A $25,000 reward is being offered by the Simmonds Foundation for information that leads to the arrest of the people who broke into the family home Thursday morning and robbed Linda Simmonds. Police say the intruders tied Simmonds up. She was asleep when they entered.

The slow economy has postponed an Omaha Public Power District project that would have expanded the capabilities of the utility’s power plant in Cass County.

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln plans to welcome students back to the school's flagship campus with a weekend of events.

The owner of Apple used cars suspects a customer went way beyond kicking the tires. Tom Holzapfel says, “There’s a mess of glass everywhere.”

The Lied Platte River bridge will be closed again beginning Monday.

Nebraska Public Power District has the 200 residential customer volunteers needed for its EnergyWiseSM Pricing Pilot Program.

Yesterday they rejected the proposed entertainment tax, today five members of the City Council presented their own 2010 budget.

Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle and the head of the Fire Union told a news conference Wednesday morning they had come to an agreement for a new contract. The Mayor and the Union President, however, admitted there are numerous, significant issues that really are not decided yet.

Nebraska will be getting $644,000 from the federal stimulus package for deferred maintenance projects at recreation sites in the state.

The Nebraska State Patrol will be stepping up efforts to keep impaired drivers off the state's roads.

The Plattsmouth City Council ordered placement of two sales tax propositions on mail-in ballots November 15th.

A former Lincoln Public Schools bus driver faces up to a year in jail at his sentencing in October for inappropriately touching a 17-year-old special-needs student.

At the last council meeting, on a 5-2-1 vote, the council directed the city attorney to start the process of placing an additional half-percent sales tax before voters to pay for the $3.4 million downtown Streetscape project.

Some workers at a Lincoln dairy plant may be speeding up their job searches, now that the plant closing has been moved up.

Researchers at South Dakota State University are trying to find out if they can squeeze one more product out of the ethanol process.

A broken window leads fire investigators to say the blaze is suspicious.

The University of Nebraska Medical Center has been attracting more research dollars and moving up in national rankings.

Plattsmouth City Council members received the preview for the 2009-2010 general fund budget this week. They were told the city tax rate is expected to remain about the same at 45 cents per $100 valuation.

Sandy Stricklin contracted with an auction company eight months ago.

Nearly $8 million in grants aimed at neighborhood revitalization will be going to various Nebraska cities.

RealtyTrac says the state's foreclosure rate ranked 46th in the nation in July, and stayed significantly lower than the national rate. Nebraska ranked 45th the previous two months.

Mike Fitzpatrick received numerous eviction notices from a lender foreclosing on the home where he lives. But Mike rents, he doesn’t own the home and his landlord says ignore the notice.

The Cassgram reports a plea agreement in pistol whipping case.

Iowa's top education official says students are doing better on math and reading tests, but gaps remains between white students and minorities.

The question of who will back up Nebraska's presumptive starting quarterback Zac Lee has taken another turn with news that Kody Spano has reinjured an already tender knee.