Posted: 02/06/12 12:58
GENEVA, Neb. (AP) _ Voters will decide March 13 whether to raise local property taxes to pay for improvements and more space at the Fillmore Cent...
Posted: 02/06/12 05:00
A 37-year-old rural Kearney man has paid a $300 fine and been place on probation for trying to take a loaded handgun onto a plane at Kearney Regional ...
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: 02/04/12 23:59
Lincoln Police Chief Jim Peschong says seatbelt use among officers will be discussed following an officer's death in a traffic accident. Tony Howe, of...
Posted: 02/04/12 21:00
A Douglas County judge has rejected an appeal by death row inmate Carey Dean Moore. Moore challenged the state's intention to use lethal injections. D...
Posted: 02/04/12 17:00
Patriotism and the value of U.S. citizenship would be recognized first thing in the morning in all Nebraska public schools, under a bill up for debate...
Posted: 02/04/12 14:10
Nebraska utility crews are working to restore electricity to more than 15,000 customers who lost power because of the heavy, wet snow falling across m...
Posted: 02/04/12 13:03
The University of Nebraska Medical Center will add a new doctoral program in epidemiology starting next fall. Dr. Dana Loomis, chairman and professor ...
Posted: 02/03/12 20:30
The Nebraska Equal Opportunity Commission has ruled in favor of Gage County in a complaint filed by the county's former highway superintendent. The co...
Posted: 02/03/12 15:10
The unusually warm winter weather allowed the Army Corps of Engineers to clear out some additional flood-storage space in the Missouri River's reserv...
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 22:00
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ Burlington Northern Santa Fe, the railroad owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc., plans to spend $3.9 billion on n...
Posted: 02/01/12 19:38
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ The loss of sales tax revenue is a small price to pay for healthier children in Nebraska. That's the message Sen. Abbie Cor...
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: 01/31/12 19:10
Nebraska's congressional delegation has announced this year's schedule for the Nebraska Breakfast, the gathering held each Wednesday Congress is ...
Posted: 01/30/12 21:14
The NEBRASKALand DAYS Foundation has launched a campaign to raise $86,000 towards rebuilding the west entrance of the Wild West Arena in North Pl...
Posted: 01/30/12 17:09
COLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) _ Authorities say a sick skunk found in Columbus earlier this month had rabies. The skunk was found in a subdivision and tes...
Posted: 01/30/12 17:04
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ A state lawmaker says a gambling proposal he introduced would generate millions in Nebraska tax revenue that is currently go...
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...
Posted: 12/26/11 15:27
A Scottsbluff attorney hired by the McCook City Council says council seats held by two members were forfeited when they were convicted of misdemeanors...
Posted: 12/25/11 08:55
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) The University of Nebraska's Mueller Planetarium is adding weekday space shows to its regular schedule over the holiday season.
...
Posted: 12/20/11 10:39
The U.S. Highway 30 expressway from Schuyler to Fremont may be moving years closer to reality. Officials from Fremont, Columbus, Schuyler and Norfolk ...
Posted: 12/10/11 22:00
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ A citizen's committee is seeking a special election to remove Shawnee County Treasurer Larry Wilson.
The group filed...
Posted: 12/10/11 17:00
LAS VEGAS (AP) _ Federal crash investigators are back at the scene of a Las Vegas tour helicopter crash near Lake Mead that killed five people, w...
Posted: 12/10/11 15:00
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) _ Universities and companies across the
U.S. are rushing to buy up some of the new ``.xxx'' website names _
but not ...
Posted: 12/10/11 13:00
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) _ Council Bluffs is considering buying some property that was flooded by the Missouri River over the summer.
T...
Posted: 12/10/11 09:00
KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) _ Authorities have released the name of a California man who was killed when his SUV was hit by a semitrailer on Interstate 80...
Posted: 12/04/11 09:54
FREMONT, Neb. (AP) _ A Fremont father whose children were
rescued from their burning mobile home has pleaded no contest to
child abuse.
...
Posted: 11/26/11 16:00
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ Police in Omaha say one person has been injured in a shooting outside a bar in the city's Old Market district.
The sh...
Posted: 11/14/11 14:25
The 61st annual meeting of the Nebraska Rural Radio Association(NRRA) is history. Shown in the picture is the 26th Service to Agriculture Award Wi...
Posted: 11/12/11 15:00
COLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) _ The Nebraska Public Power District board has approved 6.5 percent rate hikes for its retail and wholesale customers.
...
Posted: 11/07/11 06:57
A study of the Fremont floodplain that was delayed amid Missouri River flooding will soon resume. Mark Nelson of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says...
Posted: 11/05/11 13:00
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Nebraska's chief medical officer will decide whether a former Seward doctor who faces allegations that her care contributed ...
Posted: 11/05/11 07:01
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ A legislative review has found that Nebraska's child services privatization effort lacked clear goals and failed to consider...
Posted: 11/04/11 06:55
A judge says a Nebraska state trooper must pay a $75 fine for running a red light during a risky chase in his cruiser. Trooper Matthew Parr was cited ...
Posted: 10/27/11 06:31
(AP) - A Nemaha County judge is considering whether a Fremont teenager who says Joshua Keadle raped her three years ago can testify in a separate tria...
Posted: 10/22/11 23:00
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) _ A 28-year-old Kansas man has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for attempting to start a sexual relationship with a 14-...
Posted: 10/11/11 06:23
Charities in the West Point area are sharing nearly $150,000 thanks to a successful Cattleman's Ball held here this year. The Ball supports cancer res...
Posted: 10/05/11 09:46
OMAHA (AP) - Three conservation groups are suing to halt
preliminary work on a proposed 1,700-mile-long oil pipeline from
the tar sands of wes...
Posted: 10/04/11 09:55
A returning all-state linebacker for Pierce High School remains hospitalized after suffering a severe brain injury in a football game Friday night. Sh...
(AP) Nebraska Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy is scheduled to speak at the inauguration of new Wayne State College President Curt Frye. Fry, a former vice president and dean of students at the college, was chosen for the new position on June 2. His inauguration is set for 3 p.m. Thursday in the Peterson Fine Arts Building. Also speaking are Nebraska State College System Chancellor Stan Carpenter, Wayne Mayor Ken Chamberlain and others associated with the college in Wayne. The college is honoring Frye's inauguration with a campus service initiative that will underscore the importance of gratitude. Frye retired from Wayne State in June 2009 but returned to serve as interim president after former President Richard Collings resigned in 2010. Frye began working at Wayne State in 1985.
Posted: 09/29/11 13:42
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Federal immigration authorities have arrested 48 people in Iowa and Nebraska as part of a weeklong operation that led to the a...
