State lawmakers rejected an amendment that would have stopped a $14 million transfer from the Nebraska Environmental Trust to a cash fund managed by a state agency on Wednesday.
An Omaha man died and three others were injured early Sunday when their vehicle was struck from behind by a truck on Interstate 29 just south of Mound City, Missouri.
“I did not mean in any way for that to hurt anyone in any way,” Mayor Bruce Knell said in a lengthy, and at times tearful, statement.
T.J. McDowell Jr. will be Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird's new chief of staff, one of her first decisions following Tuesday's reelection victory.
UNMC's Dr. James Lawler is among 34 authors of a new book examining what went wrong, and right, with the nation's response to COVID.
The winning ticket was sold at Farmer’s Cooperative, 1615 N. Sixth St.
Offutt Air Force Base will conduct training drills later this week that will likely result in extra noise and activity in the Bellevue area.
Senior United States District Court Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Brian Norman to 17½ years in federal prison, plus seven years of supervised release. There is no parole in federal prison.
As the sun sets on Thursday May 4, Audubon Great Plains will kick off a series of new infrastructure projects with a ground-breaking celebration.
The Lied Center for Performing Arts spring season wrapped up Wednesday with a magnificent performance of “Giselle” by the American Ballet Theatre.
After the client threw a punch at Douglas Pierce Jr. and tried to bite him, Pierce hit him three or four times and held him down, witnesses said.
The department this week designated Lancaster and 12 other Nebraska counties as primary disaster areas because of drought.
Sandy Scofield said the money managed by the Nebraska Environmental Trust “was not intended to pump up the budget of state agencies."
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