Posted: 05/18/13 05:10
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska Supreme Court says Omaha school officials violated a student's constitutional rights by searching his truck parked on ...
Posted: 05/17/13 21:00
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ The utility that owns the troubled Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant in eastern Nebraska says it hopes to have the plant ready to op...
Posted: 05/17/13 16:00
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ In workplaces across the nation, Americans are inviting their colleagues to chip in $2 for a Powerball ticket and a shar...
Posted: 05/17/13 11:55
An Asian based firm interested in locating a beef processing facility on a Scottsbluff industrial site will make a presentation before the Scottsbluff...
Posted: 05/17/13 04:47
YORK, Neb. (AP) - June 19 is the deadline to apply for an open county court judgeship in eastern Nebraska.
The Judicial Nominating Commission...
Posted: 05/16/13 22:00
Motorists in Hall County can expect DUI checkpoints and high visibility patrols during a special Nebraska State Patrol enforcement effort on Friday, M...
Posted: 05/16/13 14:10
Governor Dave Heineman says he has concerns about whether the state education funding bill approved by lawmakers is fair to rural Nebraska.
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Posted: 05/16/13 09:00
The Johnson Lake Chamber is hosting its 2nd Annual Art & Wine Festival Saturday June 8, 2013 from 10-4pm at the Lakeview Acres Park located ...
Posted: 05/15/13 20:30
Veteran broadcaster Chuck Schwartz is joining the KNEB staff, according to CEO Craig Larson.
"We have a tremendous staff at KNEB and it j...
Posted: 05/15/13 20:00
Mid-Plains Community College administrators, faculty, staff and its Board of Governors celebrated construction of a new cafeteria at No...
Posted: 05/15/13 17:00
Holdrege voters said "Yes" in a special election on Tuesday to a nearly $14 million bond measure for a new elementary school. Phelps County Clerk Sa...
Posted: 05/15/13 04:34
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission says Saturday's Free Fishing and Park Entry Day is an opportunity for people to enjoy fish...
Posted: 05/14/13 12:04
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) Tuesday spoke on the Senate floor regarding the IRS' deliberate targeting of conservative grou...
Posted: 05/14/13 10:52
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ A proposal to abolish the death penalty in Nebraska is dead for the year.
Supporters on Tuesday failed to muster the 3...
Posted: 05/14/13 10:18
BUSHNELL, Neb. (AP) _ A southwest Nebraska natural gas pipeline is back in operation after rupturing earlier this month.
The Lincoln Journa...
Posted: 05/13/13 21:31
Minden volunteer firefighters handled a large fire Monday afternoon about 2.5 miles northeast of Minden at a cluster of three businesses loc...
Posted: 05/13/13 18:30
Jeff Wightman was sworn in Monday afternoon as the newest County Judge in the 11th Judicial District. Wightman will be seated in Lexington. After ta...
Posted: 05/13/13 18:00
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has vetoed a teacher retirement bill, arguing that a proposed increase in the state's contribut...
Posted: 05/13/13 13:54
Governor Dave Heineman told two groups of young people during a visit to the Scottsbluff area today they are "future of the state." Heineman spoke to...
Posted: 05/13/13 11:30
(Lincoln, Neb.) Gov. Dave Heineman is reminding Nebraskans that U.S. and Nebraska flags will be flown at half-staff on Wednesday, May 15 in observance...
Posted: 05/12/13 07:42
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ The Omaha Police Department has revised its policy regarding the public's use of cameras in the wake of an investigation into recen...
Posted: 05/12/13 06:43
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ A new federal report says Nebraska is on track to harvest only 42.9-million bushels of wheat this summer _ the state's smallest w...
Posted: 05/11/13 15:00
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ A former railroad worker says the money he was awarded for injuries received on the job should not be subject to a federal ra...
Posted: 05/11/13 11:55
OGALLALA, Neb. (AP) _ State wildlife officials are asking the public to share the sandy shores of Lake McConaughy in western Nebraska with endan...
Posted: 05/11/13 09:00
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Someone who bought a Powerball ticket at a Seward store can claim his or her $2 million prize. The Nebraska Lottery says the Po...
Posted: 05/11/13 05:40
(Seward, Neb.)- The Nebraska State Patrol in conjunction with the Seward County Attorney and Seward County Sheriff's Office is investigating a pursui...
Posted: 05/10/13 23:00
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Lawmakers have pulled funding to buy an airplane from the University of Nebraska Foundation, choosing instead to study whet...
Posted: 05/10/13 21:00
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Nebraska lawmakers have advanced a new, $7.8 billion state budget for the next two fiscal years. Lawmakers gave first-roun...
Posted: 05/10/13 19:28
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) _ Federal authorities will keep a control tower in Grand Island open through the end of September thanks to action by Co...
Posted: 05/10/13 16:18
The step-father of a three-year-old North Platte boy who survived a drowning this week, has been arrested on a felony charge of Child Abuse. Tw...
Posted: 05/10/13 11:55
There was a big pep rally Wednesday afternoon in the Lexington High School gymnasium but, it had little to do with athletics. It was the third a...
Posted: 05/10/13 11:48
Do you have what it takes to be the next AMERICAN IDOL? The Season 13 audition cities were just announced and now you can make your plans to become th...
Posted: 05/09/13 23:00
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Nebraska officials have agreed to stop releasing water into Kansas, now that the states have reached a tentative agreement ...
Posted: 05/09/13 17:30
LB 158 is one of 29 bills in the Nebraska Legislature designated as a priority proposal for 2013.
State Sen Al Davis says the penalty for a ...
Posted: 05/09/13 15:30
NORFOLK, Neb. (AP) _ A preliminary federal report says a small plane hit and severed a power line before crashing in northeast Nebraska, killin...
Posted: 05/09/13 10:14
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has signed a bill that ends mandatory life sentences for juveniles who commit first-degree murder.
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Posted: 05/08/13 23:55
A 19-year-old Grant woman was booked Tuesday into the Lincoln County Jail after being arrested by Nebraska State Patrol on suspicion of Moto...
Posted: 05/08/13 17:08
A man and woman wanted in connection with a string of robberies in Minnesota and South Dakota waived their preliminary hearing Wednesday afternoon in ...
Posted: 05/07/13 21:00
UNL Climatologist Mark Svoboda of the National Drought Mitigation Center studies weather and climate of all kinds, including the impact of the curr...
Posted: 05/07/13 12:03
Omaha, Neb - A groundbreaking was held today by the University of Nebraska Medical Center and The Nebraska Medical Center for the Fred & Pamela Buffet...
Posted: 05/07/13 10:36
DENVER (AP) _ Colorado lawmakers have put off marijuana legalization until the last possible minute _ and now they're facing some big deadlines to fin...
Posted: 05/07/13 09:30
LEXINGTON, Neb. (AP) _ A 23-year-old man has been given 30 months of probation for shaking a baby in south-central Nebraska. 23-year-old Cameron Hovey...
Posted: 05/07/13 01:58
A medical office building will be built on the campus of the new Kearney Regional Medical Center in southwest Kearney. The new building wil...
Posted: 05/06/13 21:00
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ The Nebraska Travel Commission says its goals for this summer's travel season could help the state surpass last year's success. ...
Posted: 05/06/13 17:43
YORK, Neb. (AP) _ A Nebraska woman who made a video in which she gleefully described robbing a bank has pleaded guilty to the crime.
The ...
Posted: 05/05/13 06:30
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ Berkshire Hathaway shareholders have again rejected a proposal to require the company's utilities to set goals for reducing greenho...
Posted: 05/04/13 23:00
DAVID CITY, Neb. (AP) _ Authorities are perplexed as to what may have caused several hundred fish to die in eastern Nebraska. Officials at David Cit...
Posted: 05/04/13 21:00
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ The Nebraska Supreme Court says a car momentarily crossing a highway lane divider is not a good reason to stop it _ a ruling that ...
Posted: 05/04/13 18:00
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ Billionaire Warren Buffett says Berkshire Hathaway shareholders should expect decent returns on the newspapers the company has boug...
Posted: 05/04/13 15:00
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Officials are releasing water from Nebraska into Kansas to avoid a violation of the Republican River Compact. The Nebraska Depa...
Posted: 05/04/13 12:00
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ Billionaire Warren Buffett says he spends plenty of time thinking about the future of his company after he is gone. But the 82-ye...
Posted: 05/04/13 10:29
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ A beer truck in the Nebraska border town of Whiteclay was vandalized by activists who were protesting the town's alcohol stores n...
Posted: 05/04/13 06:00
Community Day is a "Thank You" to North Platte
NORTH PLATTE, NE-As a thank you to the North Platte community, the Golden Spike Tower & ...
Posted: 05/03/13 19:22
SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. (AP) _ The chief executive of the Winnebago Tribe's business arm says it intends to develop a casino at a former horse tr...
Posted: 05/02/13 22:30
A suspect may have left his calling card at the scene of a theft southeast of Brady. Lincoln County Sheriff's deputies were called there on Apri...
Posted: 05/02/13 21:00
LINCOLN - Attorney General Jon Bruning, the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP), the Grand Island Police Department and the Lincoln Police Department announc...
Posted: 05/02/13 11:12
The incoming Chairman of the Nebraska Bankers Association says the Obama Administration's regulatory environment is hindering the financial industry's...
Posted: 05/02/13 03:59
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Nebraska lawmakers have moved to streamline appeals for anyone who challenges a decision of the commission that regulates utiliti...
Posted: 05/01/13 13:00
A passenger in a semi that rolled over near Cozad Tuesday afternoon has died. The Nebraska State Patrol says 29-year-old
Sulaymon Usm...
Posted: 05/01/13 12:24
A 55-year-old North Platte man died in a two-vehicle collision Tuesday evening in eastern Custer County. The Nebraska State Patrol says Joe Wil...
Posted: 05/01/13 10:00
The Lexington FFA greenhouse is bulging with plants that are ready for sale including flowers, vegetables and ornamental grasses. FFA and a...
Posted: 05/01/13 09:22
Chadron residents Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a new 15-year half-cent LB-840 economic development sales tax and accompanying plan setting how the ...
Posted: 04/30/13 23:30
Two people were injured Tuesday in a semi-truck crash about one-mile west of the Cozad/Interstate-80 interchange in the westbound lanes.
Cozad Fi...
Posted: 04/30/13 22:24
A 24-year-old Hastings woman has been sentenced to 26 months in federal prison followed by 5 years of supervised release for her failure to ...
Posted: 04/30/13 18:24
Over 70 local residents who volunteer at the Youth Rehabilitation and Treatment Center in Geneva were recently recognized at a banquet for their servi...
Posted: 04/29/13 22:04
A 50-year-old Oconto woman was arraigned in Dawson County Court Monday on a felony charge of theft. Valerie Hendricksen is alleged to have ...
Posted: 04/29/13 20:00
A 43-year-old Lexington woman is charged with theft of a controlled substance. It was reported at Lexington Regional Health Center early Saturda...
Posted: 04/29/13 13:49
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ A proposal to create a Nebraska state water task force is headed to a final vote in the Legislature. Lawmakers gave the...
Posted: 04/28/13 09:23
NORFOLK, Neb. (AP) - Authorities have identified the two people killed when a small plane owned by a flight school crashed in northeast Nebraska this ...
Posted: 04/25/13 23:00
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Investors who were spooked by Washington's fiscal-cliff showdown have created a one-time cash windfall for Nebraska.
T...
Posted: 04/25/13 19:00
A man and woman wanted in connection with a string of robberies in Minnesota and South Dakota will make their next appearance in Dawson County court...
Posted: 04/24/13 23:50
Over 50,000 youth and adults in Nebraska will "Stand for the Silent, " on Friday as part of a movement against bullying. Cathleen Plager is ...
Posted: 04/24/13 20:00
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Lawmakers have advanced a tax incentive bill designed to attract wind-energy companies to Nebraska. The 30-0 vote on Wednesday ...
Posted: 04/24/13 14:19
Senator Deb Fischer is becoming a regular at the White House. Over the last two weeks, Fischer has visited the White House twice at the request of Pr...
Posted: 04/23/13 20:00
Kearney officials says they are disappointed but will bounce back from Facebook's decision to build a data center in Iowa. Kearney had sought the pr...
Posted: 04/22/13 18:30
A male suspect wanted in connection with armed robberies in Minnesota and South Dakota and a female passenger were taken into custody Monday aftern...
Posted: 04/22/13 18:00
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ A group that supports the Keystone XL pipeline says it has collected more than 33,000 signatures from Nebraska residents who endors...
Posted: 04/21/13 07:30
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Nebraska is losing another $8 million in federal Medicaid funding, forcing lawmakers to cut services or make up the difference wi...
Posted: 04/20/13 18:00
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ The Nebraska Supreme Court has upheld the dismissal of an Omaha woman's invasion-of-privacy lawsuit against a Massachusetts booksel...
Posted: 04/19/13 17:45
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Authorities say a 21-year-old University of Nebraska-Lincoln student has been injured in a three-story fall.
UNL police say...
Posted: 04/19/13 12:43
All roads in Wyoming are now open. I-80 has opened in both directions from Laramie to Cheyenne and U.S. 85 is now open in both directions from Torrin...
Posted: 04/18/13 22:00
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) _ More than 1,000 people have gathered in Grand Island, Neb., to support or oppose a Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline that would s...
Posted: 04/16/13 15:54
(Lincoln, Neb.)- The Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) is reminding citizens to remain vigilant in the wake of the tragic and senseless acts of violence whi...
Posted: 04/16/13 12:45
KIMBALL, Neb. (AP) - The Kimball police chief who'd been put on administrative leave has resigned.
The Scottsbluff Star-Herald says Mark Si...
Posted: 04/15/13 16:24
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Gov. Dave Heineman says his $2.2 million budget request to buy an airplane from the University of Nebraska Foundation is needed t...
Posted: 04/15/13 16:10
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman says state emergency officials should have direct control over airplanes that could be stationed in C...
Posted: 04/11/13 14:51
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ An effort to boost state-level alcohol enforcement in Nebraska is colliding with budget realities in the Legislature.
S...
Posted: 04/11/13 10:38
Governor Heineman says some changes need to be made in a bill that would pour new firefighting resources into central and western Nebraska, areas that...
Posted: 04/10/13 13:14
All of Hwy 71 in the Panhandle is NOW OPEN.
All of Hwy 88 in the Panhandle is NOW OPEN.
ALL of I80 in Nebraska is NOW OPEN.
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Posted: 04/10/13 09:55
The Nebraska State Patrol says 37-year-old Lisa Conrad died from exposure after leaving her stranded vehicle during the recent snow storm. Conrad's 19...
Posted: 04/08/13 12:12
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) A new study says the death rates in small rural hospitals are worse than at most hospitals.
The study published in the Jou...
Posted: 04/06/13 11:35
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ University of Nebraska-Lincoln engineering students will compete this summer in NASA's RASC-AL Exploration Robo-Ops Competition. ...
Posted: 04/06/13 10:00
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ A series of gun measures introduced in the Nebraska Legislature are likely to stay in committee for the rest of the year.
...
Posted: 04/05/13 14:17
Fremont, Neb A truck driver from Oklahoma was arrested just after 8 Thursday night north of Fremont after he allegedly shot at a pickup driver.
...
Posted: 04/03/13 15:59
A week and a half long trial has been scheduled in September for a 36 year old Illinois truck driver charged with nine felonies in a deadly crash on I...
Posted: 03/25/13 10:00
Boating season is a ways away, but it's never too early to take a boater safety course. Nebraska Boating Law Administrator Scott Eveland says classes ...
Posted: 03/24/13 23:00
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ A harsh summer drought that threatened Nebraska farms and ranches is prompting lawmakers to take a fresh look at climate change. ...
Posted: 03/21/13 10:43
Nebraska Senator Mike Johanns says a continuing resolution passed by the Senate Wednesday includes money for meat inspectors at processing facilities....
Posted: 03/18/13 09:40
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Nebraska has officially opened its first China trade office in Shanghai.
The new office is part of a push by Gov. Dave...
Posted: 03/15/13 12:44
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Alcohol sales in the Nebraska-South Dakota border town of Whiteclay dropped for the second year in a row in 2012.
A ye...
