Posted: 10:18 AM Authorities say a pickup driver has died after a collision with a semitrailer in west-central Nebraska.

Posted: 10:05 AM State officials are opening a trade office in Shanghai to attract Chinese investment and promote Nebraska businesses.

Posted: 9:49 AM Authorities are investigating a fire that killed a Kearney woman as arson.

Updated: 9:36 PM Workers broke ground on Kearney's new "RYDE" System public bus garage on Tuesday. 3.8 million federal dollars, all stemming from the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act "stimulus," is now being spent to build the new garage and "RYDE" administrative offices at 11th Street and "H" Avenue.

Updated: 5:13 PM When John Fagot needed another leader dog, the Eustis Lions Club offered not only to do the paper work through Leader Dogs for the Blind, but to raise enough money to offset the cost for Izzie too.

Posted: 5:48 PM More than half of U.S. counties now are classified by the federal government as natural disaster areas mostly because of the drought.

Posted: 5:46 PM York police are looking for some tire thieves

Posted: 10:06 AM Environmental groups are claiming victory in a federal decision that prevents a University of Nebraska biologist from using his research permit to help clear the way for the Keystone XL oil pipeline.

Updated: 11:21 AM A 64-year-old motorcyclist has died in a crash about 20 miles from North Platte in western Nebraska.

Updated: 10:57 PM Beginning in the evening hours on Saturday, August 4 and continuing into the early morning hours on Sunday, August 5, troopers will conduct a DUI checkpoint along with high visibility patrols in and around Hall County.

Posted: 6:04 AM The drought affecting Midwest and Plains states has put a further drag on the regional economy.

Posted: 11:02 PM Jose Felix-Perez will spend time in prison for distributing methamphetamine.

Posted: 10:51 PM Railroad crossings at Broadwell Avenue and Webb Road will be closed Wednesday.

Updated: 5:20 AM Gun control. It's been a hot button issue for years. Now, the recent movie theatre massacre in Colorado prompted some federal lawmakers to take political advantage of the situation.

Posted: 9:24 PM A Platte County judge has ordered a Columbus man to trial on charges that he created a false paper trail for a classic muscle car to pump up the asking price.

Posted: 8:27 PM Nebraska-Kearney incoming freshman Michael Colgate qualified for the 2012 U.S. Amateur Championships by winning a three-hole playoff Tuesday in Naples, Fla.

Updated: 7:34 AM The City of Grand Island is one of the latest municipal utilities to join a refrigerator recycling program. One incentive for participating - customers get paid to do so.

Updated: 9:33 AM It takes more than thirty lives a day, and for one family in Grand Island it took two.

Updated: 11:53 AM Nebraska has entered a "sister state" relationship with a central Chinese province that could lead to future trade opportunities

Updated: 6:53 AM A 35-year-old North Platte woman accused of helping her husband operate a methamphetamine lab at their home has been given jail time.

Posted: 6:40 AM A 42-year-old North Platte man has been given four to 12 years in prison for two drug convictions in separate cases.

Updated: 9:42 PM Ag officials say that for Nebraska crops hot, dry weather means more than just extra irrigation.

Updated: 5:38 AM Along with pencils and notebooks, health officials are recommending parents send their kids back to school with one more thing.

Updated: 8:56 AM Nebraska’s drought continues and it’s taking its toll across the state, even in the pasture with cattle.

Posted: 5:29 PM Two Florida residents have been arrested and nearly 16 pounds of marijuana has been seized after a traffic stop in south-central Nebraska.