A $52 million project to build freeway interchanges at West Pioneers and Warlick boulevards along the U.S. 77 West Beltway is slated to happen between spring 2025 and 2028.
Pillen to call special session; Rooftop gets its bar; White apologizes to NU defense
A bill letting felons vote when they complete their sentences became law Wednesday after Gov. Jim Pillen took the unusual step of neither signing nor vetoing the measure.
Gov. Jim Pillen will call “as many (special) sessions as it takes” for lawmakers to deliver reduced property taxes this year.
Taylor Christopulos was a freshman phenom. Then he had a sophomore setback. Here's how he rediscovered his top-notch form again.
When it takes effect, a provision of LB1402 sunsets a tax credit for donors to private school scholarships passed in 2023, which will render a referendum on that law moot.
Check out the scouting report on Nebraska baseball's weekend home series against Maryland.
Take an inside look at an important offseason for Riley Van Poppel, who wants to make that transition into becoming an "impact player."
Jordan Burroughs is one of six former Huskers who have qualified for this weekend’s USA wrestling trials, where he'll try to earn an Olympic spot for a third time.
Bellevue West graduate Chucky Hepburn, one of the Big Ten’s top point guards, has left Wisconsin and entered the NCAA transfer portal.
Tony White addressed his defense after watching the tape from Saturday's scrimmage — and the Huskers quickly responded.
The former Bed Bath & Beyond location at SouthPointe Pavilions will soon have a new tenant — or lots of them.
Former Nebraska men's basketball guard Eli Rice will spend next season at Penn State.
A crane placed a 9,500-pound shipping container on the roof of Bierhaus Maisschäler, 151 N. Eighth St., on Wednesday, which will be used for a rooftop bar.
Nebraska lawmakers intentionally worked to make things more productive at the state capitol. Here's what they did and how it went.
Ricketts backs petition drive; funeral for fallen officer; NU wants state's top '25 recruit
Check out the latest set of high school soccer rankings.
Nebraska has kept $15.7 million in child support payments that could have gone to some of the state’s neediest families. A bill would direct more of that money to those families.
Two Lincoln high schools finished among the top three teams at Junior Achievement of Lincoln's Stock Market Challenge held Wednesday at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
The funeral service for the Ceresco police officer who was killed in a crash last week will be held Friday morning in Lincoln, followed by a procession.
Ranked as the state’s top high school recruit in the Class of 2025 and No. 157 nationally, Christian Jones is weighing offers from Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Tennessee and USC.
Sen. Pete Ricketts is backing an effort to enshrine a 12-week abortion ban in Nebraska's constitution two years after he supported a total ban without exceptions for rape or incest.
After flashes of speed and explosiveness in their first years, the next step for young Nebraska wide receivers comes in the details.
One more year at Nebraska unequivocally helped Jaz Shelley's chances to crack a WNBA roster. Amie Just explains why, and takes you inside her draft party in Callin Hake's garage.
Q&A with term-limited senator; early voting begins; Larson to play for Omaha
Sen. Anna Wishart departs the Legislature after eight years of both wins and losses for the Lincoln lawmaker, who called her two terms the "best chapter of my life."
Opponents of the tax increases in Gov. Jim Pillen's property tax proposal are ratcheting up pressure on Nebraska lawmakers to kill the plan.
Teddy Deters hit a grand slam in the ninth to complete Creighton's improbable comeback for a 6-4 win at Haymarket Park.
Former Nebraska guard Jamarques Lawrence has committed to Rhode Island, he announced on Instagram.
Gavin Griffiths, a 6-foot-8 former four-star recruit out of Kingswood-Oxford School in Connecticut, spent one season at Rutgers before transferring to Nebraska.
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Despite breaking barriers in Hollywood, Joan Micklin Silver remains largely unknown outside of cinema circles, including in her home state of Nebraska.
Sen. Pete Ricketts called for stronger enforcement of American sanctions against Iran in the wake of its unprecedented air assault on Israel over the weekend.
One man is dead after the Ford Focus he was in struck a semitrailer truck head-on in east-central Nebraska.
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The Bolts made their last go-round in the HAC memorable, taking down the two teams that have beaten them this season to win the title.
Check out a full notebook from a windy day at the Harold Scott Invite on Thursday.
Highlights from Thursday's high school sports.
Reece Grosserode, Lincoln Pius X triple jumper, has one of Nebraska's longest-held state records in his sights, and it may just be a matter of time before he breaks it.
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"Under the Bridge," "Thank You Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story" and "Dinner with the Parents" are coming to streaming services, while "Civil War" leads at the box office.
This gently satiric fable inspired by the 2007-08 elections in Bhutan from writer-director Pawo Choyning Dorji, skewers democracy, politics and Western modernism in humorous Buddhist fashion.
A look at movies playing in Lincoln theaters.
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