Fans of the Missouri River can learn about its importance to the Great Plains at an upcoming lecture in Lincoln.

A South Dakota academic has been named as the newest president of Western Nebraska Community College in Scottsbluff.

A judge says the trial of a teenager accused of stabbing his former girlfriend and then himself at an Omaha, Nebraska, high school will be moved to juvenile court.

Nebraska state government once again collected more tax revenue than expected last month.

A federal agency says pilot failure caused a small plane to crash at a western Omaha airport, fatally injuring the pilot and his wife.

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The Nebraska Transportation Department is reporting progress in restoring traffic on floodwater-covered highways in the state’s Sandhills region.

A driver whose pickup truck fatally struck a man in Gering has been sentenced to a year in jail.

The Nebraska State Patrol reports seizing nearly 135 pounds (61.24 kilograms) of marijuana in two separate traffic stops on Interstate 80 in Nebraska.

Eight months after flooding began along the lower Missouri River, the amount of water being released from dams upriver will start to be reduced later this month.

A southeast Nebraska city council has upheld the firings of two employees accused of wasting money by paying too much for supplies.

The Nebraska Transportation Department is offering to produce and emplace roadside memorials as a way to keep state highways free of roadside safety hazards.

A former Lincoln day care worker accused of sexually assaulting children has pleaded not guilty to seven federal counts.

A Hastings man has been given three years in prison for causing brain damage to his infant son.

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts says it’s “imperative” that he and lawmakers come up with a way to lower property taxes that can win approval in the upcoming legislative session.

An ex-con found guilty in September of first-degree murder for killing an Omaha woman he had just met has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.

Police say two teens accused of shooting at Omaha officers during a chase have been arrested.

A Hastings man initially charged with murder has pleaded guilty to attempted robbery and being an accessory to a felony.

A Stanton man has been given jail time and probation for the crash death of another driver in northeast Nebraska.

Police say two people whose bodies were found in a Grand Island motel room died of methamphetamine overdoses.

Omaha’s mayor is considering appealing an arbitrator’s reinstatement of the president of the Omaha firefighters union whom the city fired following an investigation into whether he assaulted a woman at a bar.

A former inmate has lost the lawsuit he filed after the 2015 riot at the Tecumseh prison that left two prisoners dead.

More federal charges have been filed against a former Lincoln day care worker accused of sexually assaulting children.

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln planning construction of a reflection area for its Veterans' Tribute project.

Authorities say a Kansas man died after a car he was in crashed off a rural road in southeast Nebraska.

A trial has been scheduled for a midwife who tried unsuccessfully to deliver a child at an Omaha home.

Authorities have found the body of a missing woman in a western Nebraska ravine, next to her vehicle.

Authorities say a man burned in a fire at a northwest Iowa hog confinement has died.

Authorities say a man died after his vehicle ran off a Kearney County road and flipped.

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts is leading a trade mission to Germany to promote Nebraska agricultural products and reinforce the state's connections with German companies.

The Keystone pipeline has been restarted nearly two weeks after it leaked an estimated 383,000 gallons (1.4 million liters) of oil in North Dakota.

The Nebraska State Board of Education has approved new social studies standards aimed at encouraging students to look at history from multiple perspectives, including those of religious, racial and ethnic groups, women,...

Authorities say a South Dakota man died after collision on Interstate 80 in south-central Nebraska.

Former President Jimmy Carter can still draw a crowd, and he does each time he teaches Sunday school in his hometown of Plains, Georgia.

Snow and bitter cold is expected across much of Nebraska and Iowa at the start of the work week.

Nebraska's rural areas are struggling with a shortage of high-speed internet, and consumers who live there are likely paying more for service than their urban counterparts.

Two free forums have been scheduled to hear from people with disabilities, their families and their caregivers about their experiences with emergencies or disaster situations.

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission plans to sample deer carcasses for chronic wasting disease during the coming firearm season, Nov. 16-24.

Two U.S. Air Force airmen helped a family as their house burned in western Nebraska.

The Nebraska Supreme Court has upheld the convictions and the up to 200-year prison sentence for an Omaha serial rapist.

Nebraska wildlife officials are urging owners of small pets - even those in cities - to be vigilant in protecting them from coyotes.

Police say about 75 headstones have been toppled and more than $50,000 in damage caused at a Jewish cemetery in Omaha.

Nebraska conservation officers are searching for a man who fell out of a boat on a central Nebraska lake.

Authorities say a 30-year-old Minnesota man was arrested after Nebraska state troopers found hundreds of packages of THC products in his car.

A Lincoln woman who'd settled allegations that she'd cheated customers of her clothing businesses has been given jail time and probation on tax charges.

Lancaster County commissioners won't approve construction of a 380,000-chicken farm that would have supplied birds to the Fremont processing plant for Costco.

A woman accused of being an accessory to the 2017 slaying of a Hastings man has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge.

Native American football is enjoying a rebirth in South Dakota thanks to a new league formed by smaller schools this fall.

A northeast Kansas man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of his 4-year-old granddaughter.

Authorities say two students on a Lincoln school bus and five people in a car were sent to a hospital after a collision.

Officials have announced plans to build a flexible music venue in downtown Omaha.

Bass Pro Shops says nearly 120 jobs at its Cabela's operation in Sidney will be relocated to Bass Pro Shops' headquarters in Springfield, Missouri.

Nebraska officials plan to cut staff at one state-run home for juvenile offenders while adding to its workforce at two other facilities.

Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium has announced the names of its newest additions, two snow leopard cubs.

Authorities say an 86-year-old driver died at a South Dakota hospital after a collision in northeast Nebraska.

Police say officers arrested an Illinois man after finding marijuana hidden in his minivan along Interstate 80 in Nebraska.

Federal regulators have ordered the Keystone pipeline to remain shut down until its Canadian owner takes corrective action aimed at determining the cause of a breach that leaked an estimated 383,000 gallons (1.4 million...

Speakers at a public hearing have criticized a proposal that could lead to the firing of elected officials in an Omaha suburb for leaking information from closed meetings.

A Scottsbluff man accused of having sex with a 12-year-old and then blackmailing her into performing for pornographic videos has taken a plea deal.

An Iowa woman charged in the hit-and-run fatal crash that killed a pedestrian in northeastern Nebraska is set to stand trial in the case.

U.S Sen. Lindsey Graham is set to speak at a Nebraska Republican Party weekend fundraiser.

The Nebraska Army National Guard has established a new infantry battalion - an outfit that a general says could help recruitment.

An Omaha man has been imprisoned for the crash deaths of a woman and her 15-year-old stepdaughter in southeast Nebraska's Otoe County.

Authorities say a driver died after his pickup truck crashed on the west side of North Platte.

Police say a woman died after being struck by a car in Norfolk.

Authorities say a woman died at a hospital after her minivan rammed the rear of a trailer in Dawson County.