Posted: 10:51 PM Senate Republicans have boycotted a scheduled committee vote on President Barack Obama's pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.

Updated: 10:06 AM It’s a desperate time for many Lincoln families. A new survey shows more than 7,000 families in Lincoln live in poverty.

Updated: 4:46 AM Somewhere out there in Seward, a man who purchased a Powerball Power play ticket has achieved instant millionaire status.

Posted: 9:51 PM Peter Draper of Naponee faces two counts of intentional child abuse that resulted in the death of his grandson. Draper himself was his defense's last witness on Thursday.

Updated: 6:30 AM Lawmakers have given first-round approval to a bill that makes up most of Nebraska's state budget.

Updated: 4:50 AM A preliminary federal report says a small plane hit and severed a power line before crashing in northeast Nebraska, killing two people aboard.

Updated: 6:21 PM Less than 24 hours after a devastating fire, a local business looks forward. The building is damaged and all products inside are destroyed, but the owners of Wahoo Locker said they won't close the doors.

Updated: 11:59 AM In this House Works, Chef Judy Gilliard shows us a way to present a rustic pear almond cake everyone will definitely remember.

Updated: 7:41 AM Kaileb Webber needs help winning a wheelchair accessible van. There's one day left in the contest, and they need more votes.

Updated: 5:17 PM Originally charged with second degree murder, Joshua Albright now faces more charges. He's the man accused of stabbing another man over a woman back in August. Albright pleaded not guilty to additional charges Thursday afternoon.

Updated: 5:21 PM Police are looking for an armed robber on Lincoln's north-side. Around 1:30 a.m. Thursday, police were called to the Kwik Shop at 44th and Cornhusker Highway. The clerk told police that a black male, wearing white scarf or t-shirt over his face, brandished a black semi-automatic handgun and demanded cash.

Updated: 7:39 AM Fundraisers are planned after a 3-year-old North Platte boy nearly drowned this week.

Posted: 2:49 PM A final agreement must be reached by 5:00 p.m. this Friday or the required releases by Nebraska will be reinitiated.

Posted: 12:19 PM It's caused a stir in the Star City. Hit pop star Michael Buble' gracing the stage of the nearly-completed Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln. Now, with one click, you're steps closer to him!

Updated: 4:42 PM According to the Nebraska State Patrol, a woman is in the hospital after an accident on I-80 Thursday morning.

Updated: 5:23 PM The only way to save money with coupons is to actually use them. Learn how to keep them organized so they're easier to use.

Updated: 5:24 PM The family of 74-year-old Raymond man, Tom Schlender, who was murdered on a dark Mississippi highway one year ago, continues to wait for the trial to begin while the accused killer. The trial is slated to start in June 2013. However, the district attorney handling the potential death penalty case has said it may be pushed back to August because a required mental evaluation on the accused is still pending.

Updated: 6:18 AM Wednesday was the third day of the trial of Peter Draper, a Franklin County man accused of killing his two year old grandson last spring.

Updated: 6:38 AM Hall County District Court Judge William Wright said the 27-year-old may have avoided jail time by "the slimmest of margins."

Updated: 7:04 PM Lincoln County Sheriff Investigators arrested Trevor Perry of North Platte for Child Abuse Friday after his 3-year-old stepson nearly drowned in a pond off of Newberry Access on Monday.

Updated: 5:31 AM Lawmakers have started to debate a series of bills that will make up Nebraska's next state budget. The proposals that won committee approval allocate about $7.8 billion for the new two-year budget cycle, which begins on July 1.

Updated: 7:36 PM Find out what's happening around Lincoln on this week's Star City Buzz and get dates, times, and ticket information.

Updated: 7:00 PM A huge fire in Wahoo sends smoke billowing into the sky. The fire leaves a Nebraska community filled with loyal customers wondering what will happen to their popular business.

Posted: 9:23 AM A 7-year-old Nebraska boy is recovering after being attacked by a neighbor's two Rottweiler dogs.

Updated: 6:40 AM Police say they have one person in custody after three suspects went on a crime spree in a Lincoln neighborhood.