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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Members of the community and Omaha Public Schools board members expressed outrage Monday night that school resource officers have been issued the same shock glove devices ICE plans to purchase.
A Douglas County District Court judge sentenced Elizabeth O’Connor to one year in prison but noted she will serve half that time due to Nebraska’s good time law.
After a blowout win in the semifinals, Carpet Land will try to become Nebraska’s first American Legion World Series champion since 1939.
OMAHA — A former University of Nebraska regent will spend at least the next six months in jail for driving under the influence and causing serious bodily injury during a May 2025 crash. Douglas County District Judge Jeffrey Lux on Monday sentenced Elizabeth O’Connor of Omaha to one year behind bars. Under Nebraska’s “good time” law, […]
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One month after Tikey Hayes joined Nebraska, the running back and football team are parting ways, a source told The World-Herald on Monday.
Tom Shatel likes Nebraska's "bold" and "controversial" new alternate uniforms, but he has an idea for the next Husker alternate helmet.
Former Husker hitter Allie Sczech traded a Nebraska volleyball uniform for a headset and a gig as color analyst Sunday while blue-chip recruits took in NU's scrimmage at PBA.
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