An unusual crash early Friday morning in Omaha when a car collides with a vacuum.

The U.S. economy added 216,000 jobs in March and the unemployment rate moved down slightly to 8.8%. Analysts see the report as positive news but continue to express concern that the labor market in total is not expanding.

More changes are in store for UNO athletics. The latest: a newly revised and tweaked Maverick logo. The new look is just the first step in the new future of the University of Nebraska - Omaha.

Kawasaki says it will laying off 115 workers from its manufacturing plant in Lincoln for at least a month because of a parts error.

A man has come forward saying he was the person captured on surveillance video when a woman complained that someone was videotaping her in a changing room.

The FDA is investigating whether artificial colors in food increases hyperactivity in children. The panel will recommend either further study or better labeling on food items that contain a large amount of food dye.

Roads officials will close 180th Street south of Highway 370 beginning April, 4th. It is expected to reopen sometime in July, 2011.

A North Loup farm couple and its creditors have filed a federal lawsuit over unauthorized commodities trading that led to the 2009 failure of the Sherman County Bank.

College of Saint Mary (CSM) is proud to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its groundbreaking program, the Latina Summer Academy (LSA).

The head of the Douglas County 911 Center confirmed early Wednesday afternoon that all the county's warning sirens were set off earlier in the day, although the sounding was not planned.

Thousands of Nebraskans statewide will lace up their walking shoes, get up from behind their desks and take a 30-minute walk as part of National Walk @ Lunch Day on Wednesday, April 27.

It is perhaps the most hallowed ground any golfer could ever play. But that is the problem; Augusta National, home of the storied green jacket is almost impossible to get on.

Bellevue police have released surveillance photos of a suspected copper thief. The unidentified man is seen on surveillance video. He is driving a white pickup truck. In the bed of the pickup lies the potential evidence.

Emergency crews late Tuesday morning were called to the scene of a hazardous chemical leak at 24th and Oak in Omaha.

As part of its initiative to promote health and wellness on campus, College of Saint Mary (CSM) will host a Health Fair this Thursday, March 31, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The College of Saint Mary student group DUO (Do Unto Others) is sponsoring a 5K walk/run to raise money for Mercy Beyond Borders – a ministry of the Sisters of Mercy that provides resources in Southern Sudan.

On Thursday, April 7, the the College of Saint Mary Concert Series will present “Flute and Friends” featuring Dr. Christine Beard, in Gross Conference Center.

A student, required to register as a sex offender, will be allowed to enroll in school.

Nebraska lawmakers have advanced a bill that would grant people with past mental health problems the chance to reclaim gun ownership rights.

18 year old agrees to restitution. Nine of 11 criminal charges were dismissed against Jeffrey Ivey of Omaha; he pled guilty to one felony and one misdemeanor.

The Red Cross is help two families displaced by a late night fire.

Construction will start next week on a $3.1 million bike trail extension that neighbors predict will provide a wild ride. A quarter of a mile section of the project will be on a hill that has an average 11 percent slope.

An extremely violent case of domestic assault lands an Omaha man in jail charged with six felonies. Thirty-one-year-old Joshua French is charged with strangling a former girlfriend and firing a gun several times inside the house.

Gov. Terry Branstad is urging local school officials, who are planning for next year, to assume the Legislature will eventually approve his education funding plan.

A man is accused of deliberately crashing his car into a tree, breaking his ex-girlfriend's neck in the process.