Updated: 11:22 PM The Lincoln Children's Zoo made the most of Mother's Day by celebrating the zoo's new animal moms.

Posted: 10:32 AM Work is slated to begin on a stretch of road north of Pawnee City, in southeast Nebraska. The Department of Roads says the roadwork will begin Monday on Nebraska Highway 50.

Posted: 7:36 AM An effort to repeal Nebraska's motorcycle-helmet law will get another ride in the Legislature. A new crop of lawmakers are slated to debate the bill, which has failed in past years.

Posted: 9:35 PM U.S. safety regulators are investigating complaints that problems with steering-gear boxes are causing a loss of control in some Ford trucks. The probe by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration covers an estimated 340,000 F250 and F350 Super Duty Trucks from the 2008 model year.

Posted: 9:28 PM Many Americans admit they've done it, but safety experts say drowsy driving is a problem motorists are just starting to wake up to. A fatigue expert on the National Transportation Safety Board says drowsy driving can be as bad as drunken driving.

Updated: 9:40 PM 160,000 gallons -- that's how much water went into the new Lincoln Park Pool in Grand Island Saturday. City officials said crews have been working furiously to get the new pool ready for a May 25 opening.

Updated: 7:40 AM A local salon is stepping up to support a Boston stylist injured during the marathon bombing.

Updated: 10:27 PM The Nebraska State Patrol says a Friday night pursuit in Seward County ended with a suspect being killed after firing on troopers.

Posted: 6:57 PM A Lincoln woman's baking business is booming at 48th & Highway 2 in Lincoln. She's creating gourmet cupcakes that are carefully crafted from original recipes.

Updated: 10:06 PM On the fifth day of his trial Peter Draper's jury began deliberation just before 4 p.m. At 4:45 they handed the judge their verdict: guilty on two counts of intentional child abuse.

Updated: 10:46 PM Lincoln Police said there was a vague threat against a University in Lincoln in an online chat room Thursday night. The threat said something would happen at a University in Lincoln but was not specific as to what University.

Updated: 8:17 PM There's no reason to be bored in Lincoln this weekend. Sports fans should be in heaven with the Big Ten Softball Tournament, Class B State Baseball Championships and NCAA Tennis happening in Lincoln.

Posted: 3:16 PM The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Kansas City Field Division and the Cass County Sheriff’s Office announce that ATF is offering a new reward of $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the additional person or persons responsible for the theft of explosives in rural Weeping Water.

Posted: 2:20 PM The City of Grand Island is ramping up its green initiative with a digital newsletter.

Updated: 8:18 PM An elaborate identity theft has Lincoln Police on the hunt for the couple responsible. When a man and woman started spending money in the Capital City, no one had any idea how elaborate their crime would get.

Updated: 5:16 PM A Roca man and his ex-wife are facing charges after investigators said they stole more than $100,000 from the man's mother.

Updated: 5:20 PM Lawmakers have pulled funding to buy an airplane from the University of Nebraska Foundation, choosing instead to study whether better options are available.

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.