Posted: 02/22/12 23:00
Warren Buffett's annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders will be released Saturday morning. The letter is generally one of the best-read and ...
Posted: 02/22/12 15:35
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Leaders of an American Indian tribe in South Dakota who are suing beer makers, distributors and retailers are now asking a judge ...
Posted: 02/22/12 14:50
Third District Congressman Adrian Smith says he is encouraged President Obama has joined the conversation on tax reform.
Obama Wednesday pro...
Posted: 02/22/12 05:37
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Members of the Nebraska Legislature would be able to serve three terms rather than two, under a proposed constitutional amend...
Posted: 02/21/12 21:57
The American Cancer Society has announced 47 Relay For Life events will be taking place this year across Nebraska with the goal of raising more t...
Posted: 02/21/12 20:05
This will be the last weekend for people to be able to watch bald eagles from Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District's eagle-vie...
Posted: 02/21/12 18:37
Orthman Manufacturing has presented a $3,000 check to Marine Corps Toys For Tots Foundation towards the purchase and distribution of toys as Chri...
Posted: 02/21/12 14:00
Nebraska state troopers have seized more than 52 pounds of marijuana and arrested six people after four recent traffic stops. The Nebraska State Patr...
Posted: 02/20/12 18:55
BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) _ A disease called pine wilt is killing evergreen trees in southeast Nebraska. It affects mostly Scotch and Austrian pines an...
Posted: 02/20/12 05:38
LINCOLN, Neb (AP) _ Gay rights advocates are preparing to fight a bill in the Nebraska Legislature that would prevent cities from enforcing local...
Posted: 02/19/12 11:01
A Sidney man accused of threatening his wife with a loaded gun during a domestic argument will be sentenced April 4th after pleading guilty earlier th...
Posted: 02/19/12 10:17
The Nebraska Department of Education
Nutrition Services is seeking sponsors to operate the Summer Food
Service Program in Nebraska.
P...
Posted: 02/19/12 10:13
Four finalists will interview for the job
of Nebraska Cooperative Extension Service director and cooperative
extension division dean.
...
Nebraska Games and Parks Commission announces decision to close parts of Burchard Wildlife Management Area
Posted: 02/19/12 08:23
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
will be closing public access to portions of Burchard Wildlife
Management Area to make repairs this yea...
Posted: 02/19/12 07:36
Lincoln police are investigating a double
shooting and another gun-related incident that may be related.
The Lincoln Journal Star says th...
Posted: 02/19/12 07:25
Nebraska lawmakers are set to begin work on
the state's version of health insurance reform.
Two bills to create the Nebraska Health Benef...
Posted: 02/19/12 07:20
Gay rights advocates are preparing to fight
a bill in the Nebraska Legislature that would prevent cities from
enforcing local rules to protect...
Posted: 02/17/12 22:18
The Nebraska State Patrol says one person was killed and five others were injured in a two vehicle crash on Highway 77 & Davey Road in Lancaster Count...
Posted: 02/17/12 20:27
FREMONT, Neb. (AP) _ Fremont police have identified the 23-year-old woman who was wounded by her ex-boyfriend before he killed himself. Ashley B...
Posted: 02/17/12 20:00
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ A new economic report suggests that Nebraska's economy will continue growing at a moderate pace in the next six months. The...
Posted: 02/17/12 17:03
VALLEY, Neb. (AP) _ The National Weather Service says a repeat of last year's massive flooding along the Missouri River appears unlikely in Nebra...
Posted: 02/16/12 20:00
A class, "Smartphone Basics," will be offered from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on March 13 in Room 208 at Central Community College-Lexington. Instructor D...
Posted: 02/16/12 20:00
The rock group Daughtry will perform on the final day of NEBRASKAland Days in North Platte on June 23rd. Daughtry burst on the music scene in 20...
Posted: 02/16/12 18:36
Officials at the University of Nebraska at Kearney have confirmed a second case of bedbugs found in a residence hall. The second case is isolate...
Posted: 02/16/12 12:17
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ U.S. Sen. Mike Johanns is not backing off on his fight against federal spending earmarks. The Nebraska Republican is seeking ...
Posted: 02/15/12 16:40
An Alliance man, 25-year-old Dominick Dubray, is being held without bond, after being charged with two counts of first degree murder and two counts of...
Posted: 02/15/12 04:05
Six wines from Mac's Creek Winery and Vineyards of Lexington received medals in the 24th Annual Florida State Fair International Wine and Grape J...
Posted: 02/14/12 23:55
Jana Kruger from Arlington is entering her second year as President of the Nebraska State Fair Board. She was re-elected to the Fair's executive...
Posted: 02/14/12 17:03
A spokesman for a group Police believe may be targeting Chadron State College students with a pyramid scheme denies law enforcement's allegations.
...
Posted: 02/13/12 21:47
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ A rural McCook man has been sentenced to 13 years in federal prison for robbing a southwest Nebraska credit union at gunpoin...
Posted: 02/12/12 11:04
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
has closed a Saunders County spot to target shooting.
The department says Bramble Wildlife Managem...
Posted: 02/12/12 10:04
Big Red is going Big Green.
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is joining 534 campuses
across the country in a competition to boost recyc...
Posted: 02/12/12 09:18
The various live snakes of Nebraska will be
the stars of an upcoming Sunday with a Scientist event for children
and families at Morrill Hall.
...
Posted: 02/12/12 09:15
A group of young poets who have performed
at the Sundance Film Festival and the White House are bringing
their talents to the Jackie Gaughan ...
Posted: 02/12/12 08:04
The city of Lincoln is considering a
measure to give those who don't pay their parking tickets ``the
boot.''
The boots are orange whe...
Posted: 02/12/12 08:01
An Omaha attorney faces a misdemeanor
charge after Lancaster County Courthouse security workers find a
dagger in his briefcase.
The L...
Posted: 02/12/12 07:50
Nebraska lawmakers and Gov. Dave Heineman
are continuing to spar over Nebraska's policy priorities as the
Legislature nears the halfway point ...
Posted: 02/12/12 07:47
Omaha police have arrested the driver of a
sport utility vehicle who plowed through an intersection, killing
another motorist, more than a wee...
Posted: 02/12/12 07:42
A fire that tore through a southwest Omaha
apartment complex left 38 people scrambling to find a place to stay
for the night.
The Oma...
Posted: 02/09/12 09:27
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - None of the tickets sold for the Powerball game Wednesday evening matched all six numbers drawn, which were: 17-28-38-39-51 and t...
Posted: 02/08/12 17:10
About 40 bighorn sheep are currently on its way from northern
Montana to a new home in northwest Nebraska. Nebraska Game and Parks northwest area ...
Posted: 02/08/12 16:31
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning says his office will coordinate a legal challenge against a requirement in the new federal ...
Posted: 02/07/12 17:14
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ A 12-year-old student from Lincoln says
kids today don't respect the American flag or the Pledge of
Allegiance.
...
Posted: 02/07/12 10:12
An Oshkosh man has died following a rollover accident just west of Oshkosh late last night.
The Nebraska State Patrol says 34 year old Storm...
Posted: 02/07/12 10:04
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ Now that former U.S. Sen. Bob Kerrey has announced he will not seek the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Ben Nelson, Democrats ar...
Posted: 02/06/12 18:45
Health care providers say more low-income
women in Nebraska are waiting longer for prenatal care that helps
protect their unborn children from...
Posted: 02/06/12 18:41
Employers would be able to divulge more
information about their former employees without fear of a lawsuit,
under a bill being debated in the ...
Posted: 02/06/12 18:27
A Lincoln man faces a felony assault charge
after he allegedly hit his neighbor with a shovel in a dispute over
where he was scooping snow fro...
Posted: 02/06/12 18:24
A Lancaster County judge has announced her
intention to retire on May 1.
Judge Jean Lovell has held the post since 1999.
Lovell ...
Posted: 02/06/12 18:17
Shortly after resigning because of health
concerns, the former mayor of Humphrey has died.
Paul Duesman with the Duesman Funeral Chapel s...
Posted: 02/06/12 18:15
A Fremont couple have been charged with
animal cruelty and neglect.
The Fremont Tribune reports nine dogs,
three cats and a potbellie...
Posted: 02/06/12 18:06
A woman is dead following a crash near
downtown Omaha.
Omaha police say the crash happened Friday evening when a large
sport utility ...
Posted: 02/05/12 10:41
The global crisis in the supply and quality
of water for agriculture is the focus of an upcoming forum at the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
...
Posted: 02/05/12 07:26
Teenagers who age out of Nebraska's foster
care system could qualify for medical benefits, college financial
aid and other help adjusting to a...
Posted: 02/05/12 06:26
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Nebraskans without a job or the education
to advance professionally could get training under two measures in
the Legislat...
Posted: 02/05/12 06:23
Nebraskans will have a chance to strengthen
their green thumbs this spring as the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln Extension is offering several...
Posted: 02/05/12 06:13
A Spanish teacher accused of sending
inappropriate text messages to a student at his Council Bluffs high
school has been charged with a crime,...
Posted: 02/03/12 11:30
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ Former Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Bob Kerrey is heading into another week with no decision on whether he'll se...
Posted: 02/03/12 10:45
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ A Nebraska death row inmate whose murder case inspired the 1999 film ``Boys Don't Cry'' has filed an appealn to the U.S. Supreme...
Posted: 02/03/12 05:51
Voters upset about the pending merger of the Dodge and Howells school districts have recalled another Dodge school board member. The Dodge County cle...
Posted: 02/02/12 10:21
The chance to speak out on an economic development plan that could increase the sales tax in West Point by .5% is tonight. The City Council will hold ...
Posted: 02/01/12 15:10
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Officials at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln say they plan to search every dorm room on campus for bedbugs after an infestatio...
Posted: 01/29/12 13:06
Beatrice City administrator Neal Niefeldt plans to leave his current post
for a new job as president and chief executive officer of the Grand
...
Posted: 01/29/12 09:44
Students in Nebraska schools would not be
able to drop out until they turn 18, under a bill set for a
legislative hearing.
Lexington ...
Posted: 01/29/12 08:33
Animal activists who go undercover to
videotape abuse on farms and ranches could face criminal charges
under proposals from Iowa and Nebraska ...
Posted: 01/29/12 07:32
One man is in critical condition after being
shot at a residence in Omaha.
Police say officers responded to a call of a shooting just
...
Posted: 01/27/12 15:28
Former University of Nebraska Regent David Hergert Friday was sentenced to five years supervised probation and was ordered to make $654,000 restitutio...
Posted: 01/26/12 15:45
A 19-year-old Garden County High School graduate killed in a pickup-train collision near Kearney is remembered by his high school principal as a leade...
Posted: 01/24/12 16:21
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ A bill that seeks to ease a long-standing funding fight between Nebraska's urban and rural community colleges
has advanced fo...
Posted: 01/22/12 11:04
Nebraska ranchers and farmers who need
certification can take a daylong manure management course next
month from the University of Nebraska-Li...
Posted: 01/22/12 10:16
Country music legends Loretta Lynn and
Ray Price will perform at this summer's Hall County Fair.
The Grand Island Independent reports the...
Posted: 01/22/12 10:10
A new fund would be created to pay for
improvements at the Centennial Mall in Lincoln, under a bill before
the Nebraska Legislature.
...
Posted: 01/22/12 10:01
Nebraska lawmakers say the state is
failing to keep track of important case information about children
who are in state custody due to abuse, ...
Posted: 01/22/12 09:56
A Lincoln woman has been charged with 10
counts of wire fraud that federal authorities say she committed
during her three years as payroll man...
Posted: 01/22/12 09:47
The Nebraska State Patrol is preparing
meetings across the state for people who want to find out more
about the Federal Motor Carrier Safety A...
Posted: 01/22/12 09:27
Abortion foes will march through Lincoln
later this month in the annual Nebraska Walk for Life.
The event is a demonstration against Roe ...
Posted: 01/22/12 09:22
Rape charges filed against a Wymore man
have been dismissed, and the woman who accused him has been
arrested on suspicion of lying about the a...
Posted: 01/21/12 21:00
WHITEWATER, Kan. (AP) _ An 11-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with a school bomb threat in southeastern Kansas.
About 150 s...
Posted: 01/21/12 18:00
BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) _ A Nebraska man has been arrested for allegedly making a threatening phone call to a Nebraska Health and Human Services empl...
Posted: 01/21/12 15:00
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ Some Kansas legislators say a decision by House Republican leaders to draft their own tax plan shows that Gov. Sam Brownback'...
Posted: 01/21/12 12:00
MADISON, Neb. (AP) _ A man convicted of stabbing another man to death at a party in Norfolk has been sentenced to 40 years to life in prison.
...
Posted: 01/21/12 09:00
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ House Speaker Mike O'Neal opposes a congressional redistricting proposal that would expand the 1st District of western and ce...
Posted: 01/21/12 06:22
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ Two men who pleaded guilty to breaking into U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell's southern Iowa farmhouse armed with a BB gun last ...
Posted: 01/21/12 00:00
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ No serious injuries are reported in a collision between a Lincoln school bus and a pickup truck.
The accident happe...
Posted: 01/14/12 22:00
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ A Kansas commission is seeking more information and public comment on several proposals to change the state tax code.
...
Posted: 01/14/12 19:00
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ The Kansas Senate's top Democrat says the easiest way to resolve congressional redistricting issues would be to move the Manh...
Posted: 01/14/12 16:00
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ A group pursuing an amendment to the Kansas Constitution to ban abortion says 25 state House members have agreed to sponsor t...
Posted: 01/14/12 13:00
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Lancaster County authorities are searching for clues in the possible theft of 14 mature walnut trees from a property near Ma...
Posted: 01/14/12 10:00
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ A lobbyist for Nebraska's grocery industry says a bill to raise the ceiling on permit fees to pay for food-safety inspection...
Posted: 01/14/12 07:05
BURLINGTON, Kan. (AP) _ The operators of the Wolf Creek nuclear power plant say a loss of off-site power prompted an automatic shutdown at the no...
Posted: 01/11/12 21:00
The victim of the car-train collision at the 10th Street railroad crossing in Gering has been identified as 93-year-old Vera Clary of Gering.
...
Posted: 01/08/12 17:45
A 17-year-old Scottsbluff boy was killed, and two others were injured in one-vehicle accident three miles east of Mitchell Saturday night.
Th...
Posted: 01/06/12 18:18
Former Nebraska governor and senator Bob Kerrey says he's exploring a possible run for the U.S. Senate.
Omaha news station KETV reports that ...
Posted: 12/31/11 22:30
GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) _ A 23-year-old man whose gun authorities say was used by a 3-year-old boy to accidentally shot and kill his 5-year-old brothe...
Posted: 12/31/11 20:30
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ A woman has been taken to the hospital with severe neck and back pain after the wheelchair she was in was struck by a car in O...
Posted: 12/31/11 18:30
JUNCTION CITY, Kan. (AP) _ Relatives of a man who was badly injured in a cement truck accident in eastern Geary County say he has died after bein...
Posted: 12/31/11 16:30
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Police in Lincoln say they've arrested a man who took a car on a test drive and never returned.
23-year-old Daniel ...
Posted: 12/31/11 14:30
COLBY, Kan. (AP) _ Western Kansas newspapers are worried that another postal switch could mean some of their mail subscribers will be getting the...
Posted: 12/31/11 12:30
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ An Omaha man being sought in connection with a bank robbery on Monday has been arrested.
Omaha police say 19-year-old...
Posted: 12/31/11 10:30
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ Kansas has a full field of candidates for its Republican presidential caucuses March 6.
The state Republican Party s...
