It's a parent's worst nightmare: Your child is playing in the front yard and gone in an instant. Now, local law enforcement agencies are looking to empower both kids and their parents against it.

Omaha Police responded to a 911 call of a man down on Monday night just before 10 p.m. It began as a shooting call, but investigators now aren't sure if that's the case.

Burglars made a bold move in southeast Nebraska, targeting a small-town police department.

The Omaha Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics will be held in downtown Omaha on Wednesday.

Lawmakers gave first round approval to a bill that would restrict key ingredients in the making of synthetic drugs.

Warmer weather brings with it changing risks for child poisonings.

Looking for a job right out of college? No problem. Just buy yourself a company. Twenty-one-year-old Michael Happ, a recent Creighton graduate, has purchased The Elm Creek Beacon Observer weekly newspaper.

An Arizona man has been convicted of five felony counts for exchanging sexually explicit text messages with a 14-year-old Fremont girl.

Omaha Police say a pregnant woman involved in a two-car crash has suffered a miscarriage.

House lawmakers are scheduled to debate a number of one-time spending items including a substantial state contribution toward law enforcement pensions.

A Hastings man has been given more than five years in prison for helping to distribute methamphetamine.

The Nebraska State Board of Health is recruiting members to serve on five of its professional boards.

The Nebraska State Board of Health is recruiting members to serve on five of its professional boards.

Nebraska officials are using a new website to encourage more people to fish in the state.

The loss of life and stunning devastation in Oklahoma City suburbs after a monster tornado ripped through the area are heart-wrenching. But within hours, relief organizations were getting out the message on how to help.

The transition begins in the mayor's office. Mayor Jim Suttle gave Mayor-elect Jean Stothert a tour on Monday afternoon.

An Omaha woman is taking on the fight of pancreatic cancer after she lost her father to it.

Summer is just around the corner and it is the time of year when the Nebraska Humane Society sees dog bite numbers peak. Last year NHS responded to nearly 600 dog bites.

Heavy rain forced the Council Bluffs Iowa police to call out the hazardous materials team today.

It’s a 24 hour challenge to give to charity and it’s happening this Wednesday.

Billionaire Warren Buffett isn't just Berkshire Hathaway's chairman and CEO. He's also the chief salesman.

Parents are pleading with the Omaha Public School Board to reconsider a decision to move eight principals to different elementary schools.

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.

Casualty numbers are rising after a devastating tornado struck the town of Moore, Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Medical Examiner's Office says 51 people are dead and 20 of them are children. That death toll is expected to rise by as many as 40 people.

A 12-year-old boy is lucky to be alive after getting hit by a car in Treynor, Iowa.