Updated: 5:38 AM Supporters of a Nebraska Medicaid bill are urging residents to contact their state senators directly, to try to bring the measure to a vote in the Legislature.

Updated: 9:18 PM Last year Congress' attempt at a farm bill failed when the House of Representatives never scheduled a vote on their final version. Now lawmakers in Washington have taken the first steps toward a 2013 Farm Bill.

Updated: 7:48 AM The Stuhr Museum Foundation hopes to raise $7 million for renovations.

Updated: 9:45 PM A local developer says a public private partnership is the key to a new housing development, which would provide 600 new homes in Grand Island.

Posted: 7:45 PM The Grand Island City Council had a busy Tuesday meeting, approving two multi-million dollar sewer projects and a grant that could fund new police hires.

Posted: 7:47 PM A bill designed to help fight wildfires in rural Nebraska has advanced to a final legislative vote.

Posted: 7:48 PM The Federal Reserve says farm income growth slowed across the Plains and western states in the first quarter as costs increased and the drought lingered.

Posted: 6:00 PM A 47-year-old North Platte man whose dog was infested with maggots has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor animal abuse.

Updated: 6:10 AM A Howard County judge denied John Oldson's request for a new trial after she said there wasn't enough evidence.

Posted: 10:38 AM Lawmakers have given final approval to a funding bill that divides state aid among Nebraska's large and small public schools.

Updated: 10:55 PM The Powerball jackpot stands at $360 million, the third largest in history.

Updated: 9:27 AM 10/11 is the proud winner of 11 awards in the 2013 Great Plains Associated Press Broadcast Contest. The contest includes stations in South Dakota, North Dakota, and Nebraska.

Posted: 9:25 AM Less than two weeks ago, it snowed in some parts of Nebraska and Iowa.

Updated: 6:30 PM Holdrege Public School officials hope to use the money to consolidate three elementary school buildings into one new one.

Updated: 9:24 AM Many places in Central Nebraska hit triple digits Tuesday, and health experts say it's important to take precautions as the mercury rises.

Posted: 8:05 PM Hastings, Grand Island, Kearney and North Platte are all vying for the new facility.

Posted: 5:06 PM Nebraska lawmakers have voted to override Gov. Dave Heineman's veto on a public-school retirement bill.

Updated: 5:08 AM The Grand Island Police Department is cracking down on crime with a crime prevention unit.

Updated: 5:17 AM The Powerball jackpot is climbing again, and fast. In just a few short weeks, the jackpot has ballooned to an estimated $360 million, making it the third largest Powerball jackpot and the seventh largest jackpot ever

Updated: 4:26 AM Federal accident investigators recommended Tuesday that states cut their threshold for drunken driving by nearly half, matching a standard that has substantially reduced highway deaths in other countries.

Posted: 1:43 PM Authorities say a 30-year-old central Nebraskan has been fatally injured in a collision between his motorcycle and a farm vehicle.

Posted: 11:41 AM Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning has been fined $19,000 by the Federal Election Commission for violating campaign finance laws during his run for U.S. Senate last year.

Updated: 6:57 PM A proposal to abolish the death penalty in Nebraska is dead for the year.

Updated: 3:51 PM We'll travel to the Gage County fairgrounds and learn more about the "Day on the Farm" Agricultural Awareness Program. Find out how third graders are learning about the world of farming.

Updated: 7:27 AM Nebraska farmers are working hard to plant their corn crop, but this spring's wet weather has slowed their work. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says about 43 percent of Nebraska's corn crop has been planted. That's about 10 days behind the average of 77 percent planted at this point. Nebraska's wheat crop continues to be in bad shape. About 48 percent of the wheat crop is in poor or very poor condition.