They give a lot to the country already, now active duty military personnel won't have to pay income tax in the state of Iowa.

The Iowa House has passed its version of a sweeping measure overhauling the state's property tax system.

Turns out, voters in Ralston were not cold to the idea of building a new ice arena in their city. They have overwhelmingly approved a $29-million bond issue to acquire land and build an arena and event facility.

Two Omaha Catholic Schools will be closed today because of the heat.

Leave early, and prepare for a crowd. It's good advice for anyone traveling downtown Tuesday night, as two major events collide.

A man is fighting for his life after falling three stories from an apartment balcony.

The American Heart Association is offering free CPR training this Saturday (May 14th) at Clarkson College. As many as 500 people can participate. For more information click here.

Millard elementary students living inside a one mile radius of school will need their walking shoes this fall. The school district is shrinking school bus routes for the 25 grade schools to save about $400,000 a year.

Making the punishment fit the offense. That's the aim of a proposed change in Omaha Public School's Code of Conduct. It would include more latitude in how punishment is handed out. This would mean looking at incidents involving students on a case-by-case basis.

Hit and run driver caught.

First responders from various agencies are scheduled to conduct a training exercise Wednesday on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's city campus.

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission has announced it will hold two hunting lotteries for Nebraskans this year: One for bighorn sheep and another "super tag" for a variety of species.

What's the price on a few pieces of scrap metal? One man nearly paid with his life after being shot while driving through a south Omaha neighborhood. It's the second shooting in two days in the same neighborhood.

The national unemployment stands at 9%. The Labor Department released the numbers for April Friday Morning. While the rate moved up, the economy added 244,000 private sector jobs.

Dozens of women are expected to help build a house from the ground up this weekend.

Firefighters spent more than thirty minutes fighting a building fire early this morning.

It is not in celebration of independence, rather commemorating a sort of David versus Goliath story. Cinco de Mayo, the 5th of May, commemorates the Mexican army's unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.

Night lovers hoping to see dozens of bats released at Joslyn Art Museum will have to wait a few more days.

A 23-year-old woman has been arrested, accused of failing to return more than $380 worth of materials from the library in Iowa City.

Police say a 14-year-old boy took an unloaded .45-caliber pistol to his North Platte school and threatened another student.

Billionaire Warren Buffett's short time as a Borsheims salesman last weekend helped boost sales at the Omaha jewelry store his Berkshire Hathaway company owns.

Gov. Dave Heineman has announcing the 2011 Nebraska Passport program, which promotes summer travel across the state.

A one year sentence for Weeping Water man for domestic violence. 28-year-old Trevor J. Bickford is now serving the sentence in the Nebraska Department of Corrections system.

A southwest Kansas school district has a new multipurpose building designed to resist the power of tornadoes.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded over $2.4 million to an Omaha organization for the homeless.