Nebraska

The Omaha, Nebraska, server said he’s now able to pay for a semester of college.

Police Chief Todd Schmaderer said the man had “plenty of ammunition” and that evidence suggests he fired multiple rounds, but it wasn’t immediately known if he fired at anyone.

A 13-year-old girl led Nebraska state troopers on a high-speed chase, hitting speeds exceeding 100 mph, before authorities were able to stop the vehicle, Nebraska State Patrol said.

In most past bird flu outbreaks the virus largely died off during the summer, but this year’s version found a way to linger and started to make a resurgence this fall with more than 6 million birds killed in September.

Beef and pork packaging plants in six Midwestern states were targeted in the multimillion-dollar theft ring. Federal officials say they don’t know where the stolen meat ended up.

Eleven children ages 6 to 15 were on the bus, and all were taken to the hospital ‘with a wide range of injuries.’

Interim head football coach Mickey Joseph became the first Black head coach in any sport at the University of Nebraska.

Nebraska head coach Scott Frost was fired just three games into the 2022 season following a stunning loss to Georgia Southern.

Beer and other concessions were free at the Nebraska-Northwestern game in Ireland after credit card machines at Aviva Stadium went down.

Health officials say a child likely died from a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in the Elkhorn River in eastern Nebraska on Sunday.

Nebraska freshman Decoldest Crawford made use of the NCAA NIL policy by acting in a spot-on ad for a local heating and cooling company.

About 6,000 bees were recently removed from inside the walls of an Omaha couple’s 100-year-old home. Thomas and Marylu Gouttierre told the Omaha World-Herald they have been planting bee-friendly flowers outside theirhome, but they never expected the bees to move in. Gouttierre said he could hear buzzing when he put his ear to the wall after the couple discovered about...

Authorities say a large fire that raged through a Nebraska chemical plant was extinguished and nearby residents who were initially evacuated were allowed to return to their homes. Thick smoke billowed from the Nox-Crete facility just southwest of downtown Omaha that could be seen as far away Monday evening. Battalion Chief Scott Fitzpatrick said the first call for help came...

The deadly incident appeared to unfold as an “Americruise” event was taking place in the area

Roads, bridges and ex-President Donald Trump are on West Virginia and Nebraska voters’ minds as they choose candidates in primary elections for Congress. In West Virginia, incumbent congressmen who’ve taken dramatically different approaches in office are in competition after West Virginia lost a congressional seat after the 2020 census. Trump-backed Alex Mooney is a self-proclaimed “conservative fighter” who’s unwilling to...

From Florida to Colorado, major fires are burning in at least 13 states.

Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska says he will resign from office, effective March 31, after a California jury convicted him of lying to federal authorities about an illegal campaign donation from a foreign national.

A federal jury has convicted U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska of charges that he lied to federal authorities about an illegal $30,000 contribution to his campaign from a foreign billionaire at a 2016 Los Angeles fundraiser

Herbie Husker has long made the “OK” sign in its cartoon form, but a change is being made now that the symbol has been co-opted by some groups as a sign for “white power”

After their Paycheck Protection Program loan applications were rejected, some small business owners got creative to stay afloat during the Covid pandemic.