Rhino euthanized at Omaha zoo: 'He will be greatly missed'
The rhino was diagnosed with an inoperable partial intestinal obstruction.
Girl in Nebraska brings her grandpa to daddy-daughter dance: 'They had a great time'
The video of Austyn asking her grandfather to the dance is so sweet. "There's a Valentine's dance," she says softly, "but we need our dad to go."
Another train derails in Midwest as Pete Buttigieg announces visit to Ohio crash site
Yet another train derailed in the Midwest late Monday night in Gothenburg, Nebraska.
iPhone alerts responders after deadly crash in Nebraska, police say
Police in Nebraska say a passenger’s cellphone automatically alerted responders after a car hit a tree in a crash that killed all six of its young occupants.
Child dies from brain-eating amoeba after swimming in Nebraska river
The organism is typically found in warmer freshwater sources, though officials warn it’s being identified farther north “as previously cooler regions become warmer and drier.”
2 dead, 20 injured when cars slam into pedestrian crowd in Nebraska
Lincoln Fire and Rescue officials responded after two cars slammed into the crowd near the Americruise event.
7-year-old goes viral after she loses shoe at track meet, comes back to win race
Watch this 7-year-old girl wow the crowd as she loses a shoe at the start of a race, then comes back for an incredible first-place finish.
Basketball coach saves choking high school freshman
The school’s cafeteria camera caught the moments a freshman started choking — and the coach that rushed over to save his life.
Nebraska teen accepted to all five military academies; sets out to serve America
High school senior Noble Rasmussen intends to serve his country well — and all five U.S. military academies seem to agree.
Ex-fire chief killed in Nebraska wildfires, 15 firefighters hurt
Wildfires sweeping through Nebraska killed a retired fire chief and injured at least 15 firefighters this weekend.
Nebraska fire chief killed responding to 30,000-acre wildfire
A volunteer fire chief has been killed as the result of wildfire that is estimated to have spread to 30,000 acres. Video shows a large plume of smoke spreading through the sky in Elwood, Nebraska.
Wisconsin election subpoenas, voting machine company won't comply
A Nebraska-based voting machine company told investigator Michael Gableman it will not comply with subpoenas issued seeking an array of information.
Nebraska father charged with murder in smothering deaths of children
Prosecutors say a Nebraska man accused in the deaths of his two young children is now being charged with murder after an autopsy showed the children were smothered.
Family Dollar employees at Nebraska store walk off job, cite low pay and long shifts
A Family Dollar store was forced to temporarily close when the entire staff, fed up over poor pay, management, and long hours, walked off the job
200 people possibly exposed to rabid bat after event at Nebraska zoo
Dozens of people who camped overnight at a zoo in Nebraska might have possibly been exposed to wild bats as they slept.
Nebraska man sentenced to death for strangling, dismembering Tinder date
A man who murdered and dismembered a young woman he met on Tinder and then slashed his own neck in court during his trial was sentenced to death this week.
2 Nebraska kids found dead in home, father arrested in California
5-year-old Emily and 3-year-old Theodore had been staying with their father in Nebraska for a court-ordered visitation with him. But when their mom couldn't get a hold of her children, she repeatedly called police before a family friend found both kids dead in the home. Their father disappeared but was later arrested in California.
Nebraska launches 'beef passport' program for meat eating
Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts ramped up his crusade for the meat industry on Wednesday by endorsing a new “beef passport” program to promote meat eating, a few weeks after he blasted Colorado's governor for a resolution encouraging its residents to eat less.
Nebraska reports 1st COVID-19 death of a fully vaccinated person
State health officials said the patient was an 80-year-old woman with underlying conditions.
Hundreds brawl in Nebraska field over the name Josh
A fight over the name of Josh drew a crowd from around the country to a Nebraska park Saturday for a heated pool noodle brawl.