19-year-old dies after being hit by pickup near Springfield

Two 18-year-old men and the 19-year-old were in a Ford pickup on Main Street, east of 132nd Street, near Springfield when the 19-year-old exited the vehicle and was struck by the pickup. Go to Source Author: Lincoln Journal Star Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson won’t seek reelection in 2022

Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson, a Republican, was first elected in 2014 and ran uncontested in 2018. During his tenure, he notably opposed several policies that were put into place by the Obama administration. Go to Source Author: Lincoln Journal Star Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Why they came: Homesteader myth, reality shape modern Nebraska

The homesteaders had it rough, Nebraska historians say, and their experience leads us to one question they must have asked themselves a thousand times: What am I doing here? Go to Source Author: Matthew Hansen Flatwater Free Press Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

House in south Lincoln damaged by gunshots overnight

Police were called to the home just before midnight Friday after neighbors of the residence heard about six gunshots. Go to Source Author: Lincoln Journal Star Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

New wildlife rehab center in Omaha will offer some of the best care in the country

Ten years in the making, the Baldwin Wildlife Center and Hubbard Family Wildlife Hospital will offer a place for people in the state to take injured and orphaned animals. Go to Source Author: Marjie Ducey Omaha World-Herald Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Nebraska Supreme Court rules that man was married twice, upholds bigamy conviction

A Lincoln man argued his 2015 marriage was invalid, therefore he didn’t violate state law when he married a different woman in 2018. The Nebraska Supreme Court upheld his 30-day jail sentence. Go to Source Author: Paul Hammel Omaha World-Herald Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

State Patrol: Man killed in crash in Nebraska Panhandle

The crash happened Thursday morning on Nebraska 2 near Ellsworth, killing Grant Mann, 40, of Alliance. Go to Source Author: Associated Press Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Autopsy finds Omaha South football player’s death caused by heat, heart ailments

Autopsy results for the Omaha South football player who collapsed during an August practice found the primary cause of his death was hyperthermia. Go to Source Author: Kevin Cole Omaha World-Herald Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Lincoln reports three more COVID-19 deaths

The deaths were a woman in her 30s and woman in her 60s who were both hospitalized and unvaccinated, and a woman in her 60s who was hospitalized and vaccinated. Go to Source Author: Lincoln Journal Star Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Scottsbluff liquor store owner, wife accused of $100K in tax evasion

After a State Patrol investigation, Kuldip Cheema and his wife Carol Cheema have been charged with underreporting sales and income to evade paying more than $100,000 in taxes. Go to Source Author: MAUNETTE LOEKS Scottsbluff Star-Herald Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

As Pearl Harbor ID project ends, some families of ill-fated USS Arizona also seek closure

Randy Stratton, the son of a Nebraska-born sailor who barely survived the Arizona attack, has started a lobbying effort to disinter and identify the remains at the Punchbowl. Go to Source Author: Steve Liewer Omaha World-Herald Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Nebraska to spend nearly $15 million on state highways over next 20 years

It remains unclear how federal infrastructure money will factor into the state’s plans to spend nearly $15 million maintaining and improving Nebraska’s highway system over the next 20 years. Go to Source Author: SARA GENTZLER Omaha World-Herald Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Watch Now: Rare crash test involving a tractor-tanker affirms UNL-designed roadside barrier

Over the next year, the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility’s new barrier design — which got a high-speed test near the Lincoln Airport on Wednesday — could begin being installed throughout the country. Go to Source Author: CHRIS DUNKER Lincoln Journal Star Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Merrick County students’ skills put to test in Gingerbread Engineering Challenge

The challenge was to build a 4.7-ounce gingerbread house with one window and one door. Go to Source Author: JESSICA VOTIPKA Grand Island Independent Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Lincoln records four more COVID-19 deaths

The deaths include a man in his 60s and two men in their 80s who were hospitalized, and a woman in her 90s who was living in a long-term care facility. All were vaccinated. Go to Source Author: Lincoln Journal Star Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

UNL names finalists for executive vice chancellor position

William G. Thomas III, Katherine Ankerson and Mike Boehm will interview for UNL’s chief academic officer position and hold public forums in the Nebraska Union next week. Go to Source Author: CHRIS DUNKER Lincoln Journal Star Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

$175,000 to help Audubon enhance butterfly habitat in eastern Nebraska

“Over 20 years of data has shown us that the monarch butterfly population is declining drastically,” said Kristal Stoner, executive director for Audubon Nebraska. Go to Source Author: Marjie Ducey Omaha World-Herald Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Nebraska Extension names new dean, director

Charles Stoltenow will start as dean and director of UNL’s outreach mission, which extends into all 93 counties of the Cornhusker state, beginning Jan. 1. Go to Source Author: CHRIS DUNKER Lincoln Journal Star Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Tyson rewards frontline workers with over $50M in year-end bonuses

The one-time bonuses for about 83,000 eligible employees will range from $300 to $700, based on tenure, and will be distributed starting this month. Go to Source Author: DAVE DREESZEN Sioux City (Iowa) Journal Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Omaha man killed after home invasion reported in Bellevue

A 43-year-old man died after he was shot during an alleged home invasion in Bellevue early Saturday. Go to Source Author: Associated Press Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Two Nebraska towns have approved local abortion bans. Does it matter?

Two Nebraska communities of fewer than 1,000 people have passed abortion prohibitions, while two more have taken initial votes on similar measures. But experts question the constitutionality of the bans. Go to Source Author: Sara Gentzler World-Herald Staff Writer Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

Housing by the numbers: 13 charts that show the state of the housing market in Lincoln

How have home sales changed over time? Which ZIP codes are the hotspots for buyers and sellers? Find out with these charts and maps, updated weekly. Go to Source Author: Lee Digital Content Center, Reconnecting Labs Top Featured Tags: – Nebraska News Press Release Distribution Service

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