Averi Bridges spent a year attending camps across the country, but her college decision took about 90 minutes.
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4-H ambassadors from Dodge and Saunders counties win grand ambassador honors at 4-H Expo on Friday, July 10, 2026.
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Ahead of its final year, Pink Bandanas welcomed 160 teams and over 2,000 people to the village of Prague for its Beat Breast Cancer mud volleyball tournament.
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Two homes were damaged Monday night after a house fire on Crown Point Avenue in Omaha.
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Nebraskans Rebecca Atanassova and Alissa Hansen teamed up to create their new children's book, "George the Mouse in a Log Pile House," inspired by photographer Simon Dell's work.
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Matt and Kathy Honke have completed a journey that has taken them to every state capitol before they turn 50. Their final stop was in Richmond, Virginia, on July 1.
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Lancaster and Saline counties, as well as 11 others, were declared disaster areas due to drought conditions, giving them access to emergency loan assistance through the USDA.
LEXINGTON — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested a Grand Island man after finding more than five pounds of suspected cocaine during a traffic stop on Interstate 80.
Crete Police Chief Gary Young, a 41-year department veteran, died Monday. Gov. Jim Pillen ordered flags lowered on the day of Young's interment to honor his decades of public service.
The Police Department said Wednesday the man was crossing Ames Avenue near the North 31st Street intersection shortly before 11 a.m. Tuesday when he was hit.
Thunderstorms are expected Thursday and Friday in Omaha as cooler weather returns to the area after the heat advisory.
After his final town hall of the year Tuesday, Republican Rep. Mike Flood said that while he doesn't always enjoy the way people behave at his town hall events, he "doesn't know of any other way to do it."
The traffic stop was made near mile marker 255 on I-80 near Elm Creek.
Nebraska athletics told men's basketball season ticket holders Monday that it will delay the Pinnacle Bank Arena reseat until after the Memorial Stadium renovations are complete.
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Minnesota coach P.J. Fleck got a chilly Big Ten Media Days room going with a series of one-liners, including his take on proper roster construction.
Nebraska athletics told men's basketball season ticket holders Monday that it will delay the Pinnacle Bank Arena reseat until after the Memorial Stadium renovations are complete.
Nebraska All-American Bergen Reilly on 2026: "We are playing in football and baseball stadiums, so it will be cool ... but but we know the ultimate goal.”
A breakout summer tournament in Omaha landed Hudson Hardesty a college baseball offer he couldn’t turn down and netted Nebraska a rising pitching prospect this week.
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NSAA has released classifications for the 2026 fall season, including boys tennis, cross country, girls golf, softball, and volleyball, with an opt-up deadline of July 30.
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Wayne State beach volleyball was named the 2026 AVCA Division II Beach Team Academic Champion with a 3.74 GPA and posted a 12-8 record for its fifth straight winning season.
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Wayne State College volleyball earned its 24th straight AVCA Team Academic Award with a 3.66 GPA in 2025-26 and posted a 27-5 record with an NSIC title.
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