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Gov. Jim Pillen on Monday urged Nebraskans to report damage from Friday's storms to local emergency management agencies, even if they have been able to handle the aftermath themselves.
Gov. Jim Pillen said Monday he has no immediate plans to call a special legislative session to reduce property taxes, despite vowing earlier to call "as many sessions as it takes" to get the job done.
Nebraska absorbed its first round of transfer attrition Monday when edge rusher Chief Borders entered the portal.
A Bellevue man was sentenced Monday to six to 12 years in prison for fatally assaulting a fellow inmate at the Sarpy County Jail last year.
Vehicle after vehicle weaved through a packed parking lot Monday, dropping off supplies to waiting volunteers at the Relevant Center in an effort to help people dealing with tornado damage in the Elkhorn area.
Douglas County sheriff’s deputies arrested two men on suspicion of looting activity near the Elkhorn area in the aftermath of Friday’s tornado.
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Watch as World-Herald photographer Nikos Frazier drives down one of the Elkhorn neighborhoods affected by Friday's tornadoes. Please note that the general public is being asked to stay away from affected areas.
“I’ve probably never had more fun in my life in this job than I have in the last six weeks,” Nebraska Athletic Director Troy Dannen said.
Greens and pinks will make way for whites and wood in Von Maur's remodel of its Omaha store, part of a $100 million companywide makeover.
Pop singer Billie Eilish will perform at Omaha’s CHI Center later this year.
A traffic stop on Interstate 80 by a Seward County Sheriff's Office deputy led to the confiscation of approximately $7.2 million of methamphetamine near Milford, Nebraska.
A 63-year-old Minden, Iowa, man died Saturday in an Omaha hospital as the result of injuries he received in the tornado.
Power has been restored to nearly all of the more than 10,000 OPPD customers who lost electricity during Friday's tornado outbreak.
Omaha Concordia's baseball team was looking for somewhere to play. The answer was 14 miles away at Orval Smith Field in Ralston, where the crack of the bat is again being heard at the historic diamond.
Three people — two Democrats and one Republican — are vying for the South Omaha legislative seat held for 8 years by State Sen. Mike McDonnell, who is subject to term limits.
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Billie Andrews and Ethan Piper received the top honors during Nebraska’s ‘A Night at the Lied,’ which highlights the accomplishments of Husker student-athletes during the past year.
Dylan Raiola, the start of Nebraska's spring game, spun it nice. Handled seven minutes afterward with the media pretty well, too. He says he had nerves, but they didn’t show, writes Sam McKewon.
Lingering showers are expected to clear out Monday with dry conditions prevailing in Omaha and eastern Nebraska, although strong storms could hit again later in the week.
Council Bluffs police said Sunday that officers are investigating the deaths of two Omaha men found down on the west side of the city.
A man who was hurt during Friday's tornado in Minden, Iowa, has died of his injuries. He is the only known fatality from a severe storm outbreak in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa.
A 23-year-old Omaha man was booked into the Douglas County Jail on Saturday after being charged in an arrest warrant with motor vehicle homicide while driving drunk.
Cleanup from Friday's tornadoes that struck the Omaha metro area and western Iowa continued Sunday with affected residents reporting friends, strangers and even country star Zach Bryan stepping in to help.
Nebraska tight end Thomas Fidone said his confidence and comfortability on the field is "through the roof," and it showed as he closed the spring with a strong performance.
Many in Nebraska and western Iowa spent Saturday cleaning the damage from Friday's tornadoes and storms. “It’s an extraordinary miracle that we had a cell like this come through, and no loss of life."
Anyone incurring a scrape or shallow puncture wound while working to clean up after the storm in the Omaha area can get a tetanus shot from the Douglas County Health Department.
Omaha's Bonefish Grill will now being serving brunch on Saturday as well as Sunday, and is upgrading several popular items.
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For the second week in a row, Omaha ace Kamryn Meyer has been named the Summit League pitcher of the week.
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