Updated: 4:46 AM Home Builders Association on Lincoln members make toys for needy kids.

Posted: 4:35 AM Area residents sweated to support our troops Saturday morning.

Updated: 11:39 AM The colder season has hit and coats are coming out of the closet, but imagine if you didn't have a coat. That's reality for many people. One local business is trying to change that.

Posted: 4:40 AM Residents are encouraged to celebrate Lincoln Recycles Day Saturday, November 12.

Updated: 8:23 AM Lincoln High School will host a charity basketball game this Friday at Lincoln High's Johnson Gym. The game will pit teachers against each other with students as the refs and coaches.

Posted: 7:46 AM It's always nice to be home for the holidays. But for some people living in assisted living facilities or nursing homes, that's not always possible. The owners of a Nebraska ambulance company want to change that, and connect families with their loved ones this year.

Posted: 8:32 AM Stop by the Capital Humane Society in Lincoln this Saturday and Sunday from 11am-3pm to get your pet's picture taken with Santa Paws.

Posted: 10:08 AM The University of Nebraska at Omaha has kicked off its 51st year of helping the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve's annual Toys for Tots drive to brighten the holiday season of needy children.

Updated: 10:52 AM When Capital City citizens see a chance to help their fellow neighbor they often join forces. Such is the case in this edition of Lance's Journal.

Posted: 4:34 AM Grand Island Sam's Club employees unloaded bins of food at the Grand Generation Center on Monday.

Posted: 4:37 AM The Friendship Home, a local domestic shelter, received a free interior paint color makeover courtesy of Benjamin Moore Paints’ “Color Care Across America” campaign today.

Updated: 5:20 AM The Homestead National Monument in southeast Nebraska is seeking volunteers to carry state flags for the 150th anniversary of the Homestead Act.

Posted: 4:33 AM Volunteers are being sought to help record Nebraska veterans' stories for the Library of Congress.

Posted: 4:37 AM The Bo Pelini Foundation donates $25,000 toward breast cancer research at the UNMC Eppley Cancer Centeer

Posted: 7:18 AM The Lincoln Center Kiwanis Club held its 53rd annual Pancake Festival November 3rd at Pershing Center.

Updated: 10:51 AM A fundraiser takes place this weekend for a Lincoln family that's been through more than their share of heartache in the past eight years. Their story is the focus of this edition of Lance's Journal.

Posted: 9:25 AM Thanksgiving is just a few weeks away. Many families will go without a traditional meal. Hunger continues to be a big problem in our community, but you can help, and you can do it while checking out at the grocery store.

Posted: 7:12 AM Mike Smith says it took him eight years and a lot of failures before he made his dream of running a non-profit skate park in Lincoln come true.

Posted: 11:48 AM Happy Halloween!

Updated: 10:51 AM One of the best things about living in the heartland is the way people treat one another here. And Dean Hamling of St. Edward knows that better than anybody. Our Lance Schwartz explains.

Posted: 7:45 AM Residents of Stapleton are coming together to clean up from a fire that tore through miles of grassland and crops.

Updated: 10:31 AM Sunday hundreds of kids and their families met some of the biggest celebrities in Nebraska, Husker athletes. The Husker Heroes Outreach event invited people with disabilities and their families for a day out. 1011's Catherine Crane met up with one girl, who might just be your hero.

Posted: 7:49 AM A group of local kids won't just be asking for candy while trick or treating this year.

Updated: 10:51 AM Holiday Bell Ringers are needed for the Salvation Army

Posted: 7:44 AM More than 85,000 Big Red fans packed Memorial Stadium for Saturday's game, and they left behind plenty of trash. But some of that trash was recyclable, and won't be ending up in a landfill thanks to the hard work of Sustain UNL and volunteers.