Sarpy County will host a disaster exercise on Saturday, April 2, 2011.

The former treasurer of the Chadron High School booster club has pleaded no contest to two counts of stealing from the club.

Employees have been evacuated from the General Motors Fairfax Assembly Plant in Kansas City, Kan., because of a report of an explosive device.

Stationed in Kandahar, Afghanistan for the past year Nebraska National Guardsmen received a hero’s welcome this evening.

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's student newspaper will continue receiving about $110,000 in funding from student fees next school year.

The Kansas State Board of Pharmacy has added four chemicals to a list of temporarily illegal drugs in Kansas.

A 59-year-old man faces three charges after his homemade cannon exploded and damaged a vehicle in Charles City, Iowa.

A bill advanced Thursday in the Nebraska Legislature will create a data base that allows doctors, pharmacists and others to track prescription drug purchases.

The number of people out of work in Nebraska declined a little bit in January to give the state the second lowest unemployment rate in the country.

A Council Bluffs woman was arrested Wednesday morning on suspicion of DUI and child endangerment after being involved in an accident in Cass County, Nebraska.

A plan by Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle to extend something like a wheel tax to non-residents of Omaha has been officially killed by the Nebraska Legislature.

The Cassgram reports the Plattsmouth Fire Department purchased equipment of a disbanded dive team. There are no immediate plans to start its own team though.

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's student newspaper may consider dropping its print edition or make other major changes if students refuse to approve $110,000 in funding for next school year.

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Behlen Observatory near Mead will be available to the public for free views of the heavens.

A judge has sentenced an inmate to five more years in prison for assaulting a Nebraska State Penitentiary caseworker in a locked cell in 2009.

When the report of "shots fired" came across police scanners schools in the area of 30th and Redick were immediately notified of the situation and locked down.

Due of the number of different situations police officers can find themselves in, it's vital that they keep their skills sharp. That training helps keep them and us safe. Bellevue police officers participated in some training Tuesday that may someday save lives.

Ilana Stanger-Ross, author of Sima’s Undergarments for Women, will be the featured speaker at this year’s Great Conversations luncheon at College of Saint Mary on Thursday, March 24.

College of Saint Mary invites area Catholics to join the CSM community for Ash Wednesday Mass, this Wednesday, March 9, in Our Lady of Mercy Chapel at 12:05 p.m.

EPA representatives and state officials will host a radon conference on March 9 in Columbia, Mo. Radon is a serious public health threat that leads to more than 21,000 deaths per year.

Probation for a race car driver who purposely crashed into another race car last June at the I-80 Speedway in Cass County.

A volunteer firefighter's stolen pickup has been recovered but the emergency light bar on top is missing. The pickup was found Monday evening in a Bellevue grocery parking lot.

A house suffers two fires in a 12 hour span, the second one destroys the home.

An Omaha man tells Channel 6 News he's been stalked by a former girlfriend for more than a year. He said it's ruining his life and he wants the harassment to stop.

There's been a recent rash of jewelry burglaries across Omaha and police believe all the cases are connected. It's how these thefts are happening and how little time the thieves spend in the act that has owners on edge.