Posted: 1:28 PM A judge has appointed a new attorney to represent a Lincoln man convicted in the 2009 death of his boyfriend.

Updated: 9:38 PM The hockey team from UNO skated in just the school's second NCAA Tournament game Friday evening. The Mavs impressive season was rewarded with a game against the Michigan Wolverines.

Posted: 1:37 PM A former Northwest High School choir teacher plans to fight a state law that prohibits sex with adult students.

Posted: 1:32 PM Iowa State University President Gregory Geoffroy says he'll step down as president by 2012 after nearly a decade at the school.

Posted: 1:30 PM The doors at the Kansas Governor's Mansion will be open to the public again in two weeks.

Posted: 9:48 PM Omaha Police continue to investigate an early evening shooting that sent a Heartland woman to the hospital in critical condition.

Updated: 2:19 PM A Wichita man is denying allegations that he used his infant daughter and sister as a shield during a five-hour standoff at a Hutchinson motel.

Posted: 1:42 PM A group that advocates for criminal justice reform is urging states to remove disparities between how people are sentenced for crack and powder cocaine possession.

Updated: 2:20 PM The Burt/Washington County Chapter of Ducks Unlimited was recently named one of DU’s Top 100 Chapters. The Top 100 Chapters are among Ducks Unlimited’s most successful chapters throughout the nation.

Updated: 1:30 PM One year after the new health care law, the Affordable Care Act, went into effect, key provisions are improving the health care system for those with cancer or who are at risk for developing the disease.

Updated: 10:53 AM A suspected car thief leads Nebraska State Troopers on a high speed chase that ends with a crash. It happened this evening in the area of 138th and Harrison. The driver and his passenger may have run away, but authorities have a way of tracking them down.

Posted: 1:46 PM Two Kansas nurses have admitted they conspired in 2009 with a pharmacist to illegally dispense painkillers.

Posted: 1:42 PM Koch Industries says it will donate $1 million for disaster relief efforts after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

Posted: 1:37 PM Nebraska Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever is hosting 22 different landowner habitat tours during the next five months across the state for landowners and future landowners interested in creating better habitat for pheasants, bobwhite quail and other wildlife.

Updated: 11:16 PM When an Omaha lawn service rolled out equipment for spring service calls workers didn't see that thieves had hit the company fleet. They heard it.

Posted: 9:56 PM The College of Saint Mary 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.

Posted: 1:40 PM This Saturday, March 26, the African-American student group E.B.O.N.I. (Enriching Believers of Necessary Intelligence) at the College of Saint Mary will host a free Women’s Health Expo at the Lied Fitness Center on the CSM campus.

Posted: 1:37 PM This Thursday, March 24, Ilana Stanger-Ross, author of Sima’s Undergarments for Women, will be at the College of Saint Mary as the featured speaker for the Great Conversations luncheon.

Posted: 1:33 PM The Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation will present its American Spirit Award to Jack Pape, a 17-year-old Boy Scout from Omaha, Nebraska.

Updated: 7:02 PM Earl Norris,78, is accused of assaulting two Iowa law enforcement officers Friday. They were investigating stolen manhole covers and sewer grates found at his scrap yard north of Council Bluffs.

Posted: 1:51 PM Construction of a new hospital in Kearney, Nebraska is expected to resume in the next few months.

Posted: 1:32 PM Wichita's police chief is defending his officers after two videos showed a state senator being pulled over for speeding, then let go without getting a ticket.

Posted: 1:28 PM Parking a car at the University of Iowa is about to get a lot more expensive.

Updated: 10:25 PM The Red Cross sends help where it is needed most. But help comes in many forms; money, food and water, and people.

Updated: 5:41 PM For some, it was a sign of progress. For others, the end of an era. The corner of 49th and Dodge went under the construction-knife Friday as room was made for a CVS Pharmacy. It was a controversial decision and some neighbors say it's a classic example of the big guy winning out over the little guy.