Posted: 05/19/2013 - An Omaha police officer is recovering after being bitten and punched by a 19-year-old woman who didn't want to follow instructions. Officer James Shade says police were called to a west Omaha apartment building around 2 a.m. Saturday because a man wanted a woman removed from his apartment.
Posted: 05/19/2013 - A 20-year-old Hemingford woman has admitted helping hide the body of a Denver man in northwest Nebraska months before her boyfriend died in an armed standoff. Rose Siefke (SEHF'-kee) pleaded guilty Friday to being an accessory to a felony in the death of 38-year-old Josh Bullock.
Posted: 05/19/2013 - Gas prices in Nebraska are closing in on record-setting numbers. In most areas of Lincoln gas prices were $3.96 up .20-.30 cents from a few ago.
Posted: 05/19/2013 - The first application period for big-game hunting permits begins Monday and runs through June 7. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission says that for deer, residents and nonresidents may apply for one permit in any one draw unit.
Posted: 05/19/2013 - Officials are hoping for the return of some 40 personalized bricks destined for a North Platte veterans' memorial that someone intercepted at the memorial group's office, then hauled off.
Posted: 05/19/2013 - A major insurer is recommending 11 Nebraska hospitals for spine surgeries and knee or hip replacements because they deliver quality care at a reasonable cost.
Posted: 05/19/2013 - Officials say a New York college student was accidentally killed by a police officer as she was held in a headlock by an intruder pointing a gun at her head during a break-in at an off-campus home. Nassau County police said Hofstra University junior Andrea Rebello was killed after being shot in the head when police responded to a break-in early Friday.
Posted: 05/18/2013 - A longtime faculty member at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has been chosen as director of the Great Plains Veterinary Education Center in Clay Center. The university says Dr. Dale Grotelueschen served most recently as the managing veterinarian for beef cattle veterinary operations at Pfizer/Zoetis.
Posted: 05/18/2013 - The remains of 11 Native Americans, including two sets that were housed at the University of Nebraska State Museum, have been buried in a Michigan cemetery.
Posted: 05/18/2013 - Lawmakers are planning to review why few Nebraska students who receive free and reduced-price lunches also participate in the federal funded breakfast program.
