. Thanks to everyone who called in tips an...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska Court of Appeal has vacated the sentence of an Omaha man on burglary and rape convictions, ...
AURORA, Neb. (AP) - A 28-year-old woman has been killed in a collision at a rural intersection in eastern Nebraska.The accide...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - Ray Gallegos scored 17 of his career-high 20 points after halftime to help Nebraska beat Wake Fore...
The winner of the Big Ten football championship game between Nebraska & Wisconsin will meet either Stanford or UCLA in the Ro...
The merits of the death penalty will be debated tonight (Wednesday) at the Lied Center. Nebraska's Solicitor General J. K...
Secretary of State John Gale is checking out a voting complaint filed by Nebraskans for Civic Reform. The group alleges that ...
A suspect believed to have fired a gun inside a southeast Nebraska house while his family was inside has turned himself in to...
Authorities say the number of Tennessee courthouses involved in a rash of false bomb threats has risen to 29. Tennessee Depar...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Police say an Omaha teenager gunned down in October was killed because of the color of his shirt.Sixteen-y...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Unanimous pick Gina Mancuso and fellow Nebraska seniors Lauren Cook and Hannah Werth have received All-B...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Unanimous pick Gina Mancuso and fellow Nebraska seniors Lauren Cook and Hannah Werth have received All-B...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Two of the Big Ten's best running backs will be on the field when Wisconsin and No. 14 Nebraska meet...
Text messages offering holiday deals or claiming that you’ve won gift cards from major retailers continue to circulate....
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The opponents for the Big Ten championship game met not all that long ago.Nebraska came back from a 17-p...
A 26-year-old woman has been killed in a rollover crash in southern Nebraska. The accident occurred around 5 p.m. Sunday on a...
Congress is back in session, with negotiations resuming on the fiscal cliff. Among those paying close attention are Nebraska ...
The director of Nebraska's Department of Motor Vehicles is resigning to take a new job in Omaha. Gov. Dave Heineman annou...
FAIRMONT, Neb. (AP) - A pipeline spill in southeast Nebraska earlier this week that leaked as much as 150 gallons of gasoline...
KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) - A 35-year-old Nebraska woman convicted for prostituting her 14-year-old and 7-year-old daughters will be...
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) - A Grand Island man has been arrested on suspicion of felony motor vehicle homicide after a passenge...
NORFOLK, Neb. (AP) - A Madison couple has been arrested following a shooting outside a Norfolk bar and a high speed chase.Sio...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Omaha police are investigating the death of a man who was taken to a hospital with gunshot injuries.Police...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska is seeded No. 4 and will spend the opening weekend of the postseason at home for the ninth stra...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Chris Evans scored 19 points and Kent State used a 20-6 second-half run to put away Nebraska 74-60 on Sa...
Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema says he understands why a lot of people believe his Badgers don't deserve to be playing in t...
Nebraska lawmakers meet tomorrow (Tuesday) to examine how the federal health care law will affect the state budget. The Healt...
The Nebraska football team rallied to defeat the Iowa Hawkeyes 13-7 today (Fri.) in the last game of the regular season for b...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Police have knocked down reports about shots fired at an Omaha mall where nine people were killed nearly f...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A 39-year-old Davey woman has been sentenced to prison for stealing thousands of dollars from her employ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A 20-year-old Lincoln man who acknowledged sexual contact with a 12-year-old who later died of a drug ov...
SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. (AP) - Authorities say a man who robbed a Nebraska Panhandle bank branch hasn't been caught yet.Scottsb...
A big Hollywood movie crew came to Lincoln and postponed Christmas…technically. More accurately, a production assistan...
The mayors of Omaha and Council Bluffs, IA have a friendly wager on today's (Friday) game between 17th-ranked Nebraska an...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - An injured Norfolk Catholic football player was able to cheer his team on to a state title this week.Isa...
The Colorado State Patrol reported that a Nebraska man has been cited with misdemeanor traffic charges in the deaths of two h...
A central Iowa fruit and vegetable distributor is recalling several lots of cherry tomatoes after the grower notified the dis...
Nebraska's winter wheat crop is off to a bad start because of this year's drought. The U.S. Department of Agriculture...
The Iowa football team opened its Big Ten season by defeating Minnesota and Michigan State and was on top of the Legends Divi...
An Omaha man who helped rescue a truck driver and an eastern Iowa couple who trains dogs for public service will be honored a...
U.S. Senator-elect Deb Fischer chose two Nebraskans to lead her staffs in Nebraska and Washington. Fischer chose Mike Hybl as...
Nebraska's unemployment rate declined to 3.8 percent in October to remain one of the lowest rates in the nation. The prel...
Nebraska students are showing progress on statewide math and reading tests. New results released Tuesday show that more than ...
Nebraska feedlots contained 2.48 million cattle as of Nov. 1, a slight increase over the previous year and the largest invent...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Even after his defense gave up 653 yards to UCLA and 498 yards and 63 points to Ohio State, Nebraska coa...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Isaac Aakre threw a 46-yard touchdown pass to Clay Fisher with 1:00 left to give top-ranked Millard Nort...
YORK, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska troopers say they have arrested an Arizona man after finding more than 2,300 pounds of marijuana i...
Nebraska officials are predicting that many farmers along the Republican River will have to limit their water use next year b...
Innovation Campus has its first paying tenant. The University of Nebraska announced Friday that Omaha food giant Con Agra wil...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Brandon Ubel scored 17 points, Ray Gallegos added 14 and Nebraska overcame a late scoring drought to hol...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska coach Bo Pelini joked about the priority listed atop his game plan for Minnesota. He said he do...
There’s a big difference of opinion this morning (Friday). Governor Heineman is enrolling Nebraska in a federally run h...
Governor Dave Heineman has chosen to enroll Nebraska in a federally run health exchange program, saying a state-based option ...
An index of economic conditions in 10 Midwest and Western states has jumped for a third straight month, but the looming "...
An index of economic conditions in 10 Midwest and Western states has jumped for a third straight month, but the looming "...
Authorities have asked people to help find whoever tried to start a fire at a University of Nebraska-Lincoln dorm. Smith Hall...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Josh Jones scored all 18 of his points in the second half to compensate for Doug McDermott's quiet nig...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska coach Tim Miles has announced the signings of two players to letters of intent.The Cornhuskers ...
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 Minnesota football team Nebraska will face Saturday brings a 6-4 record to Lincoln. The six wins make the Golden Gophers ...
State officials say a hunter in north-central Nebraska has killed a mountain lion that circled in front of him while he was h...
The University of Nebraska at Kearney is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit that accuses administrators of illegally denying...
People have asked the Grand Island City Council to bar discrimination based on sexual orientation from city employment polici...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska chancellor Harvey Perlman isn't concerned about football coach Bo Pelini's heated excha...
Speaker of the Legislature Mike Flood is running for Nebraska governor, calling himself "a budget-minded veteran lawmake...
The Nebraska Public Power District's retirement plan says Wells Fargo misled it about the risks associated with a securit...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Brandon Ubel had 17 of his 21 points in the second half Sunday as Nebraska opened the season with a 66-5...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Taylor Martinez threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Jamal Turner for Nebraska's first lead, and the No....
Most Nebraskans will be paying more for electricity in 2013. The Nebraska Public Power District board voted Friday to raise i...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A Penn State journalism teacher who has scheduled a presentation at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln s...
It didn't take Democrat Bob Kerrey long to open up after his loss to Republican Deb Fischer in Nebraska's U.S. Senate...
A federal appeals court is letting a jury decide if authorities worked together to build a false case against a Nebraska man ...
A high school senior collapsed and died during a basketball game at his small school in southeast Nebraska this week. Terron ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The Oklahoma-Nebraska football rivalry, once one of the great traditions in college football, is on the ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Tom Osborne, the former Nebraska football coach who will retire as the school's athletic director Ja...
So far this year, September has been the deadliest month on Nebraska roads. 29 people were killed; 21 of them in rural areas....
Governor Dave Heineman Monday proclaimed November as Adoption Awareness Month for the state of Nebraska.It spotlights childre...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska switched to the no-huddle offense last year with the idea of dictating tempo and wearing out de...
Republican Deb Fischer is Nebraska's new Senator-elect, after defeating Democrat Bob Kerrey by more than 82,000 votes and...
Former Nebraska Attorney General Paul Douglas has died at the age of 85. Douglas will forever be linked with the collapse of ...
The State Patrol says "no credible threat" was found after bomb threats were made to nine courthouses in southeast ...
The man who couldn't beat Barack Obama 4 years ago hopes to influence enough Nebraska voters for Deb Fischer to beat Bob ...
Nebraskans are flocking to the polls this year. Nebraska's elections chief says voter turnout could be higher than in 200...
Two black men served over half their lives in prison for a crime they didn't commit and now they want justice. Terry Harr...
Drought-plagued Midwest farming states, including Nebraska, got little benefit from the massive storm that pounded the Easter...
The Mid-America Business Conditions index released Thursday dropped to 46.5 last month from 50.4 in September. A score below ...
Democrat Bob Kerrey is getting a boost from a prominent Republican in his bid to pull ahead in Nebraska's tight race for ...
TransCanada has answered every question and every concern thrown at it by the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality ab...
Another update on the Midwest's economy is due out this morning (Thursday). Creighton University economist Ernie Goss wil...
Secretary of State John Gale predicted that 71 percent of registered voters will cast ballots in Nebraska in the November 6 e...
The Nebraska football team will play at Michigan State Saturday afternoon in East Lansing and face one of the top defensive u...
A preliminary 600-page report has been released on the oil pipeline that a Canadian company wants to build across Nebraska. T...
Another large chunk of political action committee money is flowing into Nebraska's Senate race. American Crossroads, the ...
Relatives of a family killed in a chain-reaction crash in western Nebraska are suing the trucker who crashed into them and fi...
The Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha will lay off 38 workers by the end of the year and won't fill vacant positions as it...
A gravestone will be returned to relatives of a World War I veteran from Nebraska. The stone had turned up in the municipal b...
After defeating top-rankedPenn State but losing to Ohio State, the Nebraska volleyball team remains #4 in this week's new...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - David Santos wanted to pass on redshirting his first season at Nebraska and play right away. His coaches...
From his campaign headquarters in Omaha, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Bob Kerrey called for another debate with Republica...
Nebraska is becoming a state where voters are shunning both political parties, registering as independents in growing numbers...
As winter approaches, energy prices in Nebraska appear stable, but consumers could still see higher bills if the weather is c...
The fiscal cliff is looming in the nation's future. It would not be kind to the University of Nebraska. NU Budget Directo...
Nebraska lawmakers will have a smaller-than-expected budget shortfall to fill when they convene in January, according to new ...
A child advocacy group is asking Nebraska lawmakers to extend state services to youths who are pushed out of foster care beca...
Three people were cited for causing last weekend's wildfire in northwest Nebraska. Nebraska National Forests and Grasslan...
A 44-year-old man has been given 30 to 50 years in prison for sexually assaulting teenage girls in southeast Nebraska. Ronald...
Man's best friend could get you kicked off your insurance plan. American Family Insurance canceled the homeowner's po...
A sixth man has been arrested in connection with a child prostitution ring in Kearney, allegedly run by a Nebraska woman char...
Nebraska athletic ticket officials are warning fans to be careful when buying football tickets. Officials discovered 18 count...
Whose rights come first? The handicapped, or big donors to the Husker Football Program. A federal court will decide. The laws...
A sixth man is suspected of having sex with an underage girl in Kearney in a child prostitution ring allegedly run by a Nebra...
Nebraska athletic ticket officials are warning fans to be careful when buying football tickets. Officials discovered 18 count...
It’s less than 2 weeks before the election, yet constitutional amendments aren't getting much attention. Nebraska i...
The case against a Kansas man charged in a deadly crash in Nebraska has been sent to Dawson County District Court for trial. ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - With Rex Burkhead's status in doubt, Ameer Abdullah says he is prepared to take over again as Nebras...
After rallying late to win at Northwestern, Nebraska will play for a share of the Big Ten Legends Division lead when Michigan...
Even with the drought, the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission scheduled prescribed burns at Indian Cave State Park, which is ...
Firefighters have been able to mostly contain a wildfire in northwest Nebraska, but not before it burned 83 acres. The U.S. F...
Nebraska lawmakers have scheduled a hearing on children who "age out" of the state's foster care system. The Le...
Nebraska’s unemployment rate for September is 3.9%. The rate is down from the August rate of 4.0%, and one-half percent...
Although usually unpopular, wind can be good for the environment and serve as an energy resource. A new report has said that ...
The strong winds that have raked across Nebraska will soon go away. Jim Meyer, meteorologist at the National Weather Service ...
An earthquake has rattled western Nebraska, but so far no injuries or property damage. The U.S. Geological Survey says a magn...
Crews are working through stiff winds and dry conditions to contain wildfires in seven Nebraska counties, including Cherry, H...
The deadline for Nebraska businesses and organizations remitting unclaimed property to the state is approaching. Unclaimed pr...
Three people are going to jail and will have to pay back $16.6 million after they were convicted in a fraudulent Nebraska...
A former police chief of Newman Grove in northeast Nebraska has been sent to prison for making a threat with the point of a g...
On a blustery day likeThursday this is easy to believe: a new report says wind power has the potential to boost Nebraska'...
Parts of north-central Nebraska are on fire this morning (Thursday). Cherry, Holt and Fillmore Counties are burning. The larg...
A mother from the central Nebraska town of Sargent has been charged with two counts of felony child abuse. They involve an Au...
Kansas-based Flint Hills Resources is buying an ethanol plant in southeast Nebraska. Advanced BioEnergy, of Bloomington, Minn...
The Nebraska volleyball team is back in action tonight (Wed.) playing at Iowa. One of the Hawkeye assistant coaches has deep ...
Nebraska football Coach Bo Pelini says he used last week to address his team's turnover problem. The Cornhuskers lead the...
More Nebraskans are voting early. The Nebraska Secretary of State said that in Nebraska's three largest counties- Lancast...
Call centers that handle requests for food stamps, Medicaid and other public benefits are understaffed. Nebraska's Child ...
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) - A federal appeals court says the lawsuits of five people wrongly convicted in the 1985 killing of a Beatri...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Authorities say five people have been hospitalized after a fire erupted at a house in northeast Omaha.Omah...
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...
The Nebraska volleyball team improved its record to 15-2 overall and 7-1 in the Big Ten with a 4-game win over Minnesota Sund...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The collective eyebrows of Nebraska fans were raised when Coach Bo Pelini publicly challenged his Cornhu...
The number of homeless people in Lincoln and Lancaster County is going up. The University of Nebraska's Center on Childre...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Authorities say two students and two drivers have been injured in an Omaha collision between a car and a s...
UTICA, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska State Patrol says a Las Vegas man has been arrested after a search of his vehicle turned up 4...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Bob Kerrey is accusing Republican Deb Fischer of betraying her neighbors ...
Crews are now using sonar to try and find a man missing in the Missouri River near Ponca State Park in northeast Nebraska. Th...
There have been more pedestrians killed on Nebraska roadways this year than in any year since 2000. Fourteen people have died...
The Flu is here and it’s ahead of schedule according to the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). La...
A 28-year-old mother in west-central Nebraska has been given 18 to 20 years in prison for killing her 3-year-old daughter. Do...
A major economic development announcement for the state of nebraska Friday. Fidelity Investments says it has decided to build...
Investigators say the drivers of a school bus and semi that crashed in southern Nebraska both contributed to the fatal collis...
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...
The University of Nebraska is partnering with the Defense Department to conduct research that will support U.S. Strategic Com...
The corn harvest is in the homestretch in several key Midwest farming states where the nation's worst drought in decades ...
The Nebraska volleyball team returns to action hosting unranked Wisconsin tomorrow (Fri.) night and #10 Minnesota Sunday afte...
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has chosen former Republican Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel to lead an advisory committee for 50...
A Papillion man is charged with motor vehicular homicide in the death of an off-duty Ashland police officer in a three-vehicl...
Omaha-based Travel and Transport says it is buying Ultramar, a Travel agency in New York City. Financial terms of the all-cas...
Authorities say a 22-year-old Kansas man has been arrested after a fatal collision that ended a vehicle chase in south-centra...
A 54-year-old man will serve two years of probation for mistreating a 71-year-old south-central Nebraska woman he was hired t...
Nebraska state officials are focusing on military veterans in their push to attract new residents and connect them with jobs....
LEXINGTON, Neb. (AP) - Authorities say a vehicle chase in the south-central Nebraska city of Lexington quickly ended when the...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska state officials are focusing on military veterans in their push to attract new residents and co...
PLEASANTON, Neb. (AP) - A 54-year-old man will serve two years of probation for mistreating a 71-year-old south-central Nebra...
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) - The Grand Island City Council has scheduled a vote on extending anti-discrimination protection to g...
BELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) - A standoff with officers has ended peacefully in the Omaha suburb of Bellevue.Authorities say Sarpy Cou...
BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) - The Beatrice school board has hired a former superintendent of Norris Public Schools to serve as interi...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The founding director of the International Quilt Study Center and Museum has announced that she will ret...
Shawn Eichorst has been officially introduced as the new athletic director to replace Tom Osborne next year at the University...
The University of Nebraska is becoming a leader in licensed inventions. The Omaha World-Herald reports that NU ranks 20th out...
Only 2 of Nebraska's Judges were voted UNFIT to continue in office after a poll of the state's lawyers. 4th district ...
Nebraska must stew for two weeks in the wake of another abysmal road performance. The Cornhuskers gave up the fourth-most poi...
In communities like Marquette, the postal service is more than a place to pick up mail; it serves as a social setting, as wel...
More than 100 high school juniors and seniors are bringing their parents and teachers to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln c...
There was an angry reply Friday from the Nebraska Republican Party to ethics charges filed Thursday by Democrats. GOP Executi...
The Nebraska football team plays its first Big Ten road game of the season tomorrow (Sat.) night at Ohio State. The Huskers a...
It's easy to get fooled on the Internet. That’s the case for some Husker fans who bought tickets to the Nebraska/Wi...
The Nebraska Democratic Party is accusing Republican U.S. Senate candidate Deb Fischer of not disclosing her conflict over a ...
The University of Nebraska has a new athletic director. Shawn Eichorst, currently the Athletic Director at the University of ...
North Platte's annual Rail Fest is being recommended as one of the top events for U.S. bus travelers to consider attendin...
A former minister convicted of three sexual assault charges in Council Bluffs will be resentenced on one of them, now that th...
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 volleyball team returns to Big Ten action tomorrow (Fri.) night at Purdue. The Huskers are now #4 in the nationa...
The Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota is considering a state lawsuit against four Nebraska beer stores and global beer maker...
LINCOLN, Neb.- Longtime Blaze 104.1 FM personality “Sparky” will undergo a bone marrow transplant for cancer trea...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission says Hamburg Bend Wildlife Management Area in Otoe County has reo...
The number of children labeled as wards of the state has dropped by more than 300 since March, about the time Thomas Pristow ...
Nebraska's biggest reservoir will reduce water supplies to irrigators next year.The Central Nebraska Public Power and Irr...
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...
A 25-year-old Iowa man has been given 60 to 90 years in a Nebraska prison for stabbing his former girlfriend and her stepmoth...
Nebraska has moved up from #6 to #4 in this week's new national volleyball ratings. Penn State is #1 for the second strai...
To Bo Pelini, Nebraska's visit to Ohio Stadium this week is strictly business. The Cornhuskers coach won't spend time...
Nebraska quarterback Taylor Martinez and kicker Brett Maher have received honors from the Big Ten. Martinez is co-offensive p...
Last night (Monday) was the last time Republican Deb Fischer and Democrat Bob Kerrey will appear together before the November...
Nebraska answered the first of many deadlines in the countdown to Obama Care Monday. Governor Dave Heineman submitted what he...
The attorney for a Lincoln teenager accused of shooting another teen to death is asking for the case to move to juvenile cour...
Nebraska found what DIDN'T work in the first half against Wisconsin, made adjustments at half-time and came out in the 2n...
Nebraska utilities will likely continue to rely heavily on coal, natural gas and nuclear power to produce electricity until s...
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln plans to privatize its health center operations, a plan being closely watched by universit...
A bank robber who spent 10 years in prison for hold-ups in Nebraska is now a law student at the University of Washington. Sho...
Authorities say the 2012 Nebraska winter wheat crop is the state's smallest since 2002 and 18 percent under last year'...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Lt. Gov Rick Sheehy has honored volunteers and groups that help prepare Nebraska communities for emergen...
BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) - A 16-year-old who fled the county courthouse in Beatrice has been captured.Officials say the boy had ju...
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) - The body of man found in a western Nebraska reservoir has been confirmed as that of a missing North...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska Supreme Court has granted a new hearing for an Omaha man convicted of murdering a college stu...
Debate #2 between Republican Deb Fischer and Democrat Bob Kerrey comes this morning (Friday) at 11 o'clock from the Omaha...
If you're a Democrat in Nebraska, you likely support a minimum 30% tax rate on people making more than $1 million. If...
A weekly update on U.S. drought conditions shows the nation's worst drought in decades slightly worsened in the lower 48 ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Politicians, coaches, former athletes and donors reacted to Nebraska athletic director Tom Osborne's...
A man from the Land of Lincoln stood in front of a statue of the 16th president on the west side of Nebraska's capitol bu...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska athletic director Tom Osborne is retiring as of Jan. 1.The 75-year-old Osborne announced his de...
An Illinois trucker whose rig slammed into stalled traffic in western Nebraska may have fallen asleep behind the wheel. A Neb...
More than just rentals were apparently coming out of a Fremont business. A huge prescription drug ring was being operated out...
A county commissioner from northeast Nebraska has been convicted of misconduct for selling a truckload of county scrap metal....
Authorities have identified a 42-year-old woman killed by a freight train near the South Dakota-Iowa border. Police say 42-ye...
An Omaha City Councilman says he believes a proposed cigarette tax has enough support to pass, despite criticism from Gov. Da...
An eastern Nebraska sheriff's department is holding more than $78,000 in cash found in a woman's car. 41-year-old...
A Wisconsin man remains in jail Tuesday after pleading not guilty to Nebraska drug charges in the York County District Court ...
The Nebraska football team will play its first Big Ten game of the season Saturday night as they host Wisconsin at Memorial S...
Already off to an unsettled start to the season, Wisconsin now must prepare for a trip to Nebraska with running back Montee B...
After losing toPenn State last week, the Nebraska volleyball team has dropped from #3 to #6 in this week's new national r...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman says he will try again in the upcoming session of the Legislature to repeal the state's I...
This year’s University of Nebraska-Lincoln Homecoming week is underway, with the theme “Once Upon a Homecoming&rd...
LEWISTON, Neb. (AP) - A 25-year-old Tecumseh man has died in a southeast Nebraska crash.Beatrice radio station KWBE reports t...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Four years after Democrat Barack Obama managed to win one of Nebraska's electoral votes, the president...
VERNAL, Utah (AP) - A pair of inmates who escaped from a Utah jail last week have been captured in Nebraska.Uintah County Und...
Nebraska is using revenge as motivation for this week's Big Ten opener against Wisconsin in Lincoln. The Badgers gave the...
The Nebraska football team will wrap up the non conference portion of its schedule tomorrow (Sat.), hosting the Idaho State B...
The Yuma County, Colorado Sheriff's office has been searching from the air and on the ground along 160 miles of Amtrak ra...
Strong farm income helped Nebraska and Iowa record an increase in median income last year while nationally median income decl...
Police are investigating the death of a central Nebraska man who was sitting on the tracks before being hit by a Union Pacifi...
The federal government is giving rural electric cooperatives in Iowa, Nebraska and seven other states loans to improve portio...
Nebraska’s #3-ranked volleyball team lost their second straight match last night at Big Ten opponent Penn State. The #4...
1 out of every 3 people in this country is obese. Unless people start eating the right foods and exercising more, 6 of every ...
Nebraska consumes twice as much energy as it generates from its own resources. Malcolm State Senator Ken Haar is bringing nat...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Lincoln will have an indoor football team next spring when the Council Bluffs Express becomes the Lincol...
The family of a retired California firefighter who disappeared from an Amtrak train says it now appears that he may have fall...
State tourism officials are gearing up for an image change. A Minneapolis consulting firm has finished its research finding N...
Nebraska state Sen. John Wightman has been hospitalized after suffering a stroke at his home in Lexington Sunday afternoon. H...
Nebraska has dropped to #3 in this week's new national coaches women's volleyball ratings. After losing to Iowa State...
Nebraska running back Rex Burkhead, who missed the past two games with a sprained ligament in his left knee, is expected to p...
The IRS was skeptical of a Nebraska couple when they filed their 2007 tax return asking for a $48 million federal refund....
Nebraska's program to improve employee health is gaining national recognition. Nebraska was one of two winners of the 201...
Prepare to hear a lot about voter registration. It is Constitution Day and Lancaster County Election Commissioner, Dave Shive...
More people have been killed so far on Nebraska roads this year than anytime in the last 4 years. 156 people have died; about...
Nebraska head football coach Bo Pelini was left today's game during halftime after failling ill and was taken to a hospit...
The Nebraska Cornhusker's rolled to a win against a fast paced Arkansas State team 42-13 today in the 320th straight sold...
Nebraska head coach Bo Pelini had his pulse taken on the sideline prior to halftime before leaving the game at halftime on a ...
University of Nebraska officials are defending their fundraising for a $370 million cancer center in the wake of criticis...
Governor Heineman wants to know why the University of Nebraska is asking local governments in Omaha to help pay for a $32...
The latest update on the drought shows that farmers caught some relief with recent rains that soaked much of middle America. ...
Nebraska is putting unclaimed property left in safe deposit boxes up for auction on eBay. State Treasurer Don Stenberg says t...
Nebraska football Coach Bo Pelini has announced that starting defensive tackle Chase Rome has left the team. Pelini told repo...
This morning (Thursday), you're waking up to something you haven't seen since the middle of June; significant rain. 1...
Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning says Omaha state Sen. Brenda Council misused campaign cash at casinos and filed false r...
Big Ten coaches had just one request for those ripping the conference after a rough weekend.Wait.Nebraska coach Bo Pelini cau...
Top administrators from the University of Nebraska Medical Center are expected to brief the university's Board of Regents...
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor, Harvey Perlman, is making increased enrollment and reduced spending his priorities...
Debate number three has been scheduled for Nebraska's Senate candidates. Democrat Bob Kerrey and Republican Deb Fischer h...
Nebraska head coach Bo Pelini was disappointed in all phases of his Nebraska football team as the Huskers were upset by UCLA ...
A Republican activist who worked on Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign is returning to his native Nebraska to dis...
Three western Nebraska public school officials face misdemeanor charges, accused of failing to report what authorities say is...
The Nebraska State Patrol has identified the four people killed in the fiery crash of a school bus and tractor-trailer near B...
The fight over immigration in Fremont continues, and now three civil rights organizations have entered the legal battle. The ...
University of Nebraska officials are looking to avoid heat-related problems that left hundreds of people at Saturday's fi...
A Lincoln woman has sued Nebraska coach Bo Pelini's foundation and Offensive Coordinator Tim Beck, alleging she suffered ...
Authorities say four people are dead and at least four children are injured after a school bus crash in south-central Nebrask...
The company that wants to build a pipeline to transport crude oil from Canada to Gulf Coast refineries has revised its new ro...
The U.S. corn harvest continues ahead of schedule with some states nearly half-finished at a time when they usually are just ...
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...
A Filley man has been arrested, accused of drunken driving in a golf cart at a lake in southeast Nebraska. 50-year-old Bryan ...
ASHLAND, Neb. (AP) - The Chain Challenge disc golf tournament has been scheduled at the new disc golf course at Eugene T. Mah...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska's offense wasn't perfect, but it was pretty close to it in the opener against Southern ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Coach Bo Pelini of 17th-ranked Nebraska says injured running back Rex Burkhead is questionable for Satur...
Mark Abrahamian, the lead guitarist for the rock bank Starship, has died of a heart attack after a concert in Norfolk, Nebras...
Some firefighters who have been battling the western Nebraska and South Dakota wildfires are being sent home. Fire Informatio...
Bob Kerrey is trying to make the biggest knock against him in his comeback campaign for U.S. Senate his candidacy's chief...
Bob Kerrey is trying to make the biggest knock against him in his comeback campaign for U.S. Senate his candidacy's chief...
Do you think you have the next "big idea"? Well, a new series of seminars by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is ...
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...
All the hard work Taylor Martinez put into his mechanics during the offseason paid off as Martinez and the Huskers rolled to ...
Nebraska's troubled effort to privatize its child welfare services could cost the state $3.2 million in federal money...
Enrollment at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln this fall is 24,207. It's a decrease of 1.6 percent from last fall. Chan...
Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning is apologizing to a man wrongfully convicted in the 1955 killing of his wife. Bruning a...
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman has scheduled his 13th State of the University speech. This year'...
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...
Southern Miss is the obvious underdog when it travels to face No. 17 Nebraska on Saturday.But with a new coach, new quarterba...
A Nebraska man claims Grand Island Public Schools administrators tried to prevent his deaf 3-year-old son from signing his na...
A part of Nebraska is burning this morning (Thursday). 2 Nebraska Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopters flew out of Linco...
The gloves are coming off again in Nebraska's senate race. Republican Deb Fischer agreed not to call Democrat Bob Kerrey ...
A Nebraska inmate has filed a contempt motion in federal court, saying state Department of Corrections officials have reneged...
Republican Senate Candidate Deb Fischer got two and a half minutes on stage before the Republican National Convention on Tues...
The Nebraska State Patrol has identified human remains found in western Nebraska in June after a gunman told police negotiato...
Nebraska is ranked #1 in the national women's college volleyball ratings. The 3-and-0 Huskers upset previously top-ranked...
5 people protesting beer sales in the tiny northern Nebraska town of Whiteclay are out of jail this morning (Tuesday) after b...
A Nebraska Republican U.S. Senate hopeful, State SenatorDeb Fischer of Valentine,will still get to speak at the Republican Na...
Nebraska has issued a health alert for toxic blue-green algae at Big Indian Creek Lake in Gage County and is continuing the a...
Nebraska Republican Senate hopeful, Deb Fischer, was supposed to be among featured speakers at today's opening of the Rep...
The U.S. Attorney for Nebraska says 13 people have been accused in a federal indictment of conspiring with a Mexican drug car...
Nebraska's educational system is gearing up to meet a new challenge: Helping Wards of the State do better in school. A ne...
Nebraska U.S. Senate hopefuls Deb Fischer and Bob Kerrey are getting ready to square off this weekend in their first face-to-...
Funeral servicesare scheduled forSaturday morning for one of Lincoln's best known businessmen of the 20th century. James ...
The Nebraska volleyball team opens its season tonight, hosting St. Louis University in a 7 p.m. match. The Huskers then host ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - No. 17 Nebraska believes its offense is about to make a big jump in Tim Beck's second year as coordi...
A huge national spotlight has just been focused on Nebraska Republican Senate candidate, Deb Fischer. The Republican National...
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus has announced that U.S. Senate candidate Deb Fischer will be a speaker ...
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Cody Green doesn't harbor any hard feelings about how his time at Nebraska came to an end.After being...
A University of Nebraska report says expanding Medicaid in Nebraska as part of the federal health care lawwould help the stat...
An Oscar-winning director plans to shoot much of his new movie in Nebraska. Alexander Payne, who directed "About Schmidt...
Nebraska high school students are still outscoring their peers nationally on the ACT college entrance exam, even though the r...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Creighton officials have announced plans to build a men's basketball practice facility on the east sid...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The fourth-ranked Nebraska volleyball team is beginning its final season playing in the NU Coliseum.The ...
Nearly 67 percent of Nebraska's 5th, 8th and 11th grade students met or exceeded proficiency levels on the new state scie...
A 33-year-old Lincoln woman has been charged with making false statements to police after she claimed last month that three m...
Police say a former University of Nebraska women's basketball star faked an attack in which she allegedly carved anti-gay...
Kids from Kearney have earned Nebraska a first-ever win at the Little League World Series. They beat Germany's Ramstein A...
Nebraska State Auditor Mike Foley says taxpayers may not be getting the best deal possible on some equipment and services pur...
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) - Matt Kubel baffled Nebraska's bats and ninth-place hitter Patrick Steed helped ignite two ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska's Taylor Martinez has worked to improve as a passer. The 17th-ranked Cornhuskers also need ...
A state panel has ruled Nebraska Attorney General, Jon Bruning, violated a public disclosure law when he failed to report his...
The former executive director of Kool-Aid Days in Hastings has lost his lawsuit over a bonus. Randy Kottwitz was seeking unpa...
If you're not a citizen, you can't get a driver's license in Nebraska. Gov. Dave Heineman says the state won'...
A Nebraska man is $2 million dollars richer today. Mark Davies of Bennington claimed his prize after his ticket matched 5...
Some bad news: Nebraska's unemployment rate rose to 4 percent in July. A Nebraska Labor Department report released Friday...
A hearing is postponed for a woman suspected of helping to hide the body of a Denver man in western Nebraska. Rose Siefke'...
A confirmed case of West Nile in Lincoln County was reported. It's the first case in two years.The West Central District ...
Banks are in a drought. An economic index for 10 Midwest and Western states has dropped again. The Rural Mainstreet Index dro...
Don't be in a hurry when you're driving around the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus. Curbside traffic lanes have...
Nebraska volleyball coach, John Cook, suffered minor injuries when his bicycle was hit by a car. Cook says he landed on his r...
Don't be in a hurry when you're driving around the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus. Curbside traffic lanes have...
A Nebraska man gets 80 months in federal prison for distributing child pornography. 24-year-old, Matthew McCann, must also se...
Security has been increased at the University of Nebraska at Omaha after a student reported being sexually assaulted by a man...
Gov. Dave Heineman says Nebraska will host a series of informal public meetings to collect input on the state's effort to...
Lincoln Police are asking for you help in tracking down a 31-year-old man who escaped from the Community Corrections Center e...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska women's basketball coach Connie Yori will be paid a bonus of $31,250 if the Cornhuskers...
Today is a milestone for the new Pinnacle Bank Arena, under construction in Lincoln's west haymarket area. The first roof...
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...
After months of record-breaking heat and drought, many rural Americans who rely on wells for water are getting an unwelcome s...
The Big Ten was in the Olympic Games. More than 100 former and current Big Ten student-athletes and coaches represented 32 co...
A Nebraska woman faces charges of abusing a vulnerable adult. She is accused of looting her father's bank account. 61-yea...
PARK RIDGE, Ill. (AP) - Over 100 former and current Big Ten student-athletes and coaches represented 32 countries in 24 sport...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska's chief medical officer is warning young athletes about the dangers of suffering a concussi...
By ERIC OLSONAP Sports WriterLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The departure of Tyler Moore has moved Brent Qvale closer to winning a star...
When should we fly flags at half-staff? Governor Heineman told listeners today on KFOR's state-wide governor's call-i...
Nebraska's corn crop is still declining as the dry weather continues.The weekly crop report says only 31 percent of the c...
Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle has returned to work in his city office following what doctors say is a mild stroke. Suttle said in a ...
All Nebraska public schools will soon be required to recite the Pledge of Allegiance daily, but students and teachers have th...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture forecasts that Nebraska's drought-stunted corn crop will plunge 13 percent below last ...
Kool-Aid Days organizers in Hastings are finishing up last-minute preparations for this weekend's annual celebration of t...
A Nebraska man has been given 25 years in an Iowa prison for robbery-related shootings in Council Bluffs. 23-year-old Antwan ...
Nebraska U.S. Senate candidate Bob Kerrey says deep cuts and some tax increases would put the federal budget on a path to bei...
Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle has returned home after tests and treatment for a mild stroke, and he's expected to be back in his...
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Northeast Nebraska authorities say they've found a vehicle believed to have been used by an Indiana murder suspect. The v...
The Nebraska Broadcasters Association is inducting two new members into its Hall of Fame. The group will induct longtime tele...
No relief in sight from Mother Nature is prompting Governor Dave Heineman to ask you to cutback in the amount of water and en...
State leaders have launched the new Nebraska Virtual Library, an online learning library that offers more than 20,000 digital...
If you're in a public park, you can't drink! Lincoln Police had 33 citations during a concert at the Pinewood Bowl Tu...
If you're in a public park, you can't drink! Police had 33 citations during a concert at the Pinewood Bowl Tuesday ni...
If you're in a public park, you can't drink! Police had 33 citations during a concert at the Pinewood Bowl Tuesday ni...
A federal appeals panel has reversed the more than 12-year prison sentence for a gang member after his sentence was enhanced ...
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...
Authorities say a Nebraska woman whose 2-year-old son sprayed bleach on his baby sister's face has been given probation. ...
The Nebraska Supreme Court has declared the state's embattled campaign finance law unconstitutional. The 1992 law provide...
Renewable fuel industries in Iowa and Nebraska remain strong at a time of conflict over whether more corn and soybeans should...
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...
Nebraska authorities say 360 pounds of marijuana has been seized after vehicle searches along I-80. A trooper stopped a car W...
More than half of U.S. counties now are classified by the federal government as natural disaster areas mostly because of the ...
A western Nebraska judge has ruled that a 47-year-old isnow mentally competent to face a murder charge in court. Judge Derek ...
Central Nebraska authorities have found themselves the unintended caretakers of more than 100 hogs from Iowa that had been bo...
In a victory for the climate, public health and endangered species, the Fish and Wildlife Service has taken action which coul...
The drought affecting Nebraska and other Midwest and Plains states is putting a further drag on the regional economy. Today&#...
Nebraska has entered a "sister state" relationship with a central Chinese province that could lead to future trade ...
A new university report shows the number of Nebraska residents without health insurance surged between 2000 and 2010. Researc...
Two success stories were announced Monday during Nebraska's latest trade mission to China. Governor Dave Heineman said tw...
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...
14 homes and countless acres of pastureland have been lost in the three north-central Nebraska fires. The blazing battle has ...
The 2012 Summer Olympics are officially beginning in London with the opening ceremonies Friday. Among the former University o...
A Council Bluffs man is in jail on suspicion of terroristic threats in Nebraska after police say he left a community college ...
TransCanada now has a final permit for the Gulf Coast portion of the pipeline that will stretch from Alberta to Texas. The co...
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...
Nebraska's much-anticipated alternate uniform, complete with a black helmet, has been unveiled. The Huskers have long bee...
Two South Dakota men accused of shooting at a Nebraska state trooper have made plea deals.Authorities say 23-year-old Aleksan...
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...
South Dakota State University officials say a new hard red winter wheat variety has the potential to be a top performer in dr...
Governor Dave Heineman visited some of the 240 local, state and federal personnel fighting the three fires in the sandhills e...
The second confirmed human case of West Nile virus in Nebraska this year has been reported in Butler County. Christine Lawren...
The second confirmed human case of West Nile virus in Nebraska this year has been reported in Butler County. Christine Lawren...
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....
Norris Public Power District is asking its customers to reduce electricity usage. With no rain or temperature relief in sight...
Nebraska high school students are on their ways to healthier living. Nebraska's 2011 Youth Risk Behavioral Survey shows t...
Deputies have taken a man into custody after they got a gun and knife away from him at a hospital in southeast Nebraska. The ...
A man who believes he contracted hepatitis C from a traveling medical technician in New Hampshire is suing a Nebraska-based h...
Thousands of acres of north-central Nebraska have been charred by fires that are interfering with canoe and tubing businesses...
A 32-year-old Nebraska man is charged with sexually abusing at least three boys, possibly more, over an eight-year span in Ne...
A jury found a Nebraska maninnocent offirst-degree murder in the shooting of a Des Moines man last August. Richard Polak of L...
Nebraska Senator Mike Johanns says the floor of the Senate is being used to create political messages rather than solve probl...
A new survey of bankers suggests the economy is slowing down in rural areas of 10 Midwest and Western states because of droug...
A new state report says the number of crimes reported in Nebraska grew by 2 percent in 2011. The Nebraska Crime Commission sa...
The director of Nebraska's insurance department is trying to assure lawmakers that the state has made progress in its eff...
The latest U.S. Drought Monitor map shows that severe drought affecting much of the Midwest and Great Plains now covers more ...
A 19-year-old York woman has been given two years of probation for having sex with an underage boy. Crystal Moul had been fac...
A former Nebraska prison guard finally admitted in court what he announced in a newspaper: he had sex and later a daughter wi...
Authorities have released the name of a man who died when he jumped from a pickup during a chase with officers in southeast N...
Opponents of the affordable care act received another courtroom setback Tuesday. A federal judgedismissed a lawsuit filed by ...
A federal trial is under way in Lincoln over a challenge to changes made in Nebraska's sex offender laws in 2009. Three d...
A 35-year-old Nebraska woman already accused of prostituting her 14-year-old and 7-year-old daughters has been charged with h...
Federal regulators have proposed $195,000 in penalties for a Nebraska meatpacker over the death of an employee. The Occup...
The National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) has honored Nebraska Secretary of State John Gale’s office for ...
The summer heat continues to put stress on Nebraska's crops, and some farmers have been forced to stop irrigating because...
A south-central Nebraska woman has died in a rollover accident near Smithfield in Gosper County. 42-year-old Darla McCoyz, of...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman has delivered a report that's aimed at helping governors from across the nation improve t...
The Nebraska Supreme Court has ordered a hearing for a man who burned his wife to death and is seeking to have his first-degr...
The last of four people charged with abuse for keeping two children in a kennel inside a filthy trailer in Nebraska has been ...
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 Ainsworth man has pleaded no contest in the death of a 19-year-old woman injured in a rollover crash in south-central Nebr...
Nebraska ranks 6th in the latest CNBC "Top States for Businesses." Nebraska improved in the categories of education...
The EPA is coming down hard on a central Nebraska feedlot for discharging nasty livestock wastewater into state waterways. Ad...
A central Nebraska man landed in jail for writing a bomb threat on the back of a restaurant job application. The Legacy 272 L...
U.S. and Nebraska flags will be lowered to half-staff this weekend to honor former Nebraska Governor Norbert "Nobby"...
Governor Dave Heineman is warning Nebraska lawmakers that he will oppose any efforts to expand Medicaid coverage in the wake ...
In a letter to Nebraska lawmakers, Governor Heineman on Wednesday reiterated his concern of extending Medicaid coverage under...
A new report shows Nebraska's tax receipts in the last fiscal year beat projections by nearly $105 million, roughly 3...
State public health officials say West Nile virus has shown up in four Nebraska counties. Nebraska Health and Human Services ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded $123 thousand to a Nebraska community college to buy distance-learning equ...
Jury selection is under way for a former worker accused of abusing residents at a Nebraska center for developmentally disable...
The Nebraska Democratic Party is targeting GOP U.S. Senate hopeful Deb Fischer in a new television ad that portrays her famil...
A longtime engineer and administrator with the Nebraska Department of Roads will take over as the agency's director next ...
Nebraska Republican Party chair, Mark Fahleson, has changed his mind: he's not stepping down to seek a national committee...
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...
Hundreds of mourners turned out in York today for the funeral of a Marine who was killed in Afghanistan.Twenty-one-year-old L...
The drought is getting more intensein Nebraska and across much of the nation. More than three-quarters of Nebraska is now exp...
The Nebraska mother of two boys police found locked in a dog kennel will serve two years of probation after pleading no conte...
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...
The final living unit of a state-run center for the developmentally disabled is now eligible to receive federal funding, thre...
There's been a change of heart. No fireworks will be allowed in any state park or recreation area in Nebraska on July 4. ...
Two brothers who created a chain of interstate truck stops have pledged $500,000 to renovate a football stadium at Peru S...
The watchdog agency which monitors Nebraska's foster care cases has changed. The new Foster Care Review Office has replac...
The final living unit of a state-run center for the developmentally disabled is now eligible to receive federal funding, thre...
Nebraska football fans will get their first opportunity to see the 2012 Huskers on Friday, Aug. 3 at Nebraska Football Fan Da...
New York officials are holding on to a truckload of untaxed Indian-made cigarettes they seized, challenging the recent order ...
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 new monthly survey suggests the economy in nine Midwest and Plains states will continue to slow down but continue growing e...
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 ...
The Environmental Protection Agency's use of airplanes to scour for signs of improper disposal of livestock waste has ang...
A 49-year-old man drowned this weekend in a western Nebraska reservoir near Sutherland. James Decent, of Paxton, died Saturda...
Two Democratic National Convention delegates from Nebraska are asking President Barack Obama to return a piece of the state t...
The U.S. Forest Service has imposed tougher fire restrictions for the Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands because of ext...
A Nebraska woman with a felony record who used her son's Social Security number to get a job will spend six months in jai...
Lincoln attorney Vince Powers has been selected as the next chairman of the Nebraska Democratic Party.Powers will take over f...
The search for a 19-year-old Columbus man has resumed at Calamus Reservoir north of Burwell in central Nebraska. Divers were ...
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman predicts that The affordable care act will continue to increase the cost of health care. The ...
A Nebraska lawmaker who has led the push to create a state-based marketplace for health insurance says officials must move qu...
This hot weather pattern with very little rain could continue over the next 10 days. It also means an increased fire danger a...
President Obama's historic health care overhaul can proceed. The Supreme Court ruled Thursday 5-4 in favor of the plan, i...
Authorities have released the name of a Lincoln woman who was killed in an accident on Interstate 80 near Grand Island. The H...
State Education Commissioner Roger Breed says Nebraska has for the first time collected enough data to show all public high s...
TransCanada says it's received approval from the Army Corp of Engineers to build an oil pipeline along the Texas Gulf Coa...
Nebraska Democrat Bob Kerrey says if he's elected to the U.S. Senate he'll support immigration reforms that combine l...
A Polk County judge has refused to block the release of more emails from former Des Moines school superintendent Nancy Sebrin...
The 2012 Farm Billwaspassed Thursday by a 64-35 bipartisan vote among Senators in Washington.One ofthe amendments to the bill...
Nebraska State Patrol investigators have found human remains near Chadron in the wake of a murder confession by a gunman who ...
A June survey says growth in rural areas of 10 Midwestern and Western states, including Nebraska, has slowed. The report rele...
Former Nebraska Republican Gov. Norbert Tiemann, who oversaw the implementation of the state's sales and income taxes, ha...
The University of Nebraska says aprofessor missing in China has called his family andplans return to US. David Wilson, the un...
A Nebraska state trooper shot during a standoff at a drugstore in Alliance has left a hospital. Trooper Tim Flick was release...
The battle against wildfires in western Nebraska is winding down. One blaze has blackened an estimated 5,000 acres northeast ...
Two more former workers accused of abusing residents at a Nebraska center for developmentally disabled adults have entered pl...
Mayor Chris Beutler and the Lincoln Arts Council released a study Monday showing that the nonprofit arts and culture industry...
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...
Another group of Nebraska Army National Guard soldiers is headed for the Middle East. A ceremony Friday afternoon wished them...
Unemployment remained steady in Omaha, but went up slightly in Lnicoln last month. Omaha's jobless rate was unchanged at ...
Civil defense sirens that sounded a false alarm in Hawaii were triggered in Nebraska. Hawaii Civil Defense spokeswoman Kelly ...
The Pac-12 Conference announced on Thursday that Nebraska’s Sept. 8 game at UCLA will be televised in prime time. The m...
Federal authorities have indicted a fifth person who prosecutors say used spas as fronts for a prostitution operation in Omah...
Conservative group American Crossroads has spent $300,000 for a statewide television ad attacking Democratic U.S. Senate ...
Former Nebraska coach Doc Sadler has been hired as the director of basketball operations at Kansas, making his return to the ...
Officials have recovered the body of an 80-year-old man from Swanson Reservoir in southwest Nebraska. The Hitchcock County sh...
Reports say former Nebraska men's basketball coach Doc Sadler will be named Director of Basketball Operations at Kansas U...
Miss Nebraska State Fair Mariah Cook has won the right to shorten her title to Miss Nebraska. Cook won the Miss Nebraska 2012...
The York County Sheriff's Department says it's received another report of a cougar, the second report in less than a ...
Parks and city trails in Fremont could soon be smoke free. The Fremont City Council will consider the ban during Tuesday'...
A new report says Nebraska's tax receipts in May were higher than expected. The Department of Revenue reports (Monday) th...
More than 37,000 acres and counting for the fire that is raging west of Fort Collins, Colorado. Smoke from that fire has ling...
Tuition is going up for students at the University of Nebraska this fall - but it's the smallest increase in 15 years. Th...
Another report of a cougar has reached York County officials. The Waco-area resident reported seeing what appeared to be a co...
The president of the Iowa and Nebraska conference of NAACP branches has resigned over the group's national board resoluti...
Writer and historian William Lee Miller has died in New York City at age 86. Miller was the author of several books including...
A judge has refused to bar UnitedHealthcare's takeover of the Nebraska employee health care system, but he has left anoth...
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 NAIA Womens Golf Championships will come to Lincoln and be played at Wilderness Ridge Golf Course in 2013 and 2014. The a...
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...
Nebraska chancellor Harvey Perlman says conference presidents would choose to keep the current college system in place if the...
Police say a Nebraska mom who disappeared last month with her son strangled the 10-year-old boy before strangling herself in ...
Police say the death of a 19-year-old Nebraska man who shot himself in the head while in an online video chat room has been r...
Authorities have released the names of two people who died in a crash on Interstate 29 in western Iowa. The Iowa State Patrol...
New pre-trial hearings are set for three former workers accused of abusing residents at a Nebraska center for developmentally...
The federal Food and Drug Administration has taken Nebraska's suggestion to appeal a federal judge's ruling against i...
The family of a Nebraska man killed along a Mississippi highway would like to see a death sentence handed down in the case. T...
The family of a Nebraska man killed along a Mississippi highway would like to see a death sentence handed down in the case. T...
New laundry detergent pods are making kids sick. The packets are similar to the dishwasher pods and have been in stores for a...
The University of Nebraska is proposing a 3.75 percent tuition increase for the upcoming school year. The university says the...
A Polk County Iowa judge has sentenced a Nebraska filmmaker to 10 years in prison for fraud for securing tax credits under a ...
A Nebraska woman is accused of stealing more than $150,000 from an elderly client. Terry Lockie lives in Homer, Neb., and...
It will be at least a week before anything is done in the University of Nebraska computer hacking investigation. N-U Campus P...
Democratic U.S. Senate Candidate Bob Kerrey, a native of LIncoln, is officially a Nebraskahomeowner again. Kerrey bought a ho...
The Nebraska mom accused of pimping out her 14- and 7-year-old daughters has waived her preliminary hearing, so the case will...
Less than 65 percent of Nebraska eighth- and 11th-graders met or exceeded the state's tougher writing standards in statew...
Those who don't trust the federal government will NOT like the way the Environmental Protection Agency is checking farms ...
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....
The Nebraska Air National Guard will conduct a flying salute to the state's fallen veterans on Memorial Day. The 155th Ai...
A Nebraska-based nonprofit group is offering businesses signs to reserve parking spaces for veterans who were wounded in comb...
A recently unsealed federal indictment in Iowa alleges a nationwide sex trafficking ring solicited customers on Backpage.com ...
Permit sales for Nebraska's state parks have surged in the first four months of this year, despite a fee increase approve...
State officials are urging Nebraska motorists to fasten their seatbelts in the wake of an uptick in traffic fatalities so far...
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...
A 9-year-old boy originally from Russia who was killed in a Nebraska house fire has been laid to rest, but prosecutors and th...
Opponents of a Canadian crude oil pipeline have made good on their threat to challenge Nebraska's new pipeline siting law...
Nebraska's governor says city ordinances barring discrimination against gay and transgender people should be put to publi...
Authorities investigating the deaths of a Nebraska woman and her 10-year-old son say they are not looking for an "outsid...
The FBI says autopsy results have confirmed that the bodies of two people found in a western Iowa state park are those of a m...
Authorities areinvestigating the death of a woman whose vehicle plunged into a reservoir near Wilber in southeast Nebraska. T...
The president of a bankrupt dental chain that abruptly closed offices in 13 states last year has surrendered his license to p...
An FBI spokeswoman says two bodies found at Lake Manawa State Park in western Iowa are those of a woman and a boy. Sandy Brea...
A fourth man accused of paying a Nebraska mother to let him have sex with her 14-year-old daughter has been charged with sexu...
Nebraska's unemployment rate dipped to 3.9 percent in April, marking the state's lowest rate since December 2008. The...
Authorities say robbery appears to have been the motive in a pair of killings northwestern Mississippi....including a man fro...
Nebraska public schools spent more than $457,000 last year on lobbying expenses, an amount that has increased recently de...
Nebraska's hearings on the new proposed route for TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline from Canada are drawing big crow...
Nebraska's top election official says turnout for the primary topped 25 percent, and the percentage will grow once all pr...
Nebraska farmers are almost done with planting the corn crop and are making good process on finishing the soybeans. The U.S. ...
Grocery distributor Nash Finch Co. says its subsidiary U Save Foods Inc. has agreed to buy Omaha-based No Frills Supermarkets...
County election commissioners across Nebraska say primary turnout appears to be about the same as previous elections. The hea...
An audit has found that Nebraska's state employee health insurance program is one of the country's most expensive, co...
A federal judge has ruled against five Nebraska prison guards who said in a lawsuit that they were working in a racially host...
A July trial has been scheduled for a southeast Nebraska woman accused of stealing nearly $662,000 from a credit union. 3...
A former Nebraska football player serving life in prison for a drug-related murder has been denied a new trial. The Nebraska ...
New Nebraska coach Tim Miles signed a seven-year contract that pays him a salary of $1.4 million that increases annually ...
The final three-game home series of the regular season for the Nebraska Baseball team startsFriday nightat Haymarket Park, as...
The latest federal forecast says Nebraska's 2012 wheat crop will be 9 percent under last year's harvest, but the aver...
Nebraska authorities believe a mother accused of pimping out her 14-year-old daughter also charged men to have sex with her 7...
A Swiss pharmaceutical company has notified the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that it is recalling a supply of a lethal i...
90 Nebraska post offices could be saved from closing by Wednesday's decision at the U.S. Postal Service. 3,700 post offic...
Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney will make a stop in Nebraska this week. Romney willappear at Rick's Boatyar...
Nebraska will receive nearly $5 million from Abbott Laboratories to settle concerns that it improperly marketed its anti-...
Lincoln Police need your help finding a stolen car, taken during a home burglary early Sunday morning near 34th and Randolph....
A 46-year-old woman has died after a collision on U.S. Highway 81 in northeast Nebraska. The collision occurred early Sunday ...
The state attorney general says Nebraska cities cannot enact ordinances that protect gay and transgender people from discrimi...
TheCanadian company that wants to build the disputed Keystone XL pipeline in the U.S. says it has submitted a new application...
A Nebraska high school senior is set to graduate and go to college, although he's been listed as dead. Corbin Russell'...
A 35-year-old south-central Nebraska woman has been arrested, accused of pimping out her 14-year-old daughter. A news release...
A southeast Nebraska woman has been given life plus 50 years in prison for beating her husband to death. 55-year-old Susan De...
Three family members have been arrested in the death of a Franklin County toddler in southern Nebraska. The State Patrol say ...
A state audit has found that some Nebraska school district employees have not paid into the state's pension fund when the...
2,200 Exmark riding mowers that were made in Nebraska are being recalled because a part could fail and cause a crash. Exmark ...
A survey of supply managers suggests growing economic strength in a nine-state region of the Plains and Midwest. The Mid-Amer...
The Justice Department has asked a judge to dismiss a legal challenge to a new federal rule that would require contraception ...
A new horse racing track is on the drawing board in Lincoln to replace the one on the old state fairgrounds. The Nebraska Hor...
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has denied an appeal by the former Gage County highway superintendent. Marli...
Fans of the tea party can see the organization's national touring road show entitled the Tea Party Express here in Nebras...
A new report by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services shows an ongoing health disparity between minority women...
Nebraska officials are promoting the state's golf courses, wineries, restaurants and parks in a new campaign designed to ...
The Army Corps of Engineers plans to cut the flow of water coming out of Gavins Point Dam in southeast South Dakota next week...
The Nebraska state auditor's office has questioned spending by city officials in Gretna. State Auditor Mike Foley sent a ...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - KFOR in Lincoln, Neb., brought home four first-place awards to lead the large commercial radio categ...
A Nebraska Court of Appeals judge has been chosen to fill a vacancy on the state Supreme Court. Gov. Dave Heineman said Thurs...
Tuition is going up on for students at three Nebraska colleges this fall. The Nebraska State College Board of Trustees has ap...
Nebraska Republican Senate candidate Don Stenberg is calling foul over Attorney General Jon Bruning's latest campaign ad....
Nebraska Republican Senate candidate Don Stenberg is calling foul over Attorney General Jon Bruning's latest campaign ad....
The Big Ten Conference and ABC/ESPN have announced that three 2012 Nebraska football games have been selected for prime-time ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Former Sen. Bob Kerrey is reversing course and says he'll seek the Democratic nomination for the Nebra...
TALK/PUBLIC AFFAIRS - BAG IT (aired 11-1-11)…60,000 plastic bags are used in this country EVERY 5 seconds !!! KFOR&rsq...
The senior senator from Nebraska has decided not to run for re-election next year. Retiring at the end of his second term, Ne...
The2012KFORBridal Forum is Sunday, January 15th from noon to 4:00 p.m., at Pershing Center, 226 Centennial Mall South, Lincol...
The NEW Problems and Solutions cookbooks, featuring Potluck Classics, are out and available now! These cookbooks are not avai...
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Attendance is up at the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island. Executive Director Joseph McDermott says Tuesday that total atte...
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