A couple athletes said they were excited and thankful for the opportunity to meet new people. The High School Finals Rodeo starts on Sunday and ends on July 24. Athletes from 44 states, Mexico and Canada are a part of the events next week.

An online petition created by a Nebraska educator is racking up millions of signatures online. Travis Washington is calling for a 15-year sentencing minimum for law enforcement officers who shoot unarmed civilians.

His idea for the ‘Hands Up Act’ sprouted before 2018, but it was in December of that year when he officially drafted his online proposal through Change.org.

More than 2.7 million people have signed the ‘Hands Up Act’ petition so far, making it one of the most-signed petitions on the online platform.

In the small town of Bee, about 40 minutes outside of Lincoln, Lou & Mary Anne’s Bar is famous for its year long Friday fish fry. The bar is closing after nearly five decades.

In the small town of Bee, about 40 minutes outside of Lincoln, Lou & Mary Anne’s Bar is famous for its year long Friday fish fry. The bar is closing after nearly five decades.

The hearing to determine whether twenty-seven-year-old Bailey Boswell will be the first woman to be sentenced to death in Nebraska opened this morning at the Saline County Courthouse. A jury found the woman guilty of assisting Aubrey Trail with killing and dismembering Sydney Loofe in the couple’s apartment in Wilber.
Boswell’s attorney, Todd Lancaster, told the court he intends to raise questions about whether the Nebraska’s prison system has the capability of housing an individual woman in isolation without violating the constitutional prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.

Young dancers from various Nebraska ballet companies piled into the Lied Center's main stage today (Wednesday), in preparation for a class with a Master of Dance. The session was taught by Carlos Gonzales, a dancer with the prestigious New York-based American Ballet Theatre company, which is in town this week to kick off its ABT Across America Tour

Law enforcement, others honor proprietor of Monowi Tavern for 50 years of service

Investigators in La Vista in the Omaha area say DNA from on an umbrella found near the apartment of a boy missing for more than a month has been identified as his. It's the latest lead in a frustrating case.

There were rainbows, floats, and music during the Capitol City’s First Annual Pride Parade Saturday

Will Brown was brutally dragged through Omaha’s streets in 1919 and then murdered by a white mob for an alleged rape he didn’t’ commit. On eve of Juneteenth, city, county and civil rights leaders unveiled a historical marker in front of a crowd of around 500 people telling the gruesome story of his death.