Updated: 7:39 AM A Pennsylvania woman who lost her life while coming to the aid of a victim of domestic violence is one of 22 people honored with Carnegie medals for heroism.

Posted: 7:23 AM A former federal police officer in Grand Island is scheduled to be sentenced May 28 for misdemeanor sexual assault.

Posted: 4:30 AM Some University of Nebraska-Lincoln students have joined a NASA competition in Huntsville Ala., where they will launch a rocket they built.

Posted: 6:21 PM Authorities say a teenager ran away from Boys Town before crashing a tractor into a nearby building.

Posted: 5:04 PM Attorney General Bruning issued a consumer alert Wednesday for Nebraskans to be wary of emails claiming to be sent from IRS tax agents.

Updated: 7:49 AM Lincoln Mayor Chris Beutler joined baseball enthusiasts and supporters Wednesday to celebrate the newly renovated Sherman Field at Sampson Park.

Updated: 4:38 PM A national conference being held in Omaha this week is designed to help counties learn better ways to protect their computer networks from hackers

Posted: 4:16 PM A 42-year-old Oklahoma man has been indicted in a Nebraska federal court, accused of taking a teenage girl from her suburban Omaha home to his Oklahoma home for sex.

Posted: 1:38 PM A 26-year-old man charged with setting fire to three books at a University of Nebraska-Lincoln library last year has been given one to three years in prison.

Posted: 6:28 AM A 42-year-old Platte County woman has denied allegations that she harshly disciplined her children.

Posted: 6:17 AM More state troopers and sheriff's deputies will be on state highways and roads in western Nebraska in the coming weeks in an effort to keep drunken drivers off the road.

Updated: 8:48 AM Volunteers are being sought for the inaugural Mighty Mo Annual Cleanup on Saturday.

Posted: 5:58 AM American Indian tribes trying to bring back their languages from the brink of extinction are increasingly turning to tech for help.

Posted: 12:10 PM A 58-year-old sheriff's deputy has died after a fall at his rural home in south-central Nebraska.

Posted: 12:05 PM Tuesday, Gov. Dave Heineman, in accordance with the proclamation from President Barack Obama, announced all U.S. and Nebraska flags to be flown at half-staff in respect for the victims of the tragedy in Boston, Massachusetts.

Posted: 6:36 AM A 25-year-old man convicted in Sioux city of tracking his estranged wife has been given 57 months in federal prison.

Posted: 6:34 AM A Grand Island man has been sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine.

Posted: 6:18 AM Nebraska's veterans' home in Norfolk received a perfect score on an annual U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs health care survey.

Posted: 6:11 AM Beginning this week, Nebraska hunters can enter the Nebraska Super Tag Lottery for a shot at a four-species permit.

Posted: 10:31 PM Federal regulators have decided their next meeting with the utility that owns the troubled Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant in Nebraska will be closed to the public next week because sensitive security information will be discussed.

Posted: 10:18 PM Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman says state emergency officials should have direct control over airplanes that could be stationed in Chadron and Valentine to fight wildfires.

Posted: 8:44 PM Oscar Garcia has been sentenced to 57 months in prison.

Posted: 2:10 PM Average retail gasoline prices in Lincoln have fallen 4.0 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.45/g Sunday, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 146 gas outlets in Lincoln.

Posted: 11:22 AM Gov. Dave Heineman encouraged Nebraskans on Monday to volunteer during ServeNebraska Week of Service, April 22-28. Gov. Heineman and First Lady Sally Ganem serve as Champions of the ServeNebraska Week of Service.

Posted: 8:19 AM Sentencing is scheduled June 12 for a 40-year-old Riverton man who has been convicted of misdemeanor vehicular homicide.