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The Legislature’s Urban Affairs Committee heard three hours of testimony on a police standards bill Friday afternoon, but the hearing ended abruptly when the chairman announced someone in the room had been exposed to COVID-19. Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

A motorist assist volunteer was struck and killed Thursday on the southbound Kennedy Freeway just north of the Sarpy County line. Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Sheriff Mark Overman has deactivated the Scotts Bluff County Sheriff’s Facebook page after an onslaught of threats and harassment after a deputy shot a dog last week. Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Rep. Jeff Fortenberry said: “Elections in Nebraska, either in person or by mail, are secure.” Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

State senators spent three hours Wednesday afternoon debating Lincoln Sen. Suzanne Geist’s “dismemberment abortion” bill to ban the second-trimester procedure that tears “a baby limb from limb.” Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Dennis Fangmeier, 69, and his wife, Renee, 62, died as a result of the two-vehicle crash. Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Sen. Ben Sasse on Wednesday criticized President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw nearly 12,000 U.S. troops from Germany, citing “the president’s lack of strategic understanding of this issue” and describing his action as “weak.” Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Come Saturday, 27 of the state’s 93 counties will be clear of most restrictions prompted by the coronavirus. Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Investigators said the man was driving drunk June 30, 2019, when he caused a two-vehicle crash. The driver of the second vehicle was severely injured and died 18 days later. Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Because of a decision made in Missouri, the Nebraska State Fair will not have a carnival this year. Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

A team of University of Nebraska-Lincoln and City of Lincoln researchers and technical experts is one of two finalists to lead a National Science Foundation research program studying novel ways to deliver broadband to rural communities. Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

The topic of the state budget had two sides Monday: senators who want the state to back off on spending and give property tax revenues back to Nebraskans and senators who want to help the state’s residents with the impacts… Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Two separate plane crashes — one fatal — were reported Saturday afternoon in Perkins and Chase counties. Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

The hardest part of making this simple, downright delicious campfire meal is making sure your fire is hot enough to keep the broth at a boil. Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

A tractor rollover near Yutan on Sunday afternoon claimed the life of a Wahoo man, according the Saunders County Sheriff’s Office. Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

The Legislature is back in town, and it’s looking a lot like the meeting at the O.K. Corral. Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

The companies said use of their products in executions would represent a serious misuse of life saving medicines. Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Lori Cox said she had concerns about some of the State Fair’s financial practices from the beginning. She became the fair’s executive director in January 2018. Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Deshawn Gleaton Jr. is facing a possible first-degree murder charge in the killing of Hailey Christiansen, 29, in Norfolk Friday morning. Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Senators voted a state claims bill to a second round of debate Friday that included lawsuits and tort claims filed against the Lincoln Regional Center, the Department of Correctional Services and a $63 million write-off for outstanding unemployment insurance taxes… Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Pete Ricketts said he has been tested three times for COVID-19, and just recently got his results back in 36 hours. Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Senators had nearly finished their load of work for the first week of the restarted session, but with three bills left on the day’s agenda, Speaker Jim Scheer called a timeout. Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service