Updated: 12:51 PM A Lincoln man is in jail for waving around his own knife.

Posted: 8:09 AM Cold temperatures will greet the more than 30,000 Berkshire Hathaway shareholders expected to stream into Omaha for this weekend's annual meeting.

Posted: 8:06 AM A University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension webinar is aimed at helping farmers understand their options under the farm bill.

Posted: 8:03 AM Seven small public libraries have been given grants to improve services or facilities.

Posted: 8:01 AM Three law enforcement agencies collected more than 7,000 pounds of unwanted prescription drugs at a recent event.

Posted: 7:59 AM Many investors want to copy Warren Buffett's moves because he makes it sound simple and has accumulated billions in the process.

Posted: 7:01 PM Nebraska lawmakers have moved to streamline appeals for anyone who challenges a decision of the commission that regulates utilities, phone companies and taxi services.

Posted: 6:38 PM Nebraska lawmakers are debating a bill that would ban chemicals used in synthetic drugs, which mimic the effects of substances like methamphetamine and Ecstasy.

Posted: 3:48 PM Authorities say they tied a Gothenburg man to a theft near Brady after finding his driver's license at the scene.

Posted: 3:22 PM A woman believed to have been Nebraska's oldest resident has died at the age of 112.

Posted: 2:53 PM Lawmakers have passed a new sentencing range of 40 years to life for murders that were committed by a juvenile.

Posted: 11:55 AM Billionaire Warren Buffett is known for being reluctant to invest in technology companies, but he now has a Twitter account.

Posted: 7:05 AM A 23-year-old Beatrice man has been given a year behind bars for leaving the scene of an accident in Beatrice last year.

Posted: 6:59 AM Warren Buffett's company has sold more than 1.7 million Moody's shares this week, but Berkshire Hathaway Inc. still owns nearly 12 percent of the credit ratings agency.

Updated: 7:48 AM The University of Nebraska at Kearney has received an anonymous, $1.3 million gift for its music and performing-arts program.

Posted: 6:52 AM A Hastings woman has been sentenced to more than two years in federal prison for failing to register as a sex offender.

Posted: 6:45 AM The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners has approved shortening the name of the local visitors bureau.

Posted: 6:38 AM Four people have been injured in a two-vehicle collision near the eastern Nebraska village of Waterloo, and officials say slick road conditions may have contributed to the crash.

Posted: 7:09 PM The Stolley Park Railroad in Grand Island will not open on May 4 as planned.

Updated: 11:27 AM The City Public Works and Utilities Department will implement additional parking restrictions Sunday, May 5 along the route of the Lincoln Marathon.

Updated: 6:35 AM Supporters of expanded Medicaid are trying to revive the stalled bill, arguing that a failure to act would force hospital closures in rural Nebraska.

Updated: 4:11 PM The City Public Works and Utilities Department is proposing to decriminalize watering violations issued during periods when the City is under mandatory water restrictions

Posted: 10:56 AM North Platte has just experienced its driest 365-day period in recorded history.

Posted: 6:28 AM A monthly economic survey index for nine Midwest and Plains states dropped last month but continues to suggest improving economic growth for the region.

Posted: 6:26 AM The Strategic Air & Space Museum will unveil its new mobile observatory and outreach laboratory this week.