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The temperature hit 100 degrees Tuesday in Lincoln. It doesn't take long for a dog to die in that heat if it's left i...
Mid Days 10a-12p, 1p-3pA farm girl at heart from northern Iowa. I enjoy spending time with my husband Bob, and my daughters M...
Summer is almost here, and that means family vacations. If any of you are heading out to Lake McConaughy in western Nebraska,...
A case of elder abuse in Lancaster County....Sheriff Terry Wagner says Brian Robinson and his ex-wife Carla Robinson were lod...
A fire in a meat processing plant known for its "Wahoo Wiener" kept firefighters busy for hours and sent a huge plu...
Organizers say the 2013 Nebraska Law Enforcement Memorial Day ceremony will be held at the Nebraska Law Enforcement Memorial ...
Michael Buble is the featured entertainer to open Pinnacle Bank Arena September 13th, and KFOR 1240 wants to send YOU to the ...
Twenty-six years ago, Deputy Craig Dodge was shot and killed while responding to a domestic disturbance. On Monday, at there ...
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...
ALincoln Middle School student has received a national award. My'Kah Knowlin, a student at Lux Middle School, received th...
Lincoln knows their cupcakes. Which is why Cupcakes And More was voted KFOR's Best Cupcakes in the Best of Lincoln. To ce...
A Lincoln man tried to attack his girlfriend and two police officers with a knife. A domestic disturbance call to the 600 blo...
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has finalized plans for an abbreviated May 4 undergraduate commencement ceremony to be hel...
This wet, wintery weather in the spring is messing up UNL graduation plans.Friday's doctoral hooding and commencement cer...
Who would have thought that cold, wet winter-type weather would change early May graduation plans? It has. Friday's gradu...
Sunday's running of the 36th Lincoln Marathon is prompting the City Public Works and Utilities Department to limit parkin...
What happens if it rains during UNL's graduation Saturday inside Memorial Stadium? Officials have a plan for that. UNL...
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...
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month and the Child Advocacy Center is reminding you to keep your children and other kids saf...
The search is on for a armed purse snatcher. Lincoln Police Capt. Michon Morrow tells KFOR NEWS just before 11pm Sunday, a wo...
Those heading to state and local government offices on Friday will find most of them closed to observe Arbor Day. The holiday...
Omaha's Lauritzen Gardens botanical center is building 20,000 square feet of greenhouse and gallery space to showcase tro...
Ground will be broken Thursday on Hyatt Place and Hobson Place at the Historic Haymarket's Iron Horse Park at 7th and Q. ...
If you were at Pioneers Park Sunday afternoon enjoying the warmer spring weather, maybe you saw a man Lincoln Police have in ...
Nebraska football player Sean Fisher and track athlete Katelyn White have been chosen as the 2013 Wayne Duke Postgraduate Awa...
In case you missed it...Lincoln now holds the record for the largest structure ever built with Lincoln Logs. The new Guinness...
While you slept, Lincoln Police arrested a 22 year old man for drunken driving and having marijuana. Capt. Jason Stille tells...
An Omaha man has been sentenced to nearly 13 years in federal prison for being a felon with a stolen gun. The office of U.S. ...
UNL graduates who dawn their cap and gowns in May will have a one-of-a-kind experience. Commencement is planned inside Memori...
The man who was shot during domestic disturbance at a Bennet home last month has been cited for domestic assault. You may rem...
Former Norfolk Mayor Harley Rector has died at age 84. A spokesman for Home for Funerals in Norfolk said Thursday that Rector...
A western Nebraska man has been charged with a hate crime in the March assault of another man at a Sidney bar. Cheyenne Count...
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...
The Omaha zoo has announced the names of five African lion cubs selected through a contest on the group's Facebook page. ...
BaseballPius X 4, Lincoln High 0SoccerBoysNorth Star 2, Northeast 1, OTGirlsLincoln High 2, Grand Island 0North Star 2, North...
Could this catch on??? The Bellevue City Council has approved limits on the length of time a dog can be tethered outside. The...
Lincoln has a lot of noteworthy building projects going on. A new one, announced in the past week, will not be as large as so...
KFOR and the Legacy Retirement Communities presented the Jerry Joyce Living Legacy Award to Terry Gillespie of Lincoln Thursd...
A constitutional amendment is slowly moving through the Legislature to allow historic horse racing. You would be able to vote...
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...
The Nebraska Air National Guard received the U.S. Air Force Organizational Excellence Award and the U.S. Air Force Outstandin...
U.S. Sen. Mike Johanns and his wife, Stephanie, will be inducted into the Nebraska Republican Party Hall of Fame. The Johanns...
The man who owns and operates all those U-Stop convenience stores around Lincoln has made it official. Mark Whitehead has fil...
It's 2 to 4 years in prison for a Lincoln woman who admitted to a hit-and-run fatality accident in March of last year. Ki...
A man is on the loose, after he robbed the liquor counter at the Russ's Market on Coddington and West "A" Stree...
Former Hastings State Senator Ardyce Bohlke has died of brain cancer. Her daughter-in-law, Stacey Bohlke, said she passed Thu...
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Magic Johnson, Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant and Jerry West were among a host of basketball greats who...
Lincoln is a cheating city according to the extra-marital dating site, AshleyMadison.com. Lincoln is the 9th most adulterous ...
Downtown Lincoln residents and visitors will be ‘Surprised and Delighted’ on Valentine’s Day. The Chamber o...
A fight broke out between relatives of a murdered man and the man who had just been sentenced to prison for the Omaha crime. ...
The pilot of a plane that crashed in northwest Iowa, killing two passengers, has died in a Nebraska hospital. The Sioux City ...
A Kearney woman has been given some jail time and a year of probation for placing bets and extending credit to herself while ...
The Lancaster County Sheriff is investigating a case of pet fraud... A 48 year old Lincoln woman was attempting to purchase t...
The Nebraska Supreme Court has reversed a District court ruling that kept a father, who was intentionally misled about the bi...
The Lancaster County Sheriff is investigating another case of pet fraud. A 48-year-old Lincoln woman was attempting to purcha...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Tyronn Lue will be inducted into the Nebraska Basketball Hall of Fame and retired athletic director Tom ...
Three men are in jail after an alert citizen witnessed them breaking into cars and contacted police. The witness reported thr...
Around 10 p.m. Tuesday night, 25-year-old Quinton Rivers got into an argument with his pregnant girlfriend. Rivers proceeded ...
The Missouri State Highway Patrol has identified a motorist shot and killed by a trooper as a Nebraska resident. The patrol s...
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Notre Dame football coach Brian Kelly took time off from his heavy recruiting schedule to hold his fi...
A lawsuit a former Beef Products Inc. worker filed against ABC News and celebrity chef Jamie Oliver over the use of the term ...
Authorities are warning about a pet scam. A Lancaster County woman is out $300 after wiring the money, supposedly to buy ...
Authorities say a resident fatally shot a man that he said was breaking into his home in southeast Omaha. Officers were sent ...
A 46-year-old man was hit by a pickup over an argument about cats. Police Capt. Jason Stille told KFOR NEWS that the victim w...
A 6-inch saw blade has been found in a Tinkerbell pillow purchased at Dollar General in Crete. Karen Shestak bought the pillo...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Officials in Omaha say a partially blind and deaf dog was unharmed from a fall into a neighborhood storm d...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - A candlelight vigil was held near the Penn State campus to mark the anniversary of the death of Hal...
Police are looking for the armed man who stole money from the Super C convenience store at 34th and Old Cheney last (Tuesday)...
MIAMI (AP) - Miami Dolphins guard Richie Incognito and defensive tackle Randy Starks have been added to the AFC Pro Bowl rost...
The search is on this morning (Tuesday) for a missing Grand Island woman.22-year-old Maria De Los Angeles Ventura hasn't ...
50 years ago this September, 4 children were killed when the Ku Klux Klan bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham...
A Lincoln firefighter has been arrested for possession of child pornography.A probable cause affidavit says that Lincoln Poli...
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 37-year-old man had to be TASERED multiple times early this morning (Wednesday) after allegedly trying to run his girlfrien...
Men who conceive children through a sexual assault would lose all parental rights but still might have to pay child support t...
A 23-year-old man will be charged with being an accessory to the shooting of a man whose body was found in a rural area north...
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...
DULUTH, Ga. (AP) - Former major league outfielder Andruw Jones has been released on bond after being arrested near Atlanta on...
A severe, yearlong drought that continues in Nebraska has been voted the top news story of 2012 by newspaper and broadcast me...
UNDATED (AP) - Michael Phelps has added another triumph to his list of accomplishments: The Associated Press male athlete of ...
Yesterday (Thursday) was a nasty day to fight a fire. Firefighters knocked down flames in a mobile home during the noon hour ...
Omaha officials are honoring Nebraska's first female firefighter before she retires. Mayor Jim Suttle scheduled a recogni...
Eleven non-profit agencies received a large and unexpected gift today (Tuesday.) The Harley Bair Estate left a $2.6 Milli...
The search is on this morning (Monday) for the man who pulled a gun and stole money from a massage parlor on North 48th Stree...
Lincoln Police arrested a local jeweler after finding child pornography on a business computer and explicit DVDs. Police arre...
Creighton guard Josh Jones will undergo a procedure to address a heart problem that caused him to pass out before a game agai...
The State Patrol says DNA testing is planned to try and identify a human skull found in northeast Nebraska. It's believed...
Prosecutors say a northeast Nebraska man killed his ex-girlfriend and the man she was living with before setting fire to thei...
UNDATED (AP) - Indiana tops The Associated Press men's basketball poll for the sixth straight week.The Hoosiers are follo...
A Bennet man is the latest victim of an accidental gunshot wound. Sheriff Terry Wagner said that the man was cleaning his Glo...
A 31-year-old Lincoln woman is in jail this morning (Thursday) for trying to stab her ex-boyfriend with a screwdriver, hittin...
A Lincoln man faces a rare pair of charges; 58-year-old Terry Kurtzhals was arrested for illegal voting and criminal imperson...
An Omaha apartment owner is making sure pet owners clean up after their animals. She has taken tissue samples to create a DNA...
PALMYRA, Neb. (AP) - Authorities say a 37-year-old man was fatally injured when his car slammed into a cow in southeast Nebra...
A 50-year-old Lincoln man remains in jail today (Thursday), accused of sexually assaulting his estranged wife. Lincoln Police...
Donations given to the Humane Society of the United States are not helping local pet shelters. The Opinion Research Corporati...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska Court of Appeal has vacated the sentence of an Omaha man on burglary and rape convictions, ...
Last night (Monday), a pregnant woman was hit in the face during a fight in the 2400 block of South 10th Street. Police Capt....
An Omaha man who helped rescue a truck driver and an eastern Iowa couple who trains dogs for public service will be honored a...
The man who stole from one of Warren Buffett's foundations has been sentenced to jail and probation. Douglas County Distr...
Those colored balloons you saw floating over Lincoln yesterday (Thursday) afternoon came from Cavett Elementary School. They ...
Dog fighting is a wide spread problem in the Midwest. The Nebraska Humane Society is giving law enforcement officials the nec...
A gunshot was fired into the air last night (Thursday) in the parking lot of Risky's at 46th and Leighton. It is believed...
Former Nebraska Attorney General Paul Douglas has died at the age of 85. Douglas will forever be linked with the collapse of ...
A Lincoln mother has been cited for child neglect after her 2 year olddaughter was found all by herself early this morning (M...
The man who couldn't beat Barack Obama 4 years ago hopes to influence enough Nebraska voters for Deb Fischer to beat Bob ...
A 49-year-old man escaped from his SUV before it was rammed by an eastboundcoaltrain in Scottsbluff. Claude Shelby was drivin...
A Lincoln man has been sentenced to prison for a string of break-ins at area churches in 2010. Treven Bruce was sentenced to ...
Man's best friend could get you kicked off your insurance plan. American Family Insurance canceled the homeowner's po...
A 28-year-old man is recovering after he was stabbed outside of his home late last night (Sunday) near 52nd and Fremont. Linc...
A second man injured in a house fire in Omaha has died. A Nebraska Medical Center spokesman says 39-year-old Billy Boyer died...
A woman was punched in the face and had her purse taken; now the search is on this morning for a suspect. Police Sgt. Tarrenc...
State Sen. Brenda Council says Ernie Chambers is focusing on old news about her false campaign reports. The two are facing ea...
A 60-year-old Minatare man has been given 30 to 40 years in prison after making a plea deal in a child sex assault and porn c...
One of the biggest events in Columbus this past weekend was an auction. Mortuary items from caskets to embalming tables drew ...
A Lincoln woman is being evaluated this morning (Friday) at the Crisis Center after firing off a couple of shotgun blasts in ...
A Lincoln woman is being evaluated this morning (Friday) at the Crisis Center after firing off a couple of shotgun blasts in ...
A Lincoln woman is being evaluated this morning (Friday) at the Crisis Center after firing off a couple of shotgun blasts in ...
The Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development has received four national awards. The Lincoln Business Retention and Expans...
LINCOLN, Neb.- Longtime Blaze 104.1 FM personality “Sparky” will undergo a bone marrow transplant for cancer trea...
Classroom life is back to normal this morning (Wednesday) at Goodrich Middle School as well as Belmont and Campbell elementar...
A well known figure in Nebraska democratic politics has died. Norm Otto grew up in Wyoming, went to Kearney State College, fl...
Funeral services are set for a Fremont teenager whose body was found in some woods last weekend. Sixteen-year-old Brandon Kam...
Beatrice school officials are looking for an interim superintendent to replace Superintendent Jon "Tommy" Lopez, wh...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Lt. Gov Rick Sheehy has honored volunteers and groups that help prepare Nebraska communities for emergen...
KFOR 1240 is giving you a chance to see Three Dog Night, November 8th, at Pershing Center! Listen to the KFOR Morning Show wi...
A woman is grabbed and a man held at gunpoint during a burglary in southeast Lincoln. Police Capt. Michon Morrow tells KFOR N...
University of Nebraska officials are defending their fundraising for a $370 million cancer center in the wake of criticis...
A police officer from a suburban Omaha department hurt himself with a stun gun during a training exercise. The Ralston office...
Police are looking for the man who robbed a downtown Lincoln bank just before 9:30am Thursday. Captain David Beggs tells KFOR...
Some of Lincoln's leading businesses received awards for their contributions to the communityWednesday. The Chamber of Co...
Hundreds of people have raised more than $4,000 for the family of an Omaha man who was killed last month. There have been...
Mark Abrahamian, the lead guitarist for the rock bank Starship, has died of a heart attack after a concert in Norfolk, Nebras...
Police are looking for a man who threatened the wrong people early this morning. Around 2:45 this morning, a man went to an a...
Omaha police believe three children tried to steal food from a Burger King drive-through window by displaying what may have b...
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman has scheduled his 13th State of the University speech. This year'...
A 42 year old Lincoln man is lucky to be alive this morning (Thursday) after being hit by the rearview mirror of a delivery v...
A Douglas County man has died from West Nile virus. It is the county's first West Nile-related death. Health Director Dr....
Awell-known member of the Lincoln restaurant community has died. Former Bethany Pantry owner Joe Price passed away Sunday, af...
Funeral servicesare scheduled forSaturday morning for one of Lincoln's best known businessmen of the 20th century. James ...
More burglary cases are still popping up just outside of Lincoln. Lancaster County Sheriff Terry Wagner says on Tuesday a nei...
More burglary cases are still popping up just outside of Lincoln. Lancaster County Sheriff Terry Wagner says a neighbor saw a...
A Nebraska man is $2 million dollars richer today. Mark Davies of Bennington claimed his prize after his ticket matched 5...
A woman saw too much yesterday (Thursday). In the middle of the afternoon, the woman told police she drove by the entrance to...
An escapee from the Community Corrections Center is back behind bars this morning (Friday). 31 year old, James Bannister stol...
A Nebraska man gets 80 months in federal prison for distributing child pornography. 24-year-old, Matthew McCann, must also se...
Lincoln Police are asking for you help in tracking down a 31-year-old man who escaped from the Community Corrections Center e...
A legendary figure in the University of Nebraska College of Nursing has died.Madeleine Leininger passed away in Omaha from lu...
The Big Ten was in the Olympic Games. More than 100 former and current Big Ten student-athletes and coaches represented 32 co...
PARK RIDGE, Ill. (AP) - Over 100 former and current Big Ten student-athletes and coaches represented 32 countries in 24 sport...
Omaha police are investigating two bank robberies that happened minutes apart. A man wearing a ski mask and armed with a gun ...
The Governor's Mansion is open for several hours every Thursday for public tours. This weekend, in honor of the home'...
Authorities in Grand Island are on the lookout for a thief with a sweet tooth. Hall County deputies say a man has been steali...
People living at 1022 Daybreak Circle are thankful to have escaped harm, after a fire started on the back deck of their duple...
Omaha police say an 8-year boy was reunited with his mother after her car was stolen with him in the back seat. Police say th...
Police are looking for a zoo thief. Someone broke into the Lincoln Children's Zoo Tuesday morning between 3 o'clock a...
A Havelock Funeral Home and a local Foundation are teaming up this Sunday to help prevent drowning among children. Lincoln Fa...
Lincoln police are still looking for two thieves who stole a woman's van and her identity on May 4th. The woman woke up 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 ...
What do you get when you combine a house fire, a heat index of 105 degrees and a metal roof? A challenge for firefighters as ...
The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) announced the finalists for the 2012 NAB Marconi Radio Awards this morning. Th...
A family is asking whoever burglarizedtheir Adams County home to return the ashes oftheir family member. A box of cremated re...
Authorities have released the name of a man who died when he jumped from a pickup during a chase with officers in southeast N...
A man who had a rope around his neck died after he jumped from a moving pickup truck during a chase with police. The State Pa...
The University of Nebraska Foundation has named an executive at Ohio State University as its new president and chief executiv...
Police have released surveillance photos of the man who robbed the Liberty First Credit Union near 27th and Kensington Drive ...
U.S. and Nebraska flags will be lowered to half-staff this weekend to honor former Nebraska Governor Norbert "Nobby"...
A north Omaha woman says she will join a high-profile race for a seat in the Legislature. Susan Smith will enter the race for...
County Treasurer Andy Stebbing has made one big delivery to a recycling plant and is working on another. 66,000 old license p...
Hundreds of mourners turned out in York today for the funeral of a Marine who was killed in Afghanistan.Twenty-one-year-old L...
A Lincoln man who assaulted a pregnant woman has been sentenced to one year in jail. 26-year-old Isaiah Nevins was charged la...
A woman upset over not getting enough attention from her boyfriend is suspected of hitting three people with her car in a cen...
If you have to be out in the heat again Thursday, take frequent breaks in the shade and get plenty of water. The same can be ...
Lincoln Police have a man they believe is responsible for burglarizing Yia Yia's Pizza near 14th and "O" five s...
A 29-year-old woman locked out of her car is also out of at least $300 she had taken from her, during a robbery Monday ni...
Lincoln Police are also looking for a man who tried to rob another man, who was waiting for traffic to clear up around 40th a...
Police have recovered another gun that was stolen from the Lincoln Scheel's store in 2007. A police officer in California...
The State Patrol says the man who killed his father and wounded three police officers in downtown Alliance Tuesday may also h...
Police have released the name of a 23-year-old man who died after his car crashed into a west Omaha carwash business. Officer...
The man who died in a hit and run late Sunday night just east of 14th and Cornhusker has been identified as 53-year-old Danie...
Lincoln Police are looking for three people following an armed robbery early Thursday morningnear 48th and Madison. Officer K...
The weather is getting warmer... and some people don't want to bother with clothes. Apparently, Lincoln resident Jack Mil...
The Bellevue police chief is retiring. Chief John Stacey says his last day of workwas Thursday. Stacey has been on administra...
The first phase of a dog park to honor a sailor from South Sioux City killed in the middle east war will open this weekend. T...
The three finalists in the One Book, One Lincoln competition for this year were named Monday. They are... "Destiny of th...
The Nebraska Air National Guard will conduct a flying salute to the state's fallen veterans on Memorial Day. The 155th Ai...
Do you know a person who has gone out of their way to help a Veteran? Nominate them for the Bill Harris Friend of a Veteran A...
Thanks for joining the KFOR Tails and Trails Team! We encourage you to help us with our fundraising goal of $1000 for the...
A Lincoln woman has been sentenced to one to three years in prison for a hit-and-run crash that trapped two people in a car. ...
It's time once again for the Tails 'n Trails Pet Walk and Festival to benefit the Capital Humane Society and KFOR 124...
A week from this Friday, ground will be broken for the "Craig Dodge Memorial" on the site where Deputy Dodge was sh...
A 2-year-old girl has died after a fall from a horse in the Nebraska Panhandle. The accident occurred Friday afternoon, near ...
Lincoln police says there's no evidence of foul play from a preliminary autopsy on a 2-year-old boy who died after he was...
Lincoln Police made quick work of finding a robberThursday afternoon. The House of Flowers at 27th and Randolph reported a ma...
The King of the Blues is coming to Pinewood Bowl, and KFOR 1240 has your chance to win tickets before you can buy them!All we...
A month-old giraffe calf at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo has died. A zoo news release says the female giraffe born on March 2...
An 11-year-old Lincoln boy, who has been battling brain tumors the last few years, is realizing his dream to become a pop-sta...
Our next Problems & Solutions book, coming this summer, will feature all kinds of handy hints - cooking, cleaning, gardening,...
KFOR and GRISANTIS are giving you lunch at the office! Enter below to win lunch for 10 at the office from Grisantis.Monday mo...
Dine Out to Help Out the Food Bank of Lincoln is Wednesday, September 14th. That day, a portion of your check will go to help...
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