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New-look Cornhuskers cruise in season opener 102-55
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Four Cornhuskers scored 14 points each and six finished in double figures as a cast of newcomers led Nebraska to a 102-55 victory over McNeese State. Transfers Webster, Teddy Alle...
Nov 25, 2020 Players warm up before the start of the McNeese State vs. Nebraska NCAA college basketball game at the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Neb., Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020. (Anna Reed/Omaha World-Herald via AP)
Delores Ann Stolltenberg, 79
Delores Ann Stoltenberg, 79, of Ord passed away on Tuesday, November 24, 2020, at her home in Ord. Graveside Services and Interment will be at the Ord City Cemetery at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, November 3...
Nov 25, 2020
Burwell Chamber of Commerce Annouces Changes to Its Annual Christmas Bucks Promotion
Burwell, N.E., November 24, 2020 - The Burwell Chamber of Commerce has announced changes to its Annual Christmas Bucks Promotion. A drawing for $300 in Burwell Chamber Bucks will be held each Monday i...
Nov 25, 2020
VIRUS OUTBREAK-NEBRASKA
Nebraska virus hospitalizations remain near record levels OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Nebraska remains near record levels, but the total has remained relative...
Nov 25, 2020 Michael Rhode / CC
DEADLY SHOOTING-FAST FOOD RESTAURANT
Bond denied in fatal attack at Nebraska fast food restaurant PAPILLION, Neb. (AP) - A 23-year-old man charged with fatally shooting two employees at a Nebraska fast food restaurant and wounding two ot...
Nov 25, 2020 This undated photo provided by the Sarpy County Jail shows Roberto Carlos Silva, of Omaha, who was arrested in connection to an attack at a Nebraska fast food restaurant in which two people were shot and killed and two were wounded. Silva was booked into jail early Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020 on suspicion of first-degree homicide and arson charges in the attack Saturday night at a Sonic Drive-in in the Omaha suburb of Bellevue. (Sarpy County Jail via AP)
Changes proposed in NU training facility project
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The coronavirus pandemic is prompting a change in plans for the University of Nebraska's $155 million football training facility project. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that the...
Nov 25, 2020 Shelby L. Bell / CC
Huskers' Walker to sit 16 games for violation at Tennessee
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - The NCAA has suspended Nebraska's Derrick Walker for the first 16 games of the basketball season for a rules violation while he was at Tennessee in 2018-19. The Nebraska athletic ...
Nov 25, 2020 FILE - This March 27, 2019 file photo shows Tennessee's Derrick Walker (15) during practice for the NCAA men's college basketball tournament in Louisville, Ky. The NCAA has suspended Walker for the first 16 games of the season for a rules violation while he was at Tennessee in 2018-19. The Nebraska athletic department made the announcement Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020, shortly before the Cornhuskers' opener against McNeese State.(AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Nebraska virus hospitalizations remain near record levels
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Nebraska remains near record levels, but the total has remained relatively stable over the past week. The state said 971 people we...
Nov 24, 2020 CORRECTS CITY TO LINCOLN, NOT OMAHA - Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts speaks during a news conference in Lincoln, Neb., Monday, March 16, 2020, where he outlined the latest steps taken in response to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
Smith Announces Winners of Excellence in Innovation and Adaptation Recognition
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) today honored nine individuals and businesses for receiving the Innovation and Adaptation Recognition. The award was created to acknowledge the contr...
Nov 24, 2020
Bond denied in fatal attack at Nebraska fast food restaurant
PAPILLION, Neb. (AP) - A 23-year-old man charged with fatally shooting two employees at a Nebraska fast food restaurant and wounding two others has been denied bond. Roberto Carlos Silva Jr. made his ...
Nov 24, 2020 This undated photo provided by the Sarpy County Jail shows Roberto Carlos Silva, of Omaha, who was arrested in connection to an attack at a Nebraska fast food restaurant in which two people were shot and killed and two were wounded. Silva was booked into jail early Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020 on suspicion of first-degree homicide and arson charges in the attack Saturday night at a Sonic Drive-in in the Omaha suburb of Bellevue. (Sarpy County Jail via AP)
