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Investment in Lincoln artists returns teacups

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:55:16 -0400

LINCOLN, Nebraska - The first returns on an investment in Lincoln artists included glass teacups, origami landscapes and beeswax-and-pigment paintings.

Nebraska community college leader sets retirement

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:24:32 -0400

BEATRICE, Nebraska - The Southeast Community College board will have help in its search for a new president.

Police: Boy left at Fremont park by day care staff

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:34:48 -0400

FREMONT, Nebraska - Authorities say a 4-year-old boy who was left behind at a Fremont park by day care workers has been returned to his mother.

Some Lincoln homeowners have questions about plant

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:41:43 -0400

LINCOLN, Nebraska - People who live near a lead recycling plant site in Lincoln have raised questions and suspicions about a recently released contamination report.

Lightning blamed for Neb. Panhandle school fire

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:44:57 -0400

CRAWFORD, Nebraska - Investigators say lightning started a fire that damaged a school building in northwest corner of the Nebraska Panhandle.

Neb. man convicted of bribery in Chicago

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:08:17 -0400

CHICAGO - A Nebraska man has been convicted of a federal bribery charge along with a former Chicago alderman and another man.

Grand Island man denies thefts of skid loader, ATM

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:08:43 -0400

GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska - An October trial has been scheduled for a Grand Island man accused of stealing a skid loader to rip up and carry off an automated teller machine.

Nebraska lawmaker sentenced after DUI guilty plea

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:53:04 -0400

OMAHA, Nebraska - A state senator has been sentenced after pleading guilty to drunken driving in his northwest Omaha district.

Hagel returns to Omaha for speech at UNO

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:06:21 -0400

OMAHA, Nebraska - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is making his first trip back to Nebraska for a speech at his alma mater, the University of Nebraska-Omaha.

Southeast Nebraska reservoir rehab work finished

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:06:04 -0400

BURCHARD, Nebraska - Authorities say there will be limited public access beginning July 1 at Burchard Wildlife Management Area in southeast Nebraska.

Neb. DHHS office in Lexington slated to move

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:07:18 -0400

LEXINGTON, Nebraska - The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services is moving its office in Lexington.

Scotts Bluff County seeks 911 service upgrade

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:08:03 -0400

SCOTTSBLUFF, Nebraska - The Scotts Bluff County Board is telling officials in 11 communities that they need to pay more to upgrade emergency 911 and dispatch services or the county will drop out of a 23-year-old dispatch agreement.

Lancaster County man sentenced for jet fuel theft

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:49:20 -0400

LINCOLN, Nebraska - A Lancaster County man has been sentenced to prison for stealing more than $14,000 in jet fuel.

Omaha may cut library hours, close branches

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:27:31 -0400

OMAHA, Nebraska - The Omaha Public Library Board is considering closing library branches or limiting hours to meet Mayor Jean Stothert's proposed budget cuts.

Omaha police: Man tried assault near fitness class

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:57:57 -0400

OMAHA, Nebraska - Authorities say a man has been accused of trying to sexually assault a woman outside her Jazzercise class in Omaha.

Officials: Intake valve fixed in Lake Minatare

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:24:12 -0400

SCOTTSBLUFF, Nebraska - Officials say they've fixed an intake valve in Lake Minatare that was clogged and unable to deliver water to some irrigators.

NU licenses new form of menthol to Chinese firm

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:22:51 -0400

OMAHA, Nebraska - New technology to reduce bad breath that was developed at the University of Nebraska Medical Center has been licensed to a Chinese company.

Nebraska base opens POW/MIA forensics lab

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:23:06 -0400

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Nebraska - A forensics lab has opened at Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha with a special mission: identify the remains of missing soldiers, sailors and airmen from past wars.

Nebraskan gets prison for tax avoidance scheme

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:11:17 -0400

OMAHA, Nebraska - An Omaha man who created an elaborate scheme to avoid paying more than $422,000 in taxes has been given a year and a day in prison.

Nebraska habitat estimate cut for endangered bug

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:57:13 -0400

LINCOLN, Nebraska - A federal agency has proposed a nearly 50 percent cut in the Nebraska land the agency says is needed to support the endangered Salt Creek tiger beetle.