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.

Posted: 6:23 AM A 31-year-old Scottsbluff man has been given 240 days in jail in a painkillers fraud case.

Posted: 6:19 AM The mayor of Gering says he expects the city to hire internally when selecting its new police chief, but there's no timeline on when that might happen.

Posted: 6:17 AM Firefighters burned down two homes in Blue Springs as the city looks to clean up the community and give volunteer firefighters much-needed training.

Posted: 6:13 AM An Omaha woman has been given several years in prison in connection with the abuse of her boyfriend's young son.

Posted: 9:47 PM Authorities say $3,000 worth of wire was stolen off a pivot Monday.

Updated: 9:44 PM Officials celebrated two groundbreakings at the University of Nebraska at Kearney Tuesday afternoon.

Updated: 2:14 PM Police say gambling devices were seized some where in a building at 808 W. North Front Street. The owner of the plumbing company located in that building says his business isn't involved, the machines were seized from upstairs apartment.

Posted: 7:10 PM Dr. Randy Rhine was inaugurated as the 11th president of Chadron State College.

Posted: 3:48 PM Nebraska spends nearly $95 million a year on child-care subsidies for working, low-income families -- but the state isn't tracking the quality of care those children receive.

Posted: 12:07 PM A 39-year-old Scottsbluff man has been given five to eight years in prison for stabbing the husband of his former wife in a dispute over a vehicle.

Posted: 12:24 PM Many kids and adults enjoy handing out May Day baskets. Kids knock on the door, leave the surprise on the doorstep and run away. Today in House Works, we share a creative May Day idea that's not a basket, but still spreads spring cheer.