Two down, two to go. The city has already hosted two "fire hydrant parties."
Wednesday was the first day of school for Lincoln Public Schools students in kindergarten and sixth and ninth grades. See photos here.
- CHRIS DUNKER Lincoln Journal Star
In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Omaha, Larissa Schultz alleged Nebraska Democratic Party leaders retaliated against her after she reported the sexual harassment.
- BRENT C. WAGNER Lincoln Journal Star
Averi Bridges spent a year attending camps across the country, but her college decision took about 90 minutes.
- David Golbitz Fremont Tribune
4-H ambassadors from Dodge and Saunders counties win grand ambassador honors at 4-H Expo on Friday, July 10, 2026.
- SUSIE BOVAIRD Lincoln Journal Star
Ahead of its final year, Pink Bandanas welcomed 160 teams and over 2,000 people to the village of Prague for its Beat Breast Cancer mud volleyball tournament.
- Nikos Frazier World-Herald Photo/Video Editor
Two homes were damaged Monday night after a house fire on Crown Point Avenue in Omaha.
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The Nebraska volleyball team will hold the annual Red-White scrimmage on Sunday. The Huskers enter the season ranked No. 1 in the preseason AVCA Coaches Poll. The match is set for 3 p.m.
The Journal Star is asking readers to share memories of the morning of Sept. 11, 2001.
A 68-year-old Bellevue woman died Friday following a three-vehicle collision when her vehicle went through a red light at the intersection of 48th Street and Cornhusker Road.
A startup company with Nebraska ties is working to bring to market a low-cost wearable device intended to detect gait changes — hopefully enabling earlier diagnosis of certain diseases.
City leaders look to 1st Congressional District Rep. Mike Flood to secure federal funding to help replace Lincoln Police Department radio system and equipment nearing its "end of life."
The Rugs face a win-or-go-home situation today in North Carolina.
Six years after its founding in 1869, Papillion had an internal fight over where the Sarpy County Courthouse should go even before it prevailed in the third vote for the relocation of the county seat from Bellevue.
Omaha police are investigating a pair of shootings that occurred early Sunday, including one in the Minne Lusa neighborhood that became the city's 10th homicide.
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Nebraska's Mac Markway moved to defensive end in the spring while trying to get healthy. The toolsy player is still looking for his first game snaps as a Husker.
Emmett Johnson had a strong debut, while Garrett Nelson snagged a sack and Ceyair Wright left his team among former Huskers in the NFL preseason.
Dana Holgorsen arrived at Nebraska to rescue a nightmarish offense, immediately tightening the playbook. With Anthony Colandrea, he's ready to open it back up.
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