Nebraska News

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Central Nebraska's volunteers are working to send all the help they can to tornado relief efforts for the victims of the Oklahoma tornado.

Omaha's Ellie Lorenzen talked about her duties as Miss Nebraska and answered questions.

A prominent Nebraska abortion clinic is facing a new legal challenge from state officials who want to revoke the license of the clinic's only nurse because of allegations of questionable care.

A number of people called-in to report the tornado, which was spotted north of Broadwater just before 5 p.m. yesterday evening.

Rose Siefke pleaded guilty Friday to being an accessory to a felony in the death of 38-year-old Josh Bullock.

A crew from LifeTeam presented an overview of air transport and landing zone creation to a group of area agencies that provide mutual aid to one another.

Lawmakers have rejected an attempt to repeal a new Nebraska law that lets cities raise their local option sales tax rates, as long as they secure voter approval.

Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has used a line-item veto to strike $200,000 from the state budget that was approved for an Omaha golf tournament.

An Omaha gay-rights group is seeking the return of some $1,800 donated to a woman convicted of lying about being attacked by masked men who carved anti-gay slurs into her skin.

We take care of our bodies by trying to eat healthy, getting enough rest and working out, but are we doing the same for our brains? Researchers say there are still a lot of unknowns with the brain, but they do know that age, depression and illnesses cause cells to die and the brain to shrink.

Millard South High Principal Curtis Case has been selected to represent Nebraska as its High School Principal of the Year, and Christopher Stogdill, principal of Otte Middle School in Blair, has been named Middle School Distinguished Principal of the Year.

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission says the user-friendly website allows visitors to buy a fishing permit.

Considering how slowly he produces his feature films, a new movie from Spike Jonze is always a special occasion and it looks like we're going to get one this year as his enigmatic movie Her has now been given a limited release in New York, Los Angeles and Toronto on November 20 through Warner Bros.

OMAHA A Merry Occasion has been serving as a chapel for weddings for the last 24 years.

The Elm Creek Beacon-Observer's 21-year-old new owner has published the first edition of the weekly newspaper he bought in March.

Nebraska and Iowa motorists are paying some of the steepest gas prices in the nation, with Omaha breaking a local record at the pump.

But a Lincoln lawmaker says a bill pending in the Nebraska Legislature can still help the state combat sex trafficking, even without those provisions.

Done in by a paper trail, Rick Sheehy was on his way to becoming Nebraska's next governor.

Chemicals that are used in the newest generation of designer drugs would become illegal in Nebraska, under a measure advancing in the Legislature.