LINCOLN - Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers has filed a lawsuit against the online retail giant Temu, accusing the company of harvesting user data without consent, engaging in misleading advertising, and violating state consumer protection laws. In a press release Thursday, Hilgers stated, "Our office will ho...

LINCOLN - A 78-year-old man from Lincoln was scammed out of more than $98,000 in gold after falling victim to an elaborate online scheme earlier this month, according to court documents. It all began on June 3, when the man received a suspicious email regarding a $1,000 PayPal charge. Though he didn't have a PayPal acc...

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. - Over 26,000 meatpacking workers, including those at JBS plants in Grand Island and Omaha, are set to benefit from a new national labor contract ratified by the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) and meat processing giant JBS. Announced May 22, the agreement marks the firs...

The Nebraska State Patrol and Department of Motor Vehicles are warning residents about a scam involving fraudulent text messages that claim to come from the DMV. These messages, which were sent to numerous Nebraskans over the weekend, falsely state that the recipient has unpaid traffic fines and urges them to click a l...

Ord - Generous Sponsors Provide Fun Learning Experience for Area Youth ORD --- A rainy day did not dampen the spirits as area youth returned to the Valley County Ag Complex for the annual Progressive Agriculture Farm Safety Day. Central NE Farm Safety 4 Just Kids hosted the event for 145 area youth on Tuesday, June 3, ...

The Nebraska State Board of Education is set to vote Friday on proposed changes to the state's priority school list-recommending the removal of Isanti Elementary School and the addition of Omaha Nation Middle School. The list, created by a 2014 state law, identifies schools that fall into the "Needs Support to Imp...

Law enforcement officials in southwest Nebraska are sounding the alarm over a rise in counterfeit pills linked to two recent overdose cases-one of them fatal. According to a statement from the Nebraska State Patrol, the incidents occurred within the past week and may be connected. Captain Jason Scott, head of the State...

A Lancaster County District Court judge has sentenced a 42-year-old Lincoln woman to 19 to 20 years in prison for her role in the 2023 overdose death of her husband. Amanda Wright pleaded no contest to manslaughter and was convicted of unintentionally causing the death of 38-year-old Zachary Svoboda. According to prose...

An Arizona man is behind bars after Nebraska State Patrol troopers discovered a significant amount of illegal drugs during a traffic stop on Interstate 80 near York. The arrest occurred Friday afternoon around 3:10 p.m., when a trooper clocked a Nissan Altima traveling at a high speed while heading eastbound. During th...

The Nebraska Supreme Court has upheld a lower court's decision to deny convicted killer Aubrey Trail's latest attempt to challenge his death sentence. In a 14-page ruling issued Friday, the high court agreed with the Saline County District Court's conclusion that Trail's motion for post-conviction relief was filed too ...

COLUMBUS, Neb. - A tragic shooting in Columbus has led to the arrest of a 25-year-old man who is accused of killing his stepfather outside a Walmart on Tuesday evening. Columbus Police were dispatched to the store on East 23rd Street just before 6:30 p.m., where they found 42-year-old Anhil David Mirabal Hernandez lyin...

Nebraska health officials have confirmed the state's first measles case of the year, identified in Sheridan County in the Panhandle region. According to the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, the patient is a child who was properly vaccinated and has no recent travel history. Due to privacy regulations, ...

OMAHA - A former Nebraska Medicine surgeon has been sentenced to 10 to 14 years in prison after being convicted of causing a high-speed crash that claimed the life of a 22-year-old woman in midtown Omaha last September. Mark Carlson, 63, will be eligible for parole after five years and will be mandatorily released afte...

LINCOLN - Three inmates already serving time in Nebraska prisons are now facing a total of 13 new felony charges following a violent attack on correctional officers at the Reception and Treatment Center in Lincoln nearly two years ago. The incident, which occurred on May 31, 2023, left five guards injured, including on...

LINCOLN, NE - On Tuesday, seven-year-old Teddy Bronson stood patiently at his walker just outside the doors of the Nebraska Legislature, a symbol of the many families hoping state lawmakers would act on a bill to make medical cannabis more accessible for patients like him. Teddy, who lives in Omaha and suffers from sev...

LINCOLN, NE - U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins joined Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen, Congressman Adrian Smith, and NDA Director Sherry Vinton for a statewide agricultural tour that included key stops at Cargill Bioscience in Blair, Wholestone Farms in Fremont, and the Ohnoutka Family Farm in Valpa...

LINCOLN - The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's effort to grow interest in engineering careers among rural students has hit a roadblock after a key federal grant was unexpectedly canceled. In recent years, UNL's College of Engineering has been expanding outreach to high schools in rural parts of Nebraska. The goal: spar...

LINCOLN - Nebraska lawmakers have passed a balanced two-year state budget totaling approximately $11.1 billion in general fund spending, narrowly avoiding a looming deficit that at one point reached $432 million. The Legislature gave final approval to the mainline budget bills on Thursday, sending them to Governor Jim ...

Nebraska lawmakers voted to advance a bill that would ban transgender students from participating on school sports teams that align with their gender identity. The decision trims back the original proposal, which had also included restrictions on bathroom and locker room usage in schools and government buildings based ...

LINCOLN - A bill aimed at reducing Nebraska's inheritance tax failed to advance in the Legislature Tuesday night, falling just two votes short of breaking a filibuster and moving to the final round of debate. Sponsored by Sen. Rob Clements of Elmwood, Legislative Bill 468 (LB 468) sought to lower inheritance tax rates ...