Updated: 7:30 AM A Lincoln lobbying firm has been recruited to help Norfolk and Hastings in their plight to keep their regional centers open.

Updated: 6:31 PM The powerful Appropriations Committee comes up with what will likely be the last budget blueprint for lawmakers this year.

Updated: 4:55 PM The 16th annual Groundwater Festival is flowing with ideas.

Updated: 2:28 PM Court upholds the sentence of a man who caused a Lincoln pileup.

Updated: 2:25 PM Weather suspends search for infant's body.

Updated: 6:03 PM Authorities have arrested a 17-year-old student at Malcolm Middle and High School after finding bomb materials and a rifle in his car parked ourside the school Tuesday.

Updated: 7:44 AM A former North Platte Saint Patrick's girls basketball coach was sentenced Monday to five-to-ten years in prison for sexually assaulting one of his players.

Updated: 7:43 AM Schools across the country are getting some wiggle room in a deadline to get a top teacher in every teacher in every core class.

Updated: 7:41 AM U.S. Senator Ben Nelson said he wasn't on any inside track with the White House over the nomination of Nebraska businessman Tony Raimondo.

Updated: 8:14 AM The Lincoln City Council cracks down on where alcohol can be sold.

Updated: 8:15 AM Reverend Norman Leach appeared in court Monday and pleaded not guilty to one count of third degree sexual assault.

Updated: 7:52 PM Bird-lovers can watch Nebraska's crane migration on the "Crane Cam".

Updated: 6:19 PM Reverend Norman Leach faces a charge of sexual assault of a child. He has been active with Lincoln community centers.

Updated: 8:19 AM Possible human remains found in Lancaster County.

Updated: 2:25 PM A 17-year-old dies in an Omaha shooting.

Updated: 7:02 AM A 44-year-old man convicted of molesting a three-year-old girl and photographing the assault has been sentenced to up to 40 years in prison.

Updated: 6:52 AM The Walk of Honor held at Conestoga Mall in Grand Island raised more than $11,000 this weekend for the families of two fallen Wood River firefighters.

Updated: 6:43 AM According to a Boy Scout official fewer than one third of Boy Scout and Cub Scout leaders in southeast Nebraska have undergone national criminal background checks.

Updated: 10:40 PM Folks are happy about changes made to Lincoln parking meters.

Updated: 10:46 PM Donors, volunteers and nature lovers gathered at the Crane Meadows Nature Center on Saturday to dedicated a 12,000 square foot addition.

Updated: 10:47 PM Water issues, health care and community leadership are the topics being put before rural Nebraskans in this year's Nebraska Rural Poll.

Updated: 10:48 PM A woman is killed Friday afternoon when she was struck by a Union Pacific train as she was crossing the tracks in Grand Island.

Updated: 10:48 PM Time keepers keep tournament games running smooth.

Updated: 10:49 PM House of Horses finds a home in Gage County.

Updated: 7:58 PM A Lincoln Southwest teacher is arrested for failure to register as a sex offender.