Lincoln News

To begin the night, newcomer Outasight performed a set that got the crowd to its feet.

The Lincoln Children's Zoo is attempting a feat no one else in the country will do this year.

What happened to that special season? It unraveled before our eyes on Saturday. Before the largest home crowd in school history and a national cable audience, Creighton laid a giant bluejay egg.

Nebraska has been on a mission since 1981 to establish free-ranging bighorn sheep in the Pine Ridge and Wildcat Hills for viewing, photography and hunting.

As on so many other U.S. campuses, and following on the heels of a bedbug infestation at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, the tiny, mattress loving pests have now made it to the University of Nebraska at Kearney campus -- or at least to one dorm room there.

The city of Lincoln is considering a measure to give those who don't pay their parking tickets "the boot." The boots are orange wheel clamps that are attached to a vehicle's wheel to prevent it from being driven.

The cold weather did not impede Powerball players. They made it out to play for a jackpot that, in just hours started at 310 million, and jumped to 325 million.

Native Americans of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation near Whiteclay, Nebraska, have filed a $500-million lawsuit against beer manufacturers for the devastation that alcohol has wreaked on their community for decades.

The duo Karmin, made up of Seward, Neb., native Amy Heidemann and fiance Nick Noonan, will perform on "Saturday Night Live" tonight.

As temperatures swing from spring-like, to the coldest we've seen so far this year, some folks are being forced to change the way they get around town.

LINCOLN, Neb. - Lincoln Police have arrested a man they believe crushed the head of a woman's dog, killing it.

Mayor Jim Suttle signaled Thursday that combating gangs and gun violence will be a top priority for his administration in the coming year.

The public is invited to an open house on three downtown projects from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, February 15 at the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce, 1135 "M" Street.

"Unfortunately year in and year out, what comes through this facility in Lincoln, about half gets euthanize," Bob Downey with the Capital Humane Society said.

A brutal rape trial continues at the Lancaster County courthouse. In April of 2009 a Lincoln woman was attacked with her then 3-year-old son in her apartment.

LINCOLN, Neb. &#8212 Nebraska lawmakers would get a $10,500 annual raise starting in 2013 &#8212 nearly half of the amount originally proposed &#8212 under a measure advanced by the Executive Board on Thursday.

LINCOLN, Neb. -- An American Indian tribe says it will sue some of the world's largest beer makers for knowingly contributing to alcohol-related problems on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

Mayor Chris Beutler announced Thursday that the City of Lincoln will place a grid of communication fiber conduits in downtown Lincoln.

According to Captain Jason Stille, about 11:00 p.m. Tuesday, the 53-year-old suspect, Michael Darby told the pet's owner that something had happened to her dog.

Fire Chief John Huff today announced the selection of Battalion Chief Patrick Borer as Assistant Chief of Lincoln Fire and Rescue .