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.
- Nikos Frazier World-Herald Photo/Video Editor
Two homes were damaged Monday night after a house fire on Crown Point Avenue in Omaha.
- ANNA KLEIBER Lincoln Journal Star
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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Nebraska missed its tax forecast for a fifth straight month. July’s miss was tiny — $400,000 — but the state’s budget problem is anything but.
Grand Island Area Habitat for Humanity will celebrate the dedication of Home 123 at 5:30 p.m. Monday at 2018 Nelson Lane.
An Omaha police helicopter tracked a man to a neighborhood near 37th Street and Grand Avenue, where police say he was seen armed and entering a house.
Two Lincoln families have filed what’s believed to be a first-of-its-kind-in-the-nation lawsuit accusing the state’s K-12 education system of violating their free-speech rights by only funding their children’s schooling if they accept “the government’s educational viewpoint.”
Westbound lanes of Interstate 80 are closed Friday morning for a crash.
The 100th annual Greek Festival will be held Aug. 15 at the Prairie Winds Community Center in Bridgeport. Doors open at 3:30 p.m., and admission is free.
LifeStance Health reports ADHD treatment rates in Nebraska.
Weather permitting, work will begin Aug. 17 on Interstate 80 (I-80), from mile marker 0 to mile marker 10, according to the Nebraska Department of Transportation.
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