Jermaine Bell has seen the kids in his north Omaha neighborhood grow up and doesn't like what he sees. He cuts hair at a fixture in the community, Goodwin's Spencer St. Barber Shop. Last week they were targeted by thieves.

The first case of West Nile virus in Nebraska this year has been reported in a woman in her 40s who lives in the south-central part of the state.

After over a year of a fluctuating housing market, sales in the Midwest, which started recovering in the winter, rose almost 3 percent in June.

Five golf carts stolen from a nine hole course near Fremont have been recovered.

On Thursday, July 23, 2009 at 3:48 a.m. officers were called to 4855 L Street, Kwik Shop, to investigate a robbery.

A Nebraska man who forced an 8-year-old boy and 9-year-old girl to watch pay-per-view porn last summer is going to prison.

The Lincoln Parks and Recreation Department is still working to get the city's 10 public swimming pools in compliance with a new federal law that requires special covers for drains.

Railroad Union Pacific says its second-quarter earnings fell 12 percent, as stringent cost cutting partially offset major shipping declines across its business.

A new scam is targeting consumers desperate to get a loan, but they aren't the only victims. A legitimate Lincoln business says it's name has been hijacked.

The code book says mobile home parks in Plattsmouth are to be inspected annually, but that hasn’t been the case—until now.

Nebraska's corn crop is in the critical pollination stage, and the state's soybean crop is blooming.

A Council Bluffs man was fighting for his life last Tuesday on the floor of his smoke-filled apartment. He's alive to tell his story, thanks to the efforts of firefighters who saved his life.

Gov. Chet Culver is hitting the rails again to push for expanded passenger rail service in Iowa.

The Top 10 Finalists from the television show will hit the stage at the Qwest Center.

Twenty Nebraska towns and one county will receive more than $4.5 million in federal grants, mostly for public-works projects such as repairs to streets, sewers and water wells.

It's that time of year again to adopt a duck and help the Omaha Food Bank at the same time. The second annual O! What A Duck Race will take place this weekend, July 25th, at Heartland of America Park.

Online brokerage TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. said Tuesday its third-quarter net income fell nearly 17 percent as low interest rates continued to restrict its revenue, but the results exceeded Wall Street expectations.

It's that time of year again to adopt a duck and help the Omaha Food Bank at the same time. The second annual O! What A Duck Race will take place this weekend, July 25th, at Heartland of America Park.

Some Kansas Democrats want Gov. Mark Parkinson to change his mind about running for a full term next year, despite his repeated statements that he'll leave politics.

Police book a man for assault of a female.

If Nebraska's backyard harvest is bountiful this summer, freezing and canning are options to keep all that food from going to waste.

Tree-planting and landscaping grants are available from the 2009 Trees for Nebraska Towns program.

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is buying 220 acres north of Lincoln to help protect habitat used by the Salt Creek tiger beetle and other endangered species.

Investigators say the driver of a car was hit once by gunfire along with his vehicle this morning near I-80 and Q Street.

It's not the first thing one thinks about when the summer season arrives. Usually, thoughts of cookouts, the beach and the pool flood your mind. But the reality is, it's also a time when people need to protect themselves from West Nile Virus.