Updated: 7:53 AM Authorities say a 52-year-old woman who was pointing a flare gun has been shot by an Omaha officer. A police new release says the incident occurred around 8:45 p.m. Thursday in north-central Omaha. Officers had been dispatched to the home of Madonna Runco. Runco told them her daughter was playing music too loudly in the garage and said the woman, Paula Moen, had a mental illness.
Posted: 6:55 AM A new grain-loading facility will be built near Superior to help Nebraska farmers get their crops to market quickly.
Posted: 6:52 AM The Omaha-based Better Business Bureau is warning people about suspicious phone calls regarding medical alert devices.
Posted: 6:49 AM As thousands of American soldiers return to the civilian workforce after service in Iraq or Afghanistan, many are finding jobs on the nation's rail lines.
Posted: 6:47 AM Lawmakers have failed to reach a vote on a proposal to buy a $2.2 million airplane from the University of Nebraska Foundation.
Posted: 10:41 PM Construction planned for S. 17th Street between South and “A” streets has been delayed due to potential changes in the original plans. Work was to begin Monday, May 6.
Posted: 8:35 PM Nebraska officials have agreed to stop releasing water into Kansas, now that the states have reached a tentative agreement on Kansas' future access to water from the Republican River.
Posted: 6:38 PM A Broken Bow man remains in critical condition at a Kearney hospital after a motorcycle crash Wednesday.
Posted: 5:23 PM Construction planned for S. 17th Street between South and “A” streets has been delayed due to potential changes in the original plans.
Posted: 5:09 PM An eastbound coal train and westbound train carrying cargo containers collided Thursday morning derailing 13 coal cars and 22 cars of the intermodal cargo train --which carries ocean-going containers on flatbed cars. That's more train cars than originally reported.
Posted: 4:56 PM Construction planned for S. 17th Street between South and “A” streets has been delayed due to potential changes in the original plans. Work was to begin Monday, May 6.
Posted: 3:05 PM Nebraska Sen. Charlie Janssen's gubernatorial campaign is gathering signatures to rally support for a guns bill that has stalled in the Legislature.
Posted: 1:37 PM Walmart will hire approximately 180 associates to work at the new Walmart slated to open this summer in Lincoln on Grainger Parkway about a mile south of Southridge Mall.
Posted: 1:15 PM The public is invited to an open house Thursday, May 16 to meet the new StarTran Transit Manager Michael Davis.
Posted: 1:00 PM A wet spring continues to soak soil across much of the Midwest, causing the prolonged drought to retreat ever so slowly westward.
Posted: 12:49 PM Lawmakers have rejected an attempt to add $7.5 million in yearly funding to Nebraska's property tax credit program.
Posted: 9:19 AM A 28-year-old York man has been given three years of probation for using a stolen gas credit card.
Posted: 5:51 AM Despite wet weather in April, the amount of water flowing into the Missouri River remains below normal because of slow runoff and the ongoing drought.
Posted: 5:48 AM Organizers say the 2013 Nebraska Law Enforcement Memorial Day ceremony will be held at the Nebraska Law Enforcement Memorial in Grand Island.
Posted: 5:45 AM An Iowa man who illegally made and sold fireworks and explosive devices has been sentenced to 46 months in prison.
Posted: 5:42 AM Many Republican leaders are pushing their party to accept a more welcoming U.S. immigration policy, arguing that it will make the GOP more appealing to Hispanic voters whose numbers are growing rapidly.
Posted: 4:49 AM Despite wet weather in April, the amount of water flowing into the Missouri River remains below normal because of slow runoff and the ongoing drought. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Wednesday that the cold weather reduced the amount of runoff from snowmelt in the past month.
Updated: 5:26 AM The Omaha Police Department is conducting training this week for newly appointed gang unit officers. Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer says the class will focus on gang identification and investigations, situational tactical training and narcotics investigations. There also will be a strong emphasis on community relations and community outreach.
Updated: 4:05 AM The California agency overseeing national health care reforms was granted sweeping authority to conceal spending on contractors that will perform most of its functions. The degree of secrecy the Legislature gave Covered California appears unique among states attempting to establish their own health insurance exchanges under President Barack Obama's health law.
Posted: 11:10 PM The head of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency says that the Obama administration has discussed declassifying key data on U.S. missile defense in order to provide it to Russia. The administration has been exploring how to ease Russian concerns that the U.S. missile defense shield is aimed at countering Russia's nuclear arsenal.
