Posted: 8:54 AM Four cities have told the state they're interested in hosting the new Nebraska veterans home.

Updated: 7:16 PM Authorities say a man accused of shooting a Sioux City police officer has been captured in Texas.

Posted: 11:56 PM Lawmakers have advanced a bill intended to attract more wind-energy companies to Nebraska, as long as residents receive some of the benefits.

Posted: 11:26 PM Nebraska farmers have begun planting corn, but the U.S. Agriculture Department says they are behind schedule and dry soil remains a concern.

Updated: 5:44 AM The Nebraska Corn Board says Nebraska farmers will be making a $3 billion investment in the next few weeks as they plant 9.9. million acres of corn.

Posted: 8:37 PM A bill that would have used Nebraska's tax system as a kind of investment vehicle to build roads has failed to advance in the Legislature.

Updated: 5:22 AM Jack Hoffman and his family meets the president.

Updated: 2:15 PM Three people are injured after a two-car collision on Highway 281 in Grand Island Sunday.

Updated: 9:40 PM The man accused of stealing a skid loader to steal an ATM and then damaging property across south Grand Island is facing six felony charges.

Updated: 10:50 AM Four people are injured after two separate but related car accidents on Interstate 80 Sunday evening.

Posted: 4:56 AM The Nebraska Trapshooting Association is hosting its annual trapshooting contest for students.

Updated: 6:53 AM Nebraskans met on the capitol steps to raise awareness for the hundreds of Nebraska workers injured or killed in work-related incidents.

Updated: 6:30 AM Flames forced patients and staff to evacuate a hospital Sunday.

Updated: 6:34 AM President Donald Jackson hopes to boost enrollment numbers as head of Hastings College.

Updated: 10:03 PM Stuhr Museum officials say there's a lot that needs to be done to restore their founder's home to its 1800s look.

Updated: 10:03 PM Officials say a train likely started a fire near Kenesaw Sunday.

Updated: 3:56 PM After struggling to sway both state and federal lawmakers, proponents of expanding background checks for gun sales are now exploring whether they will have more success by taking the issue directly to voters.

Updated: 3:03 PM A Senate bill would bring many of the estimated 11 million people living in the U.S. illegally out of the shadows -- but not everyone would benefit.

Updated: 2:32 PM The Fort Kearny Outdoor Discovery Program has scheduled several events for dogs on May 11.

Posted: 2:11 PM The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission has scheduled the Southeast District Birding Day for May 15.

Updated: 10:09 PM A spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration says a small plane crashed Saturday evening in Norfolk, Nebraska, killing both people on board.

Posted: 9:48 AM Nebraska parks will soon kick off a summer competitive nature hunt.

Posted: 7:45 AM Lawmakers who dug into Nebraska's cash reserve at the height of the recession are now looking to rebuild the state's rainy-day fund.

Posted: 6:18 AM Lincoln County has settled a wrongful death lawsuit with the family of an inmate who committed suicide in a jail cell in 2008.

Updated: 6:24 AM Just before 1:00 Sunday morning, crews responded to the eastbound lanes of I-80 about two miles east of the Seward interchange.