A Platte Center man charged with attacking his boss over a paycheck dispute is going to prison.
Warning sirens in Chadron in the Nebraska Panhandle are being taken out of service for the next week or so for an upgrade.
A woman has been given more time to file an amended complaint in a federal lawsuit accusing the Scottsbluff police chief of harassment.
Omaha police say a medical technician has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting three women as they were undergoing ultrasound testing.
A 7-year-old boy has been wounded during a shooting in northeast Omaha.
The Scottsbluff City Council has accepted a settlement offer from the defunct Westward Airways in a lawsuit seeking to recover economic development funds.
Leaders of an American Indian tribe in South Dakota who are suing beer makers, distributors and retailers are now asking a judge to limit alcohol sales in a tiny Nebraska town that borders their reservation.
A 72-year-old former police chief of Aurora has made a deal with prosecutors and pleaded no contest to a charge of sexually assaulting a minor.
The Nebraska Attorney General's office has asked the state Supreme Court to reject a request by death row inmate Michael Ryan to put his upcoming execution on hold.
Leaders of an American Indian tribe are asking a federal judge to limit beer sales in a tiny Nebraska town that borders their reservation and sells nearly 5 million cans per year.
A jail official in central Nebraska has been investigated for misconduct after refusing to take custody of a prisoner, but it's not clear if he will face any charges.
The suspect in a Norfolk shooting says it was an accident.
A 19-year-old York woman accused of sexually assaulting a minor has been ordered to undergo psychological testing. Crystal Moul allegedly assaulted the minor in November. Moul's public defender asked a judge last week to...
A Grand Forks man faces up to 30 years in prison when he's sentenced in May for conspiracy charges for a string of pharmacy robberies. Prosecutors say 28-year-old Joshua Fonder and an accomplice stole thousands of...
A ministry organization has put its world headquarters building up for sale in Lincoln.
Some Ralston teachers will be visiting students and their parents at their homes this summer.
Psychological tests have been ordered for a 19-year-old York woman accused of sexually assaulting a minor.
A Saunders County man who went on a search for his wife found her and her upside vehicle.
A debate over Nebraska's school dropout age is set to resume in the Legislature.
A Norfolk lawyer has announced his candidacy for the University of Nebraska Board of Regents.
Members of the Nebraska Legislature would be able to serve three terms rather than two, under a proposed constitutional amendment up for debate.
Federal regulators will get another update on a Nebraska utility's plan to repair and restart a nuclear power plant that has been shut down since last spring.
A Nebraska city's attempt to fight illegal immigration appears likely to be more of an inconvenience for legal residents than a deterrent to illegal immigrants.
A judge has ordered a Nebraska woman to stand trial in a crash that killed her 4-year-old son near Lyons in Burt County.
The Lincoln Journal Star has hired Dave Bundy as the newspaper's editor.
A man accused of shooting a woman in Norfolk has made his first appearance in Madison County Court.
The road to Nebraska creating its own health insurance exchange is likely to be a long one.
Testimony is under way in the trial of a Jefferson County woman accused of beating her husband to death.
In early versions of a Feb. 20 story about a federal judge's ruling on a challenge to an illegal immigration law in Fremont, Neb., The Associated Press erroneously reported most of the law had been rejected by the court....
Three endangered whooping cranes have stopped at Jeffrey Island in the Platte River in central Nebraska.
Authorities say a child is in good condition after suffering injuries in a duplex fire in Kearney.
A Nebraska lawmaker who wants to increase the minimum school dropout age to 18 says his proposal seeks to protect the long-term interests of children who will likely earn less without a diploma.
Nebraska state troopers have seized more than 52 pounds of marijuana and arrested six people after four recent traffic stops.
Members of more than 20 organizations are rallying against a bill that would require Nebraska voters to show a government-issued photo ID before casting their ballots.
A state contractor that manages child welfare cases in eastern and southeast Nebraska is relinquishing its duties because of a financial dispute.
Police have arrested a Lincoln woman on suspicion of pocketing more than $4,000 while counting money for her employer, a local Target store.
An 18-year-old man is facing an arson charge for flipping over his family's couch and lighting it on fire in their home.
Authorities say an 87-year-old Grand Island man whose body was found lying in a ditch alongside a county road likely died of exposure.
The Nebraska auditor's office says the University of Nebraska broke state law by delaying release of data sought for an audit.
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission has scheduled Marsh Madness weekends for people who savor the idea of a getaway and would like to observe waterfowl migration along the Missouri River.
A 32-year-old man has been booked on murder and weapons charges in the slaying of an Omaha man.
Omaha police say a man faces additional charges, including first-degree murder, in an early-morning shooting in downtown Omaha that left one man dead and another injured.
Lincoln police say an attempt by two men to fool police by switching seats after an accident ended with both men being charged with drunken driving.
A federal judge has thrown out most of a Nebraska city's controversial ordinance that sought to ban hiring illegal immigrants or renting property to them.
Officials involved with the Nebraska Soybean and Feed Grains Profitability Project will give an update next month on its research.
A federal judge has thrown out most of Fremont's controversial ordinance that sought to ban hiring or renting to illegal immigrants.
The number of people who want to be mayor of Fremont is growing.
A couple inches of fresh snow covered much of western Nebraska Monday, and winds over 30 mph created blizzard conditions in places.
A Grand Island man accused of sexually assaulting a child has waived his preliminary hearing in Hall County Court.
A disease called pine wilt is killing evergreen trees in southeast Nebraska.
University of Nebraska Regent Chuck Hassebrook is likely to see less support in his bid for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate than former U.S. Sen. Bob Kerrey would have gotten.
Former Nebraska track star Rhonda Blanford-Green is the new executive director of the Nebraska School Activities Association.
A western Nebraska man has pleaded guilty to threatening his wife with a loaded gun during an argument about whether he should buy another gun.
A 28 year old Fairbury man faces several charges after police officers pulled him from inside a car where he was fighting with another man.
The number of Nebraska farms dropped again last year.
Organizers of Hastings' annual Kool-Aid Days festival are seeking contest entries for the festival's official T-shirt.
York voters will decide in May whether to let keno be played in their southeast Nebraska city.
An assistant coach of the Creighton University women's basketball team has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving.
The state Game and Parks Commission is reminding Nebraskans that part of their tax refund can go toward wildlife and habitat conservation.
The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services is studying the effectiveness of mental health and substance abuse services in Nebraska.
A legal action has been filed against the city of Grand Island because it's lacking a fire chief.
The Weeping Water school board decided to hire a superintendent with two drunken-driving convictions because of the strength of his professional record and some extenuating circumstances.
Omaha police officers shot and wounded one person Saturday night, and then found a dead person nearby a short time later.
The director of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Women's Center is teaching a class this semester on men.
The Nebraska Department of Education Nutrition Services is seeking sponsors to operate the Summer Food Service Program in Nebraska.
Four finalists will interview for the job of Nebraska Cooperative Extension Service director and cooperative extension division dean.
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission will be closing public access to portions of Burchard Wildlife Management Area to make repairs this year.
Gay rights advocates are preparing to fight a bill in the Nebraska Legislature that would prevent cities from enforcing local rules to protect gays and transgendered people from discrimination.
Authorities are investigating a western Nebraska fire that destroyed an outbuilding, including a vintage car and a variety of workshop tools.
Authorities in Wisconsin's southwest corner say a pilot from Nebraska made a rough landing near a highway and ended up in a ditch after his plane ran out of fuel. The 68-year-old has been treated for minor injuries.
One person was killed and five others were injured in a Nebraska highway crash near Lincoln.
A 34-year-old Scottsbluff man has been convicted of first-degree sexual assault on a child and three counts of felony child abuse.
A New York sociologist and author says the leap from adolescent boy to adult man is taking longer now than it did decades ago.
Lincoln police are investigating a double shooting and another gun-related incident that may be related.
Omaha police are investigating an early morning shooting that killed one person and left another hospitalized.
The moon, Jupiter and Mars will be the stars of the show later this month at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Behlen Observatory near Mead.
Twenty-eight members of the Nebraska LEAD Program have returned from a two-week trip to the United Kingdom.
Nearly 800 elementary, middle and high school students from across the state are expected to attend the Nebraska Robotics Expo in Ashland this year.
Nebraska lawmakers are set to begin work on the state's version of health insurance reform.
A new economic report suggests that Nebraska's economy will continue growing at a moderate pace in the next six months.
A University of Nebraska organization will be joining efforts to expand research and development of water management in the Middle East and North Africa.
The Nebraska Supreme Court has upheld removal of a man's parental rights over his son because he had twice abused the boy's half brother.
A pellet gun has been found in a Lincoln student's car.
A letter mailed 32 years ago in California has been delivered to the addressee in south-central Nebraska.
The Ogallala City Council has eliminated the paid full-time job of fire chief.
A 34-year-old eastern Nebraska woman has been resentenced for fraudulently trying to obtain prescription narcotics.
Authorities say the suspect in a Fremont shooting has died.
The latest three-month forecast from the National Weather Service says there's little chance of major spring flooding in Iowa.
Introductory economics courses at colleges and universities in Nebraska will soon be fully digital.
Bank of the West says 70 people who work at its consumer finance operation in Fargo are having their jobs shifted to Omaha, Neb.
Police have surrounded a mobile home in Stanton where authorities believe a suspect in a shooting in Norfolk is hiding.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska says it will challenge the state's decision to switch health benefit plans.
A monthly survey of bankers in 10 Midwest and Great Plains states shows the rural economy slowing down, but reflects strong gains in hiring and farmland prices.
An Omaha man accused of assaulting a disabled man in his care faces an abuse charge.
Nebraska would create a commission to study sex trafficking in the state and increase penalties for pandering, under a bill heard before the Judiciary Committee.
Top city officials in Nebraska are asking lawmakers for the authority to increase sales taxes with voter approval.
By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer A drug-testing expert says the marijuana bust at TCU this week is symbolic of a growing problem in college athletics.
University of Nebraska police are looking for a masked intruder spotted inside a sorority house in Lincoln.
Contractors at the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln will reinforce half the pile caps that provide support for the building to fix problems with reinforcing steel.
A bill designed to attract a billion-dollar data center to Nebraska has advanced in the Legislature, despite a failed attempt to lower the threshold for businesses to qualify.
A 24-year-old Lincoln man has been sentenced for an attack on his girlfriend and burglary.
The Marine Corps has released the identities of three Marines killed in a car crash near Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Nebraska authorities say a Maryland man has been arrested after marijuana was found in his vehicle.
Police and airline employees have prevented a pilot they suspected of being drunk from boarding a flight in Omaha.
U.S. Sen. Mike Johanns is not backing off on his fight against federal spending earmarks.
A former Scotts Bluff County sheriff's deputy has been found guilty of disturbing the peace.
A 34-year-old Beatrice man who tossed explosives into the Big Blue River while boating has pleaded no contest to reduced charges.
A 45-year-old Wymore man who served prison time for arson has pleaded no contest to charges that he set more fires in southeast Nebraska.
A 27-year-old man suspected of fatally shooting another man has been captured at an Omaha motel.
ACCESSNebraska, a portal to obtaining information about state services in Nebraska, has added a fourth customer service center.
Union Pacific's headquarters building in downtown Omaha is more efficient than 76 percent of similar U.S. office buildings.
Massage parlors, strip clubs and truck stops in Nebraska would have to post the number of a human trafficking hotline near their entrances, under a bill set for a legislative hearing.
An Omaha man charged in a deadly collision in Omaha last summer has been sentenced to prison.
The U.S Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a $4.7 million contract for levee repair work on the Missouri River south of Nebraska City.
Several Nebraska lawmakers say they should have the right to decide who gets grant money from the state environmental fund.
A Lincoln businessman accused of assaulting a customer with a Samurai-style sword has been given probation.
Two new Navy ships will be named for cities in Iowa and Nebraska.
The state of Nebraska is switching health care providers, in a move that will save an estimated $8 million a year.
A pilot program is getting under way to help returning veterans go into farming while also revitalizing rural communities.
A Nebraska prosecutor has asked members of the Nebraska congressional delegation for help in getting Brazil to extradite a murder suspect.
Fearing the costs of combatting bedbugs, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln fraternity is taking out insurance against an infestation.
One Omaha family will have more than hearts and flowers to celebrate on Valentine's Day.
A 25-year-old man has been charged with stabbing to death two people in western Nebraska.
Authorities say a fatal crash at a south-central Nebraska train crossing was an accident.
A Gage County livestock operation has reached a settlement with the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality.
A coalition of Indian tribes is welcoming a court ruling that tribes cannot be held in contempt for commercial ventures such as personal loans offered over the Internet.
Red Willow County commissioners have approved plans to build a 24-bed jail and law enforcement center next to the courthouse in McCook.
Police want to talk to a 34-year-old man about the shooting of a woman in a Norfolk home.
The Nebraska Attorney General's office would lose its oversight of a state environmental fund, under two proposals slated for a legislative hearing.
Nebraskans can get a glimpse of the future over the next two months through the drawings of the dreamers in our midst.
An Omaha senator says more farmer's markets and local food programs are needed to provide better food choices for low-income Nebraskans.
A group of 16 workers in the Omaha Roads Department has claimed a $1 million Powerball prize.
Norfolk police are searching for a suspect in a shooting that critically injured one person and forced the lock down of several schools.
A Virginia investment firm has been ordered to stop selling investment securities in Nebraska.
Former state Sen. Ernie Chambers has filed with the Nebraska Secretary of State's office to seek his old seat in the Legislature.
Omaha police say a man wanted in a deadly shooting may be wearing wigs to hide his identity.
The Gering City Council has accepted a settlement offer from the defunct Westward Airways in a lawsuit seeking to recover economic development funds.
A state lawmaker says Nebraska should use a bipartisan commission when it redraws congressional, legislative and other districts once every decade.
Authorities suspect a medical problem in the death of an Iowa man whose vehicle ran off an interstate ramp.
A collection of county officials, educators and advocates for children is opposing Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman's tax cut plan.
Sally Gordon, who'd retired last year as assistant sergeant-at-arms at the Nebraska State Capitol, has died.
A 17-year-old who was sought by police in several suburban cities has been found hiding with a pitchfork in the basement of an Omaha home.
An attorney for Nebraska death row inmate Michael Ryan has filed a motion seeking to have his death sentence commuted to life without parole.
Nebraska Supreme Court Judges and other judges in the state would get a 2 percent raise, under a bill advanced by the state Legislature.
A 32-year-old Lincoln man already serving 70 to 120 years for robbing a convenience store and raping a clerk has been found guilty of another rape.
Beatrice police officers and department employees have returned to their building after dangerous carbon monoxide was removed.
A 21-year-old York man faces a felony escape charge after leaving a treatment center without permission.
A trial has been scheduled in May for a 20-year-old North Platte man accused of killing a bicyclist in a hit-and-run accident.
A 57-year-old North Platte man who admitted growing six dozen marijuana plants has been given probation.
A 39-year-old North Platte man has been given one to three years in prison for selling steroids.
University of Nebraska Regent Chuck Hassebrook will announce his run for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Ben Nelson from his hometown of Lyon in northeastern Nebraska.
Officeholders in Nebraska who want to run for re-election or seek a new elected office this year have one day to file their intent with the Nebraska Secretary of State's office.
A plan to give low-income Nebraskans better access to healthy food is the focus of a bill coming before the state Agriculture Committee.
A state lawmaker wants to create a bipartisan commission for Nebraska's once-a-decade redistricting process, which he says will minimize political gerrymandering.
State regulators have scheduled a series of public meetings to gather input on MidAmerican Energy's plans to increase electric rates by 3 to 4 percent this year to cover rising costs.
A rural McCook man has been sentenced to 13 years in federal prison for robbing a southwest Nebraska credit union at gunpoint.
A 38-year-year old man convicted of sexual assault and incest in northeast Nebraska's Cedar County has been sentenced to prison.
A state lawmaker says his proposal to allow for stricter alcohol rules in certain parts of Nebraska would give local governments the tools they need to fight public drunkenness.
Wanda Suttle, the mother of Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle, has died in her home state of West Virginia.
Sentencing for a former Schuyler (SKY'-lur) Central High School teacher in a federal child pornography case has been delayed.
A drug prevention group that has served Omaha for over three decades is shutting down, citing funding problems.
Falling fuel demand, an ethanol oversupply and high corn costs could lead some Midwest biorefineries to cut back or idle production until profit margins improve.
A second teenager has been sentenced to sex offender treatment for his role in the sexual assault of a 5-year-old girl at an Omaha park.
A Nebraska state lawmaker who was considered a prospect for the U.S. Senate has ruled himself out, but says he is interested in running for governor.
Despite concerns about appearing to be looking out for their own interests, the Executive Board of the Nebraska Legislature has advanced a measure that could raise term limits from two terms to three terms.
A 24-year-old Norfolk man could win $10,000 by bagging groceries well at a national competition in Las Vegas.
Officials at the University of Nebraska at Kearney have confirmed a case of bedbugs in a residence hall.
Police say a group of scam artists may have been targeting Chadron State College students recently.
The Lincoln Children's Zoo is attempting to breed its ring-tailed lemurs, an endangered species found in the wilds of Madagascar.
A truck driver from New York City has been fined $100 for colliding with a school bus near Greenwood in eastern Nebraska.
A 24-year-old York man whose probation for drunken driving was revoked has been given a year in jail.
A 36-year-old woman has been given 180 days in jail for attempted theft in York County.
Nebraska winemakers will have a chance to learn from experts and meet with vendors at a trade show in Kearney next month.
The Oriental Trading Co. will be featured on an episode of CBS' "Undercover Boss" show in March.
Hemingford will soon have a new police chief, but he'll have to hire a new officer to help him patrol the western Nebraska town.
