A man who spent nearly 14 years in a Nebraska prison for a murder he did not commit is on pace to receive $500,000 from the state.

Nebraska lawmakers have advanced a new, $7.8 billion state budget for the next two fiscal years.

Lawmakers have pulled funding to buy an airplane from the University of Nebraska Foundation, choosing instead to study whether better options are available.

The Nebraska Supreme Court has ordered a new drug trial for a Grand Island man, saying prosecutors failed to prove the accuracy of a state lab scale.

A 48-year-old woman has been held in contempt for refusing to testify against her husband, who's accused of killing their 2-year-old grandson.

Two names for district judge.

Nebraska inmate Christopher Payne filed a lawsuit against the State Department of Correctional Services, after officials in Tecumseh confiscated 11 pencil drawings that depict nudity and sex acts.

Iowa’s peak boating season begins Memorial Day weekend and with it comes a reminder for boat owners to make sure they have a current boat registration. And Iowa has a .08 alcohol limit for boat operators that became law on July 1, 2011.

A 26-year-old Vermont man caught hauling more than 100 pounds of marijuana has been given Nebraska prison time.

An Onawa mother will learn next week whether she's been convicted of murdering her 15-month-old son.

Authorities say a man born in Kuwait has been convicted of marriage fraud in Nebraska.

The Omaha-based Better Business Bureau is warning people about suspicious phone calls regarding medical alert devices.

The first cry for help came in April 2013. A woman filed charges against her employer Dr. Nosrat Massih, 83.

On her second day on the job, Omaha police officer Leighanne Loges saved a life.

The Hope Center is getting spruced up for spring.

Omaha has had its share of murders lately, but several groups are asking for the violence to stop.

Martini Nail Salon and Spa is closed after fire ripped through the building Thursday morning.

Five months ago Tuesday the Sac Federal Credit Union branch in Plattsmouth was robbed at gunpoint by two people as a clerk reported for work before 7am.

Annexation sails through Plattsmouth City Council on first reading. Two more readings remain before the property where Woodhouse Ford South wants to relocate to can become part of the city limits.

Lawn & garden expert MaryAnna Anderson joined us on the Channel 6 News Midday Thursday to answer some viewer questions.

Two young drivers collided head-on in southeastern Nebraska Wednesday evening. Crash investigators say one of them was traveling too fast on a curve and ended up in the oncoming lane.

La Vista Daze 2013, scheduled for May 23-26, will celebrate the kick-off to summer with the theme “Rev Up Summer”.

As part of our citywide Shred Day at Channel Six, we're taking a look at one way to stop getting those items that we constantly have to feed into our shredders to avoid an identity thief getting their hands on.

Village Pointe Shopping Center will kick off its tenth season of “The Vibes at Village Pointe” summer concert series beginning on Saturday, May 25 and running through August 31.

A 27-year-old Nebraska woman has been given five years of probation following her conviction for having sex with her 15-year-old stepson.