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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...
A 43-year-old man faces arson charges, after he allegedly set another man's car on fire near 27th and "E" Stree...
Lincoln knows their cupcakes. Which is why Cupcakes And More was voted KFOR's Best Cupcakes in the Best of Lincoln. To ce...
LINCOLN -- Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital is making changes in its staff. Hospital representatives are changing the care mod...
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. ...
The Lincoln Marathon is Sunday, May 5th. Whether you're running or a spectator, Police Chief Jim Peschong wants you to kn...
The four Lincoln Rotary Clubs presented their annual "Salute to Business" Award to Saint Elizabeth's Hospital t...
If you were at Pioneers Park Sunday afternoon enjoying the warmer spring weather, maybe you saw a man Lincoln Police have in ...
Two Nebraska men have been charged in separate federal indictments with child pornography counts. The U.S. Attorney's off...
Nebraska and U.S. flags are being lowered to honor the victims of the bomb blasts at the Boston Marathon. The office of Gov. ...
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. ...
A 47-year-old man from Friend has died in a rollover crash in southeast Nebraska. The Saline County Sheriff's Office says...
The State Patrol says a western Nebraska woman whose body was found in a field in the Panhandle by searchers on snowmobiles d...
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...
KFOR 1240 and Grisanti's Restaurant are teaming up to treat you and your office to lunch! All you have to do is fill out ...
A new electric generating plant is one step closer to reality. The Gage County Board of Supervisors has approved a special us...
Two gun-rights groups are suing to force Nebraska to change a state law which bars legal immigrants from getting permits to c...
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 Nebraska baseball team improved to 5-1 in Big Ten play with an 8-6 win Sunday afternoon at Hawks Field at Haymarket Park,...
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...
Someone craving fast food Saturday morning around 2am is now a hero to an 18-yr-old robbery victim. Lincoln Police Officer Ka...
KFOR and the Legacy Retirement Communities presented the Jerry Joyce Living Legacy Award to Terry Gillespie of Lincoln Thursd...
A stolen vehicle was used in a burglary of a south Lincoln sandwich shop early Wednesday. Lincoln Police spokesperson Katie F...
A stolen vehicle was used in a burglary of a south Lincoln sandwich shop early Wednesday. Lincoln Police spokesperson Katie F...
Grammy Award winning artist, "PINK" will perform at the Pinnacle Bank Arena on Saturday night, November 9th. She...
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...
Companies are starting to show interest in Nebraska for wind energy. Volkswind USA, of Portland, Oregon will move a survey to...
U.S. Sen. Mike Johanns and his wife, Stephanie, will be inducted into the Nebraska Republican Party Hall of Fame. The Johanns...
Creighton's Doug McDermott is the Missouri Valley Conference's mens basketball player of the year for the second stra...
The man who owns and operates all those U-Stop convenience stores around Lincoln has made it official. Mark Whitehead has fil...
Court records have revealed that a Lincoln man has died after slipping on a wet floor and suffering severe head injuries. 45-...
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...
Louis Blumkin, who helped grow the Nebraska Furniture Mart in Omaha into one of the nation's largest furniture stores, ha...
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...
Burglars caused nearly $525 damage trying to break in to Tony's Corner at Highway 79 and West Raymond Road. Lancaster...
A 25-year-old Lincoln woman is recovering from injuries she suffered during a robbery around 11 o'clock last night (Tuesd...
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 Nebraska lawmaker is pushing legislation to create an interest-free loan program for counties that the state has designated...
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 ...
Nebraska isn't the only place that demonstrations are being staged against the KeystoneX-L Oil Pipeline. Seminole County ...
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...
An 80-year-old Lincoln woman injured in a car/pedestrian accident near 66th and Vine Tuesday morning has died. Elizabeth Berg...
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 ...
A recent parolee is back in trouble, suspected of stealing several cars in Lancaster and Seward Counties and creating a major...
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)...
Two men are in jail related to a disturbance and domestic assault that happened late Sunday night at a home near 130th and Pi...
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...
A Maine Senator says he sees no strong reason to oppose President Barack Obama's pick for Secretary of Defense. Angus Kin...
Someone is driving around Lincoln giving people the impression that they're a police officer. Capt. Jason Stille told KFO...
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...
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...
Bob Fitzsimmons has been a resident of the Lincoln community since 1979 and has established himself as a trusted Certified Fi...
PLATTSMOUTH, Neb. (AP) - Deputies in eastern Nebraska are looking for a person who shot a woman's dog with a bow and arro...
Police need your help finding a man who took a 63-year-old Lincoln woman's purse last Friday afternoon at Southpointe Pav...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Kansas City Chiefs haven't hired a general manager to make crucial personnel decisions. Andy ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Andy Reid has taken over as head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs, launching a new beginning after 14 ...
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...
Police are investigating a Sunday evening burglary that occurred at a house in the 3000 Block of Q Street. Authorities say th...
2 people were shaken up a bit, but not seriously hurt, when the car they were in rolled into a fence off the interstate. Both...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Scott Pioli is out as general manager of the Kansas City Chiefs.The team announced in a statement Fri...
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...
Governor Dave Heineman stopped by the KFOR studio to wish Chuck Stevens well on his final day in broadcasting. Chuck retires ...
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...
Authorities say a 38-year-old man is being treated for a gunshot wound after ramming into a Nebraska state trooper's car ...
Eleven non-profit agencies received a large and unexpected gift today (Tuesday.) The Harley Bair Estate left a $2.6 Milli...
A former Lincoln police officer, already in prison for stealing from the police union's Santa Cop Christmas charity, is a...
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...
Creighton mens basketball guard Josh Jones will undergo a procedure to address a heart problem that caused him to pass out be...
Lincoln Police arrested a local jeweler after finding child pornography on a business computer and explicit DVDs. Police arre...
We could see a familiar Nebraskan taking over a top job in the Obama administration soon. Former U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel is ...
Creighton guard Josh Jones will undergo a procedure to address a heart problem that caused him to pass out before a game agai...
A former worker at a South Dakota beef processor is suing ABC News, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver and a food blogger, saying th...
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...
A memorial to former Lancaster County Sheriff's Deputy Craig Dodge is nearing completion. The brick sculpture, honoring t...
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...
A rural Palmyra man was killed in a highway accident today.37-year old Chad Callahan was headed north on spur 66-A just befor...
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...
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Visions of lifelong riches are surely dancing in the heads of those rushing to buy lottery tickets for W...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska Court of Appeal has vacated the sentence of an Omaha man on burglary and rape convictions, ...
UNDATED (AP) - Indiana has held on to the top spot in this week's Associated Press top-25 men's basketball poll. The ...
Last night (Monday), a pregnant woman was hit in the face during a fight in the 2400 block of South 10th Street. Police Capt....
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Omaha police are investigating the death of a man who was taken to a hospital with gunshot injuries.Police...
Police this morning (Monday) arrested a man who ran from a wrecked SUV with a fake back license plate. Capt. Michon Morrow to...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A 39-year-old Davey woman has been sentenced to prison for stealing thousands of dollars from her employ...
An Omaha man who helped rescue a truck driver and an eastern Iowa couple who trains dogs for public service will be honored a...
2 people and a dog were rescued from Carter Lake over the weekend. An overturned boat was seen in the water yesterday (Sunday...
The man who stole from one of Warren Buffett's foundations has been sentenced to jail and probation. Douglas County Distr...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska coach Tim Miles has announced the signings of two players to letters of intent.The Cornhuskers ...
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...
Authorities released the name of a man whose body was found inside a burning Omaha building. He was identified as40-year-old ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Tom Osborne, the former Nebraska football coach who will retire as the school's athletic director Ja...
Former Nebraska Attorney General Paul Douglas has died at the age of 85. Douglas will forever be linked with the collapse of ...
A Ceresco man cited for suspicion of driving drunk may face more charges in the death of a Lincoln man. Early yesterday (Sund...
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 ...
It has been a bad year for trees in Pioneers Park. The drought has dried up hundreds of tall timber. The skyline won't lo...
A Kearney man will have surgery on an eardrum damaged by a blast of illegal explosives before he begins his jail sentence. 31...
A gravestone will be returned to relatives of a World War I veteran from Nebraska. The stone had turned up in the municipal b...
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 ...
Omaha's mayor wants furloughs to end for violent inmates. Jim Suttle wants the City Council to make recommendations for a...
Man's best friend could get you kicked off your insurance plan. American Family Insurance canceled the homeowner's po...
Political endorsements and non-endorsements are all over the news today. Republican U.S. Senator Mike Johanns will join Repub...
Work is about to begin on re-building two busy stretches of road in rural areas just outside Lincoln. The county board today ...
Work is about to begin on re-building two busy stretches of road in rural areas just outside Lincoln. The county board today ...
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...
Lincoln Police need your help finding two robbery suspects who held up a pizza delivery driver last night (Sunday) in the 310...
An 18-year-old Lincoln man is in jail and faces several charges after speeding away from a traffic stop near 21st and Cornhus...
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 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...
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...
PLEASANTON, Neb. (AP) - A 54-year-old man will serve two years of probation for mistreating a 71-year-old south-central Nebra...
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...
Debate #2 between Republican Deb Fischer and Democrat Bob Kerrey comes this morning (Friday) at 11 o'clock from the Omaha...
Local residents are being asked to check their medicine cabinets. If you have unused or expired prescription drugs, don't...
The Nebraska State Treasurer’s Office has finished an online eBay auction of coins, jewelry and other items from abando...
In 1989, a United Airlines flight crashed in Sioux City, Iowa, killing over 100 people. Since then, a memorial has been in pl...
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...
This morning (Thursday), you're waking up to something you haven't seen since the middle of June; significant rain. 1...
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...
Lincoln Police have arrested a 40-year-old Texas man, after he allegedly held a 28-year-old man at gunpoint while accusing hi...
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'...
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, Bob Kerrey, is working to lock in a televised debate with someone other than his Republican...
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....
A 28-year-old pizza delivery driver will likely remember to shut off her car the next time she's working. Just before 10p...
Awell-known member of the Lincoln restaurant community has died. Former Bethany Pantry owner Joe Price passed away Sunday, af...
A 25 year old Lincoln man is still in the hospital this morning (Monday) after swallowing the painkiller, Fentanyl, which he&...
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 hearing is postponed for a woman suspected of helping to hide the body of a Denver man in western Nebraska. Rose Siefke'...
If you live in the Bennet area, check your vehicle to see if someone's stolen anything from inside. Lancaster County Sher...
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...
Recent car larcenies in the eastern part of Lancaster County may be linked to a couple of Iowa men caught rummaging through a...
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...
A Fremont man has been given up to 18 years in prison for threatening and assaulting a woman. 29-year-old Ryan Lykens pleaded...
The Nebraska Broadcasters Association is inducting two new members into its Hall of Fame. The group will induct longtime tele...
Police are looking for a zoo thief. Someone broke into the Lincoln Children's Zoo Tuesday morning between 3 o'clock a...
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...
Renewable fuel industries in Iowa and Nebraska remain strong at a time of conflict over whether more corn and soybeans should...
Local dogs will continue competing in the two-day Dog Dock Jump at the South Pointe Scheels Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. T...
Bailey Lauerman Advertising was named the Advertising Age Small Midwest Agency of the year. Winners are chosen based on all o...
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...
Residents thought their neighbors were burning incense but whenthey looked outside,they saw their home was on fire. Firefight...
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...
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...
A south-central Nebraska woman has died in a rollover accident near Smithfield in Gosper County. 42-year-old Darla McCoyz, of...
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 ...
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...
A grand jury has cleared Fremont Police officers in the February death of a 22-year-old man.The grand jury ruled that Garrett...
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 13-year-old girl died when the vehicle her mother was driving crashed and rolled into a field near the Nebraska-Kansas stat...
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...
A 22-year-old man remains hospitalized in stable condition with serious injuries, while a 20-year-old man accused of shooting...
A short in an extension cord is to blame for starting a fire in a garage that spread to a house at 7020 South Wedgewood Drive...
Lincoln Police are also looking for a man who tried to rob another man, who was waiting for traffic to clear up around 40th a...
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...
A Nebraska-based nonprofit group is offering businesses signs to reserve parking spaces for veterans who were wounded in comb...
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...
Lincoln Police need your help finding a stolen car, taken during a home burglary early Sunday morning near 34th and Randolph....
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 has been named a “Tree City USA” by the National Arbor Day Foundation for the 35th consecutive year. Linc...
A 32-year-old woman accused of using her 11-year-old daughter to drive the mom and two friends during a night of drinking has...
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...
Latsch’s "Counting Contest!"Here's a tough one! Take a guess as to the number of paperclips in the pile in th...
Listen for Dale Johnson’s live reports from NYC, leading up to 9/11. He’ll be broadcasting live Friday and Saturd...
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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