More than cows and plows: Ag programs sprout at Nebraska schools as industry...
More than 300 careers are related to Nebraska's No. 1 industry, including “a ton” that did not exist five years ago in science and business.
View ArticleNebraska HHS officials, foster care agencies settle dispute on payment rates
Both sides agree to payment rates about double what the state's child welfare chief proposed earlier.
View ArticleNRD race that was left off the ballot in York County may be headed to court
A court could require remedies for deciding the race such as holding a special election or putting all three candidates on the November ballot or even ordering the race to be decided by drawing cards...
View ArticleJudge blocks foster parents' push to regain custody of 9-year-old; she'll...
In court on Friday, Dickson County Juvenile Court Judge Andrew Jackson said 9-year-old Sonya McCaul will remain with her father in Omaha, Nebraska, for now.
View ArticleLegislative probe into state's handling of Nikko Jenkins case underway
The special legislative probe pledges to discover whether the state is correctly addressing the problems of troubled children and mentally unstable prison inmates.
View ArticleMisleading campaign ad wasn't defamatory, Iowa Supreme Court rules
Justices dismiss a suit brought by a senator whose 2010 opponent said he sold dangerous drugs to kids.
View Article4 veterans groups won't march in Council Bluffs parade
Veterans are angry that a board rejected Vietnam vets' "tiger cage" float for not fitting the event's theme.
View ArticleNebraska high court rules man owed child support, even after tests proved he...
According to the Nebraska Supreme Court's ruling, the genetic testing occurred 16 years after the man had signed a legal acknowledgement of paternity for the boy.
View ArticleMan who briefly lost AR-15 rifle takes heat from both sides in gun debate
The owner put up signs about the missing gun, which he later recovered. The signs set off a furor, with gun-control proponents calling him irresponsible and gun-rights backers upset that he advertised...
View ArticleKelly: People were drawn to 'electric' smile of Omaha fire captain who died...
“We'd go to concerts, and it was like a politician walking through a crowd. Everybody looked at her and wanted to be close to her," her spouse said in remembering Laura Larson.
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