Posted: 11:45 AM Nebraska students showed improvement in this year's statewide writing proficiency test.

Posted: 7:08 AM Four Nebraska men have been charged in separate federal indictments of failing to register as sex offenders.

Posted: 6:54 AM A New York man had been indicted on federal charges, accused of assaulting and intimidating flight crew members on a flight from New York to Omaha last month.

Posted: 3:04 PM A Nebraska tax measure that could benefit high-tech start-up companies and uninsured medical patients is headed to a final vote in the Legislature.

Posted: 3:00 PM The Nebraska State Patrol says a traffic stop on Interstate 80 just west of Grand Island turned up nearly 53 pounds of marijuana in a car.

Posted: 2:52 PM A new program will offer an online education in financial literacy to Nebraska high school students and parents.

Updated: 10:28 PM Authorities are looking for those responsible for irreparably damaging the Beatrice High School football field's new artificial turf by spreading at least 100 pounds of birdseed over it.

Posted: 6:40 AM Veterinarians have been able to save the leg of a 9-month-old puppy shot by intruders during a home invasion in north Omaha last week.

Posted: 6:30 AM When travelers hit the road for Memorial Day weekend, they should be careful when crossing railroad tracks.

Posted: 6:23 AM The award-winning Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha has added a dragon to its array of exotic animals.

Posted: 6:17 AM House Republicans have pushed through legislation to bypass the president to speed approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to Texas.

Posted: 4:58 PM The 21-year-old faces robbery, assault and drug charges.

Posted: 4:46 PM A North Platte man accused of having sex with a 15-year-old girl faces two charges.

Posted: 3:52 PM Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning says the only nurse at Dr. LeRoy Carhart's abortion clinic in Bellevue should lose her license because of substandard care there.

Posted: 3:35 PM Ballots for a proposed $5.6 million Gage County road bond issue will be in the mail this week.

Updated: 3:35 PM A bill that would allow more working families in Nebraska to qualify for child care subsidies is headed to a final vote in the Legislature.

Posted: 10:06 AM The national average price of gasoline has increased 9.5 cents a gallon this past week (to $3.68) and casual observers are quick to blame the approaching Memorial Weekend and the holiday’s expected uptick in demand as the culprit.

Posted: 4:39 AM The University of Nebraska Medical Center is showing off its new $30 million eye institute. The grand opening celebration for the Stanley M. Truhlsen Eye Institute is being held on Wednesday.

Updated: 7:47 AM Residents in Lincoln and a group of Boy Scouts have collected 47,000 pounds of outdated phone directories for recycling. The Cornhusker Council Boy Scouts collected telephone directories door-to-door in Lincoln neighborhoods. Directories were also dropped off at parks and recreation centers throughout Lincoln.

Updated: 9:33 PM The Pentagon wants more than $450 million for maintaining and upgrading the Guantanamo Bay prison that President Barack Obama wants to close. New details on the administration's budget request for next year and other expenses emerged on Tuesday.

Posted: 8:23 PM Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has used a line-item veto to strike $200,000 from the state budget that was approved for an Omaha golf tournament.

Posted: 8:14 PM A bill designed to attract large wind-energy farms to Nebraska is headed to a final vote in the Legislature. Lawmakers gave second-round approval Tuesday to the bill, which would extend sales tax exemptions to wind-energy companies.

Posted: 6:49 PM The 23-year-old man charged in a January standoff has been given jail time.

Posted: 6:33 PM Officials say an 18-year-old was holding an infant in a car seat above his head when the baby fell.

Updated: 5:20 AM For Joseph Ahlers of Grand Island, the Moore, Oklahoma, tornado hit straight home. His 10-year-old daughter Ariana was inside one of the elementary schools that was wiped out in the path of destruction.