A man is charged with a dozen counts stemming from a deer poaching investigation in south-central Nebraska.

Authorities say a man in a motorized wheelchair crossing a street was fatally struck by a sport utility vehicle on the west side of Lincoln.

A paraeducator accused of exchanging sexual text messages with a Hastings High School freshman has been given jail time and a year of probation.

Sarpy County commissioners are cutting the county pay for their posts by $95 a year.

By REESE DUNKLIN, MATT SEDENSKY and MITCH WEISS Associated Press

Nebraska and federal health officials say a hepatitis A outbreak that includes Nebraska, Indiana and Wisconsin has been traced to blackberries sold in Fresh Thyme grocery stores.

The Omaha City Council has decided to subject vaping products to the city’s tobacco tax.

An 18-year-old has been given 45 to 60 years in prison for the fatal shooting of a Lincoln man.

A March trial has been scheduled for a western Nebraska man accused of intentional child abuse in the death of his 7-month-old daughter.

A longtime law professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has sued the university’s Board of Regents for equal pay.

The 20-year-old son of a former University of Nebraska-Lincoln athletic director has been sentenced to six months in jail in a child pornography case.

Prison officials in Nebraska are investigating the death of an inmate who was being treated for an undisclosed medical condition.

Officials have dedicated at an Air Force base south of Omaha the new, $1.3 billion headquarters for the command unit that, under direction of the president, controls the nation’s nuclear-armed forces.

Officials say Nebraska's unemployment rate hit 3.1% in October, matching the September, August and July figures.

A jury found one person guilty and acquitted another after a trial stemming from immigration raids in northern Nebraska.

A woman accused of stealing from the bank she was working for in Fremont has been given 12 months and a day in prison.

Nebraska authorities say human remains found in a stock trailer could be those of at least one of two Wisconsin brothers who prosecutors say were fatally shot by a Missouri farmer.

The mayor of Lincoln has signed an executive order that bans discrimination against city employees based on gender identity or expression.

Hundreds of containers - many carrying hazardous materials - have floated into Missouri since flooding in the upper Missouri River basin during the spring.

An oil spill from the Keystone pipeline in eastern North Dakota has affected almost 10 times the amount of land as first reported.

Authorities say firefighters have completely contained a fire that blackened just under 604 acres (244.4 hectares) in the Nebraska National Forest, west of Dunning.

Authorities say two people died in Lancaster County traffic accidents.

Authorities say a 17-year-old died at a hospital after crashing off a state highway in the Nebraska Panhandle.

A western Nebraska man has been charged with assault after shooting and wounding his 39-year-old son during an argument.

Panelists at a discussion in Lincoln will cover strategies for increasing agricultural production to meet global demand.

Two U.S. Air Force airmen who helped a family as their house burned in western Nebraska have been awarded commendation medals.

Fans of the Missouri River can learn about its importance to the Great Plains at an upcoming lecture in Lincoln.

A South Dakota academic has been named as the newest president of Western Nebraska Community College in Scottsbluff.

A judge says the trial of a teenager accused of stabbing his former girlfriend and then himself at an Omaha, Nebraska, high school will be moved to juvenile court.

Nebraska state government once again collected more tax revenue than expected last month.

A federal agency says pilot failure caused a small plane to crash at a western Omaha airport, fatally injuring the pilot and his wife.

The Nebraska Transportation Department is reporting progress in restoring traffic on floodwater-covered highways in the state’s Sandhills region.

A driver whose pickup truck fatally struck a man in Gering has been sentenced to a year in jail.

The Nebraska State Patrol reports seizing nearly 135 pounds (61.24 kilograms) of marijuana in two separate traffic stops on Interstate 80 in Nebraska.

Eight months after flooding began along the lower Missouri River, the amount of water being released from dams upriver will start to be reduced later this month.

A southeast Nebraska city council has upheld the firings of two employees accused of wasting money by paying too much for supplies.

The Nebraska Transportation Department is offering to produce and emplace roadside memorials as a way to keep state highways free of roadside safety hazards.

A former Lincoln day care worker accused of sexually assaulting children has pleaded not guilty to seven federal counts.

A Hastings man has been given three years in prison for causing brain damage to his infant son.

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts says it’s “imperative” that he and lawmakers come up with a way to lower property taxes that can win approval in the upcoming legislative session.

An ex-con found guilty in September of first-degree murder for killing an Omaha woman he had just met has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.

Police say two teens accused of shooting at Omaha officers during a chase have been arrested.

A Hastings man initially charged with murder has pleaded guilty to attempted robbery and being an accessory to a felony.

A Stanton man has been given jail time and probation for the crash death of another driver in northeast Nebraska.

Police say two people whose bodies were found in a Grand Island motel room died of methamphetamine overdoses.

Omaha’s mayor is considering appealing an arbitrator’s reinstatement of the president of the Omaha firefighters union whom the city fired following an investigation into whether he assaulted a woman at a bar.

A former inmate has lost the lawsuit he filed after the 2015 riot at the Tecumseh prison that left two prisoners dead.

More federal charges have been filed against a former Lincoln day care worker accused of sexually assaulting children.

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln planning construction of a reflection area for its Veterans' Tribute project.

Authorities say a Kansas man died after a car he was in crashed off a rural road in southeast Nebraska.

A trial has been scheduled for a midwife who tried unsuccessfully to deliver a child at an Omaha home.

Authorities have found the body of a missing woman in a western Nebraska ravine, next to her vehicle.

Authorities say a man burned in a fire at a northwest Iowa hog confinement has died.

Authorities say a man died after his vehicle ran off a Kearney County road and flipped.

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts is leading a trade mission to Germany to promote Nebraska agricultural products and reinforce the state's connections with German companies.

The Keystone pipeline has been restarted nearly two weeks after it leaked an estimated 383,000 gallons (1.4 million liters) of oil in North Dakota.

The Nebraska State Board of Education has approved new social studies standards aimed at encouraging students to look at history from multiple perspectives, including those of religious, racial and ethnic groups, women,...

Authorities say a South Dakota man died after collision on Interstate 80 in south-central Nebraska.

Former President Jimmy Carter can still draw a crowd, and he does each time he teaches Sunday school in his hometown of Plains, Georgia.

Snow and bitter cold is expected across much of Nebraska and Iowa at the start of the work week.

Nebraska's rural areas are struggling with a shortage of high-speed internet, and consumers who live there are likely paying more for service than their urban counterparts.

Two free forums have been scheduled to hear from people with disabilities, their families and their caregivers about their experiences with emergencies or disaster situations.

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission plans to sample deer carcasses for chronic wasting disease during the coming firearm season, Nov. 16-24.

Two U.S. Air Force airmen helped a family as their house burned in western Nebraska.

The Nebraska Supreme Court has upheld the convictions and the up to 200-year prison sentence for an Omaha serial rapist.

Nebraska wildlife officials are urging owners of small pets - even those in cities - to be vigilant in protecting them from coyotes.