Even though nearly two-thirds of families with small children plan on swimming in areas without lifeguards this summer, many people don’t know the right thing to do in water emergencies or how to keep their loved ones safe in the water, according to a new American Red Cross poll.
Recently voted one of the top ten places to live, Papillion is certainly proud of that title. Now there’s another title their trying to live up to, a city known for their “running.”
Eligible landowners are being urged to enroll cropland affected by the 2011 Missouri River flood into two federal land conservation programs to take advantage of flood habitat recovery funds.
A 20-year-old Hemingford woman has admitted helping hide the body of a Denver man in northwest Nebraska months before her boyfriend died in an armed standoff.
As lawmakers try to adjourn the legislative session, some wonder whether the best way to deal with a contentious health debate is to skip the matter for now and hold a special session later.
Nebraska lawmakers are forging ahead slowly this year with the state budget, a new school funding formula, and an overhaul of juvenile services, but some of the most contentious priorities will likely have to wait.
Omaha police said Saturday that Chief Todd Schmaderer will hold a news conference Monday afternoon to update the investigation into the murders of a Creighton University professor and his wife.
An Omaha gay-rights group is seeking the return of $1,800 donated to a Lincoln woman later convicted of lying about being attacked in her home by masked men who carved anti-gay slurs into her skin.
What better way to enjoy a Nebraska state park on a beautiful day than to get in free. Saturday was Free Fishing and Park Entry Day at all state parks.
It’ll be a disappointing summer for air show lovers since the Offutt Air Show was canceled because of the sequestration, but the Strategic Air and Space Museum in Ashland helped fill that void a little Saturday with Helicopter Day.
Officials are hoping for the return of 40 personalized bricks destined for a North Platte, Nebraska veterans' memorial that someone intercepted at the memorial group's office, then hauled off.
Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in Zephyrhills, Florida over the past few days and bought a winning Powerball ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million.