Nebraska’s top business groups have endorsed two bills designed to help low-income people transition from part-time to full-time jobs. The bills seek to eliminate the so-called cliff effect in public benefit programs, an...

Authorities say a woman who fell off a bridge while stargazing has been transferred from a Lincoln hospital to one in Omaha. Lindsay Kroger, of rural Lincoln, had gone with five other people to the bridge about 2 miles...

A University of Nebraska Board of Regents member has decided not to seek another six-year term. Howard Hawks made the announcement Monday. He was first elected in 2002 to represent District 2, which includes part of...

A University of Nebraska Board of Regents member has decided not to seek another six-year term. Howard Hawks made the announcement Monday. He was first elected in 2002 to represent District 2, which includes part of...

Authorities say an ice jam is causing minor flooding near Loup City in central Nebraska's Sherman County. The National Weather Service has issued a flood advisory that is scheduled to expire Tuesday afternoon. The...

The president of the Broken Bow City Council has taken over as mayor following the recall of his predecessor, who's awaiting a criminal trial. Rod Sonnichsen was sworn in Friday to replace Jonathon Berghorst, who...

A June hearing has been scheduled for a three-judge panel to consider whether a man's crime qualifies for the death penalty or whether he should be sentenced to life in a Nebraska prison. Aubrey Trail and his...

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is delaying action on a set of restrictions that would drastically limit overnight campers and beachgoers at Nebraska's largest reservoir, Lake McConaughy in western Nebraska....

A state lawmaker who has fought for years to restrict human trafficking in Nebraska is now trying to hit traffickers in the wallet with a proposed sales tax on dating and escort services. The bill introduced would...

Arizona’s budding hemp-growing industry is suffering growing pains as levels of THC that are too high force some farmers to destroy crops instead of harvesting them. Results of state Department of Agriculture testing have...

A winter storm that's brought snow and sleet to the Midwest and Plains is creating travel headaches after airlines canceled flights and officials shut down major roads. The storm system began moving through the Plains...

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says a Nebraska man involved in a fight with a sheriff's deputy who fired shots at him has been arrested. Authorities say the shooting happened early Saturday following a traffic stop...

The Nebraska State Patrol says a winter storm that raked the state Friday snarled traffic for hundreds of drivers and caused at least one death on Interstate 80. The patrol says that driver was killed around 11:30 a.m....

Want to try your hand at waterfowl or turkey hunting, but leery of the expense of buying blinds and decoys? The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has a solution. UNL's Outdoor Adventure Center is now offering that...

Authorities in southeastern Nebraska say two Elmwood men accused of repeatedly throwing a dog into an ice-covered lake have been charged with animal cruelty. The Gosper County Sheriff's Office says 28-year-old James...

A proposal by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission would drastically limit overnight campers and beachgoers at Nebraska's largest reservoir, Lake McConaughy in western Nebraska. The North Platte Telegraph reports the...

Federal authorities say an Arizona man was allowed to board his flight after a loaded handgun was found in his bag at a security checkpoint at Eppley Airfield in Omaha. A news release Friday from the federal Transportation...

A winter weather system moving across the country is dropping snow, sleet and freezing rain on eastern Nebraska. Most schools in the region canceled classes and activities Friday ahead of the storm system. Most residents...

SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. - Scottsbluff's former city manager likely will temporarily return to oversee city operations while officials look to permanently fill the position. The Scottsbluff Star-Herald reports the City...

KEARNEY, Neb. - Officials have approved a permit that will allow a Hastings company to operate a gravel pit just east of Kearney despite objections from some neighbors. The Kearney City Council voted Tuesday night to grant...

This year’s scheduled completion of a $15 billion automatic railroad braking system will bolster the industry’s argument for eliminating one of the two crew members in most locomotives. But labor groups argue that...

Police are looking for a man they believe tried to abduct a woman as she jogged in near Hanscom Park in midtown Omaha. Police say the incident happened Sunday evening, when the 23-year-old woman reported that a man in his...

BEATRICE, Neb. - Officials are boosting security at the Gage County Courthouse in Beatrice for the trial of a man accused of killing a college student in 2010. Josh Keadle has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in...

Two men have been sent to prison for stealing a U.S. Postal Service truck in Grand Island while kidnapping its driver. Prosecutors say Sidney Britt was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Omaha to 20 years....

A proposal to erect a memorial to Ohio women who fought for voting rights would add the Statehouse to a small group of state capitols with monuments to actual female figures from U.S. history. Members of the Women's...

Omaha police have captured an inmate who didn't return from a job hunt in Lincoln. The state prisons department says Anthony Durand had been given permission to leave the state's Community Corrections...

OMAHA, Neb. - Health officials in eastern Nebraska say they're investigating a string of tuberculosis cases in the Omaha area. Television station KETV reports that the Douglas County Health Department said Wednesday...

Nebraska state government's tax collections beat expectations once again last month. The Department of Revenue said Wednesday that the state netted $473 million in tax revenue in December. That's more than 12%...

OMAHA, Neb. - A new policy at Offutt Air Force Base south of Omaha bars military and civilian personnel from transporting privately-owned firearms onto base. The order came from Col. Gavin Marks, who assumed command of the...

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts has proposed nearly $60 million in state assistance to help the state recover from last year’s record floods. That proposal includes a surprise $9.2 million boost for a dozen of Nebraska's...

A man is scheduled to be sentenced March 25 for his role in a suburban Omaha slaying. Sarpy County District Court records say 47-year-old Christopher Reagan, of Omaha, pleaded guilty Wednesday in Papillion to second-degree...

OMAHA, Neb. - A federal report says Nebraska suffered more than $3.4 billion in losses from disastrous weather last year while the toll was $1.9 billion in neighboring Iowa. The bomb cyclone in March caused most of the...

A Nebraska man already sentenced to prison for having sex with his adult daughter has been given two more years behind bars. Travis Fieldgrove was sentenced Tuesday in Adams County District Court. He'd pleaded no...

A central Nebraska mayor who's awaiting a criminal trial has been recalled, according to unofficial results. Officials said after Tuesday's count that 619 people voted to recall Broken Bow Mayor Jonathon Berghorst...

Police have arrested a suspect in the slaying of an Omaha man more than 19 years ago. Fifty-one-year-old Christopher Martin was arrested Tuesday. He's charged with first-degree murder in the Dec. 5, 2000, killing of...

Authorities say an investigation into reports of large drones flying in groups after dark since November has confirmed nothing unusual or criminal. They're mostly hobbyist drones, commercial aircraft, stars, planets...

A Marine stationed in Hawaii has pleaded guilty to possessing unlawful firearms. Ali Al-kazahg was accused of trying to bring weapons onto an Air Force base while home in Nebraska. His sentence includes three years...

Nebraska lawmakers have advanced a bill designed to protect the free-speech rights of student journalists in public high schools while holding them directly accountable for stories that are libelous. The bill won...

A Grand Island high school teacher and 17-year-old male student have been arrested in what police are calling a human trafficking case involving other students at the school. Grand Island police say 37-year-old Brian Mohr,...

Federal prosecutors for Nebraska say a man who sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl who was babysitting his children at a home on the Omaha Reservation in Macy has been sentenced to four years in federal prison. U.S....

An official investigation into reports of large drones flying in groups over the western U.S. plains in the hours after sunset has confirmed nothing illegal or out of the ordinary. The Colorado Department of Public Safety...

A new proposal designed to lower property taxes while boosting aid for public schools has won public support from a majority of Nebraska lawmakers on a key legislative committee. Six of the eight members of the...

The attorneys general of Nevada and 20 other states have reached a $200,000 agreement with PayPal Charitable Giving Fund Inc. to settle complaints over its handling of charitable contributions through the company's...

A state official who serves as a watchdog over Nebraska's child welfare system has been chosen as the next state ombudsman. Nebraska lawmakers voted 46-2 on Tuesday to hire Julie Rogers, the inspector general of child...

VALLEY, Neb. - The National Weather Service is scheduling meetings to share information about the potential for river flooding this winter and spring in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa. The two areas were socked with...

A former Husker football player has been given probation for driving drunk and resisting arrest in Lincoln. Court records say Alonzo Dennard was sentenced Monday to five years of probation. He'd pleaded no contest....

SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. - Some government officials are trying to reinvigorate efforts to promote economic development in western Nebraska. The Scottsbluff Star-Herald reports that regional elected or appointed officials and...

Military retirees in Nebraska will get to keep more of their retirement benefits under a bill that won first-round approval from lawmakers. The bill would exempt half of a military retiree's benefit from Nebraska state...

The director of Nebraska's Medicaid program is stepping down in the middle of the state's effort to expand coverage under the federal health care law. Officials say Matthew Van Patton, the director of the Medicaid...

Authorities say a driver died after his car collided with city snow removal machine in Beatrice. First responders were dispatched just after 2 a.m. Sunday on a report that the driver was pinned inside the wreckage of his...

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is considering limiting the number of visitors at Lake McConaughy and adjacent Lake Ogallala. The commission says the high number of visitors in 2018 and 2019 stretched public safety,...

Authorities say a driver died after his pickup truck went out of control on an icy highway in south-central Nebraska's Adams County. The crash occurred around 1:15 p.m. Sunday on U.S. Highway 6/Highway 34 south of...

A man has been given 300 days in jail for running into the rear of a farm tractor and killing its driver in southeast Nebraska. Gage County District Court records say 38-year-old Troy Smith, of Crete, was sentenced last...

SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. - A northeastern Nebraska renewable energy plant has been ordered to pay $32,531 to a landfill for failing to pay for waste services. A Butler County District Judge ruled against Big Ox Energy after...

Nebraska businesses that hire felons could get a tax break under a measure before lawmakers that’s designed to make it easier for them to get jobs and reduce the likelihood they’ll re-offend. Supporters say the bill would...

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission has prepared special Valentine’s Day offers for people who want to mark the day at a state park. Discounts and special packages are available at Eugene T. Mahoney State Park, Ponca...

Much of eastern Iowa remains under a winter storm warning Saturday as a system that began in the region Friday moved eastward, leaving behind dozens of vehicle crashes and injuries from falls in slick conditions. The...

The driver of a semitrailer is dead after colliding with a freight train in northeastern Colorado on Friday. The collision happened at a rail crossing near the town of Peetz near the Nebraska border. A spokesman for the...

Workshops have been scheduled across the state on completing safe and effective prescribed fires. No experience is required. The workshops are scheduled to run from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. The first will be held Wednesday at the Red...

The Nebraska Secretary of State's office says requests for early ballots can be submitted as early as next week. The office says in a news release that the first day to submit applications for an early ballot at county...

Nebraska prison officials say an inmate at the Lincoln Correctional Center stabbed a prison staffer with a sharpened toothbrush, causing serious injuries to the staffer. The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services...

Health officials in Omaha have confirmed that two children have died of complications from influenza this flu season. The Douglas County HEalth Department said Friday in a news release that both deaths were in people under...

Schools in Nebraska and Iowa cancelled after-school activities and shut down early as residents in both states brace for the latest winter storm. The National Weather Service has issued winter storm warnings for the...

A driver accused of running into and killing a 10-year-old girl who was in a suburban Omaha crosswalk pleaded guilty Friday. Nineteen-year-old Masey Lawrence entered the plea in a Papillion courtroom to a charge of...

A former York County public defender has taken a plea deal and will be sentenced in March. Fillmore County District Court records say Nancy Waldron, 60, of Exeter, pleaded no contest Thursday to attempted theft....

Authorities in an Omaha suburb said Friday they're adding an extra patrol near the community because of mountain lion sighting. The Thursday morning report near Gretna has been deemed valid. The Sarpy County...