Two down, two to go. The city has already hosted two "fire hydrant parties."
- RANDY SPEER Regional Sports Editor
Tackling machines, ball hawks and run stoppers encompass some of the top returning defensive talent in the area.
Wednesday was the first day of school for Lincoln Public Schools students in kindergarten and sixth and ninth grades. See photos here.
- CHRIS DUNKER Lincoln Journal Star
In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Omaha, Larissa Schultz alleged Nebraska Democratic Party leaders retaliated against her after she reported the sexual harassment.
- BRENT C. WAGNER Lincoln Journal Star
Averi Bridges spent a year attending camps across the country, but her college decision took about 90 minutes.
- David Golbitz Fremont Tribune
4-H ambassadors from Dodge and Saunders counties win grand ambassador honors at 4-H Expo on Friday, July 10, 2026.
- SUSIE BOVAIRD Lincoln Journal Star
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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Email records from the Omaha Police Department show OPS and other districts were first notified in 2023 about the potential use of shock gloves by school resource officers.
Steve Schieber will continue to lead St. Francis as well as CHI Health Good Samaritan. At Good Sam, he succeeds Curt Coleman, who departed earlier this year.
The city is able to launch a climate project microgrant program thanks to a $50,000 grant from former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's philanthropic organization.
The driver of a semi, 46-year-old Josh Wakefield of North Platte, was transported to Grand Island Regional Hospital to be evaluated for potential injuries.
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. toured the National Biocontainment Unit on the University of Nebraska Medical Center campus in Omaha on Thursday.
“This is an area where the individual has to make a choice to start learning and developing their skillset. Once they do, sky’s the limit,” an Olsson leader said.
A 55-year-old bicyclist remains in critical condition following a Wednesday night collision with a car in south Lincoln, police say.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at the Davis Global Center in Omaha
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at the Davis Global Center in Omaha along side Gov. Jim Pillen and University of Nebraska President Jeffrey Gold
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Historical marker describes Coffee Siding near Harrison, Nebraska, a key late-1800s railroad shipping point for pioneer ranchers that has largely disappeared.
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Nebraska doctoral student Brhanu Fentaw is using a Fast Grant to develop AI models that forecast emerging insect-borne viruses before they spill over into humans.
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Amber Charlotte Ward of Bellevue, Nebraska, was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force and earned a Bachelor of Arts in global studies on Aug. 15.
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Long gone are the days where impulse buying meant grabbing an unplanned candy bar or magazine in the checkout line. Now, social media makes it quick and easy for us to purchase just about anything with the click of a button, whether or not it’s in the budget. And for some Americans, it’s hurting them...
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Holiday shopping season is upon us, and the pressure is on, or at least it feels that way for some parents. A new NerdWallet survey, conducted by The Harris Poll, finds that 48% of parents with children under 18 feel pressure to spend more money on holiday gifts than they’re comfortable spending.According to NerdWallet’s annual...