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.

Updated: 5:20 AM A train slammed into an empty truck Tuesday night in rural Lancaster County.

Updated: 6:26 AM The State opened its case against Peter Draper with testimony from a nurse and a doctor who treated Joseph Rinehart Jr. the night he died.

Updated: 8:18 AM A statewide effort to raise money for the family of late Lincoln Police officer John Clarke has paid off

Updated: 6:23 AM Grand Island Public Works says their ongoing wastewater infrastructure program isn't just about putting in new sewer lines.

Updated: 6:28 AM Grand Island leaders are making progress on their quest to keep the Nebraska Veteran's Home.

Updated: 9:31 AM Roy Christensen, Leirion Gaylor Baird and Trent Fellers are Lincoln City Council's newly elected members.

Updated: 8:18 AM Volunteers made a difference for a Lincoln family Tuesday, raising the walls on their new home.

Updated: 6:38 AM Of the more than 160-thousand registered voters in Lincoln, only about 34,000 are expected to cast their ballots in this election.

Updated: 5:36 AM Lincoln Police issued a warrant of First Degree Assault for 24-year-old James "Kim" Gatluak. Police believe Gatluak is somehow connected to the shooting and stabbing at the WSI Hall on December 26, 2012.

Posted: 3:57 PM Nebraska lawmakers who support an Omaha charter-schools bill launched a debate on a measure that was killed in committee this year.

Posted: 3:55 PM One person was seriously injured when two cars collided at a Grand Island intersection Monday night.

Posted: 3:53 PM Farmers in the nation's breadbasket who only recently were praying for an end to a withering drought are now pining for enough sunshine and heat to dry their muddy fields in time to plant their corn and other crops.

Updated: 3:54 PM U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) today met with two Nebraska students, who were honored at the The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards for outstanding volunteer service.

Posted: 2:03 PM A Nebraska state lawmaker who suffered a mild heart attack has returned to the Legislature.

Updated: 5:33 PM You might be a life-long Nebraskan and yet you may have never heard of the Roman l. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center near Clay Center. We'll take you there for a tour and find out how this facility works to help the livestock industry.

Updated: 5:08 AM A two car crash in Lincoln leads to a van slamming into a tree.

Updated: 6:39 AM If you think going to a Husker game is the only thing to do in Nebraska, think again. The state is a popular vacation spot that offers a little bit of everything.

Updated: 4:55 AM The Lincoln City Council voted Monday night to say goodbye to outdoor donation boxes.

Updated: 5:09 AM An entertainment district is coming to the capital city.

Updated: 5:49 AM A jury found John Oldson guilty in the 1989 murder of an Ord woman back in February, but the judge still hasn't handed down a sentence for the 23 year old cold case.