A new study says state and local taxes in Iowa rank below the national average.

Omaha Police have arrested an Omaha man and charged him in connection with a violent robbery that occurred last December.

Officials with the Nebraska State Treasurer's office say they returned more than $135,000 in unclaimed property to the rightful owners last week.

Mid City Bank in Omaha is working to raise additional capital to comply with FDIC rules after recording a $24.6 million loss in 2010.

An Iowa company is buying the Lincoln branch of a charter bus company.

A man injured in a crash near Weeping Water a month ago dies in the hospital.

A 21-year-old Omaha man was charged with his third offense of driving under the influence early Thursday morning.

A bill that would allow Nebraska cities to raise sales tax rates as high as 2 percent with voter approval has advanced for debate before the full Legislature.

The contractor is expecting it will take about 35 days to put a new roof on the new - and as-yet unoccupied - Lincoln County jail.

A prosecutor is defending his decision to make a federal case against a former technical college official arrested trying to meet an investigator posing as a 14-year-old girl.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will soon be conducting the 12th National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation.

Nebraska Students Take Up Cancer Fight Through Relay For Life Events.

Plattsmouth gets engineer's report on the infrastructure development for the southwest area that includes Four Mile Industrial Park and takes action to study the next development steps.

A section of street caved in just after a dump truck loaded with dirt passed over it Tuesday afternoon. The back wheels of the truck briefly sank but the driver was able to pull ahead and out of danger at 174th & Valley in southwest Omaha.

A grass fire in Bellevue gets a boost from the wind and quickly threatens a small neighborhood. But the quick response of the Bellevue Fire Department turned a catastrophe into a close call for one a Heartland man.

A different type of smash and grab burglary is caught on tape and Omaha Police are asking for our help in identifying the suspects. Eight vehicles had broken windows and the contents stolen. The crime happened in a secured garage on a busy stretch of road.

The CSM student group DUO (Do Unto Others) is hosting a benefit concert in support of TOMS Shoes and their “One for One” program that provides shoes for children in need around the world.

On Wednesday, March 16, Dr. Marty Wheeler Burnett, Director of Fine Arts, and Mandy Rauch, music instructor, will present a faculty recital titled, “Lenten Music for Voice and Organ.”

College of Saint Mary is pleased to announce it has received three Educational Advertising Awards from the Higher Education Marketing Report.

Several Saunders County cattlemen said their request to lease government land shouldn’t be put out to pasture.

Authorities have arrested a 17-year-old Omahan in connection with a deadly shooting. The suspect is identified as Jonathan Levi Armendariz.

When police stopped a man for possible drunk driving over the weekend, they got a real surprise when they searched his car.

The partial meltdown of those nuclear reactors in Japan is having an impact felt all the way in Iowa.

A convicted felon, missing since last February when he failed to return from a work release program, has been captured.

Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman has announced that the first of five facilities within the Beatrice State Developmental Center is now certified to receive federal funding.