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This year's National Night Out events on Tuesday will include agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration discussing the dangers of drug use at three locations in the Omaha area.Â
A state auditor's report released Monday made serious allegations against the former executive director of the Rushville Housing Authority, alleging she engaged in forgery, theft, tax evasion and embezzlement.
A Fremont man claimed a $230,000 jackpot in Friday's Nebraska Pick 5 lottery game, the first of 3 straight winners.Â
While Tim Walz established himself as a national political figure in Minnesota, the Democratic vice presidential candidate’s life story is deeply rooted in Nebraska.
Kellogg's will shut down its Omaha manufacturing plant by the end of 2026 in an attempt to "consolidate its manufacturing footprint," the company confirmed on Tuesday.Â
Jamie Dimon, the chairman and CEO of America's largest bank, visited the JPMorganChase bank branch in Aksarben village in Omaha on Tuesday.
One man sustained minor injuries after a woman drove into the side of a Village Inn location at 108th and L streets in Omaha on Wednesday morning, police said.Â
The attorneys general for Nebraska and Iowa ask the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate labels for the chemical in Roundup.
DG Fuels said the proposed Phelps County facility would produce approximately 193 million gallons of no- or low-emissions jet fuel a year to meet international standards.
Recently constructed Nebraska Department of Transportation storage buildings block a bicentennial prairie marker from the road. Some say the buildings disrupted a peaceful area where people could enjoy native plants.
Eight days after a strong windstorm knocked out power to more than 220,000 Omaha Public Power District customers, nearly all customers have their electricity back.
Drinks from the Coca-Cola Company are now being served in vending machines and soda fountains on the University of Nebraska at Omaha campus and at UNO athletic events.
After a lull, COVID-19 cases have crept back up in Nebraska, as they have in the U.S. as a whole.
The Nebraska Summit on Justice and Disparities held at Creighton on Friday was the first of its kind for Nebraska, an organizer said.
The Nebraska Public Power District on Friday announced the 16 locations it plans to study as potential sites for a next-generation nuclear power plant in Nebraska.
The John G. Neihardt State Historic Site contains a museum sharing the poet laureate’s life story and works. The site in Bancroft is one of this year's Nebraska Passport stops.
Visit Lincoln and tourism marketing organizations in the 16 other Big Ten cities have partnered with destination experience technology company Bandwango to develop Cities of the Big Ten.
The Department of Health and Human Services has paused their system changes for Nebraska providers who care for people with disabilities after numerous concerns and complaints.
Faced with economic headwinds, Omaha real estate developers are having to convince lenders their projects will pay off in a climate of high interest rates and construction costs.
A story in the University of Florida's student newspaper accuses Ben Sasse of more than tripling his office’s spending during his tenure as school president.Â
Discussion during a public hearing on the City of Omaha's proposed 2025 budget Tuesday focused on climate change, police and fire department funding and the budget review process itself.
Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic Party's vice presidential candidate, will return to his Nebraska roots for his first solo rally of the campaign Saturday.
The Platte River Bridge Trail officially opened earlier this month, marking a milestone in regional connectivity and recreation for residents of Sarpy and Cass Counties.
Kingsley is an earthen dam that is 3.1 miles long and 163 feet high. Behind it is the 22-mile-long Lake McConaughy, which covers 30,500 surface acres.
A Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep from Nebraska is saved and found a new home with the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance.
Bellevue's Martin Bomber Plant produced the Enola Gay that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima — but a part invented and built by Ogallala's Robert Goodall made it detonate.
A 1996 arrest made them unlikely friends. Now, a former gang member is working to help the ex-cop who arrested him and helped him build a boxing gym in Omaha.
With no new cases identified, the Douglas County Health Department on Monday announced the successful conclusion of a raccoon rabies containment effort.Â
Gov. Jim Pillen expressed disappointment Monday about the special legislative session he called to address property taxes but said it will be up to Nebraskans to judge what lawmakers accomplished.
A ticket worth $1 million for Monday's drawing was sold at an Omaha Hy-Vee, while a second ticket worth $50,000 was sold at a Family Fare store.
"I fully grasp the weight of this decision and its implications," Chancellor Rodney Bennett said, "but a centralized approach to this work is no longer right for our institution."
President Joe Biden approved a major disaster declaration for Douglas County and several other Nebraska counties Tuesday for the severe storms, straight-line winds and flooding that hit the state between May 20 and June 3.Â
A Bennington Public Schools kindergartner who was left on a school bus Monday spent two hours in the vehicle before they were found.Â
By late 2026, the Douglas County Department of Corrections in downtown Omaha will have a dedicated 80-bed mental health facility.
A recent study has proposed four possible routes to connect the existing MoPac East trail from the Elmwood area to the Lied Bridge over the Platte River outside Louisville.
History Nebraska will soon become history as the state agency charged with collecting, preserving and sharing Nebraska history returns to its original name, the Nebraska State Historical Society.
After serving for 18 years as the chief justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court, Michael Heavican will retire this fall, the state's judicial branch announced in a news release Wednesday.
Gov. Jim Pillen, a former NU regent who voted to hire UNL's chief diversity officer, said Wednesday the Office of Diversity and Inclusion should "never have been established."
The Norfolk Police Department's chief and a captain have been placed on paid administrative leave.
Around dismissal time on Thursday, a man approached a child in a grey sedan with no license plates in the area of Central Elementary and Mission Middle School.
Nebraska officials celebrated the completion of the U.S. 30 Expressway on Friday.
A reported coyote near Dundee Elementary was likely a mangy fox seen previously in the area.
The Nebraska Passport Program is going into its 15th year and continues to grow into a program that no neighboring state has, Madison Johnson, passport program coordinator, said.
Nebraskans hitting the road for the long Labor Day weekend shouldn't forget to pack their plans for safety.Â
The EPA said that three grocery distributors, including one in Omaha, distributed cleaning products that were illegally imported into the United States, not in compliance with federal law and could pose a danger to consumers.Â
First District Congressional Republican incumbent Mike Flood and Democratic challenger Carol Blood will debate live on television at 2 p.m. Sept. 15.
A Davey man is the sixth winner of a 2024 Ford F-150 truck in the 29th Nebraska Lottery $2 Truck$ & Buck$ Scratch game, the Nebraska Lottery said on Monday.
Two attempts were made this week to remove an abortion rights initiative from Nebraska's general election ballot, both of which allege that the measure violates the state constitution's single-subject rule.
Calls from siamang Stewey will be missed at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium after her unexpected death.
U.S. Rep. Don Bacon asserted Thursday he did nothing wrong in intervening to help former President Donald Trump’s media company obtain a hard-to-obtain foreign worker visa for a company executive.
Nebraska officials formally broke ground Wednesday on the state's new $350 million prison north of Lincoln, marking what the Gov. Jim Pillen called a "historic day."
The business will include a restaurant equipped with a second-floor outdoor bar, a yard area with firepits and open grass and four pickleball courts, two of which will be indoor.
The Omaha Public Schools has spent roughly $24 million on K-12 curriculum updates in science, art, computer science, English language arts, reading and English learner support for high school students.Â
The Nebraska Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday on a set of three lawsuits that could determine the fate of competing ballot measures seeking to change the state's abortion policy.
U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer and her independent opponent Dan Osborn spent Tuesday touting their support from labor unions and organizations.
According to EPA, the company stores more than 10,000 pounds of anhydrous ammonia, a regulated toxic substance.Â
Former State Sen. Ernie Chambers is reentering the race for the Nebraska Legislature as a write-in candidate.Â
The owners of Wohlner's Neighborhood Grocery & Deli have announced the store will be closing after more than 100 years in business.
American Airlines will add direct flights between Omaha’s Eppley Airfield and Philadelphia International Airport starting in June.
Dan Osborn, a U.S. Navy veteran and former labor leader who is seeking to unseat Nebraska's senior U.S. senator in November, has officially qualified for the ballot.Â
Jeff Gold was installed as NU's ninth president on Thursday at a ceremony in the state Capitol meant to illustrate the university's deep ties to Nebraska.
The leading champion of state-backed scholarships for private and parochial school students claimed Friday that scholarship opponents are violating federal laws limiting political activity by nonprofit groups.Â
More than a half dozen people — including Terri Cunningham-Swanson’s son — criticized her appointment to the Nebraska Library Commission during a public meeting Friday.