Updated: Jan. 12, 2021 at 9:52 AM CST
|By Gina Dvorak
Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts urged patience Tuesday as the state continues work on the digital rollout of its general COVID-19 vaccination plan.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2021 at 9:06 AM CST
|By Harper Lundgren, Leigh Waldman and Gina Dvorak
State officials said Monday they are planning to launch the website for Nebraskans to sign up for COVID-19 vaccinations in late January.
Updated: Jan. 8, 2021 at 9:23 AM CST
|By Gina Dvorak
In his update on Nebraska’s COVID-19 response Friday, Gov. Pete Ricketts reported the state’s hospitalizations had fallen below 500 for the first time since October.
Updated: Jan. 7, 2021 at 7:48 PM CST
|By Gina Dvorak
A three-vehicle crash Thursday about 20 miles southwest of Omaha left one driver dead and two others with life-threatening injuries, according to Papillion Police.
Updated: Jan. 6, 2021 at 9:15 PM CST
|By Gina Dvorak
The U.S. Attorney’s Office put any Nebraskans participating in riots at the nation’s Capitol on notice, vowing to prosecute them “to the fullest extent of the law.”
Updated: Jan. 6, 2021 at 2:41 PM CST
|By Harper Lundgren and Gina Dvorak
Talking from Washington, D.C., Nebraska lawmakers described what it was like to watch the chaos unfold at the Capitol after protestors stormed the federal building while the joint session was debating the 2020 Electoral College results.
Updated: Jan. 6, 2021 at 11:29 AM CST
|By Gina Dvorak
During his news conference Wednesday morning, Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts took a moment to address a tweet from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez about comments he made Monday on vaccine distribution to undocumented immigrants.
Updated: Jan. 6, 2021 at 9:29 AM CST
|By Gina Dvorak
Back in session Wednesday morning, members of the Unicameral were sworn in by the state’s chief justice, Michael G. Heavican.
Updated: Jan. 6, 2021 at 9:18 AM CST
|By Gina Dvorak
Nebraska officials said Wednesday they are on the lookout for the new strain of COVID-19 positively identified in Colorado as the state’s vaccination rollout continues.
Updated: Jan. 4, 2021 at 9:01 AM CST
|By Gina Dvorak
Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts and other state officials gave an update on the state’s COVID-19 vaccine plan during Monday morning’s news conference.
Updated: Dec. 30, 2020 at 3:13 PM CST
|By Gina Dvorak
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office reported Wednesday that a suspect in the death of an Omaha realtor was in custody.
Updated: Dec. 18, 2020 at 10:39 AM CST
|By Gina Dvorak
Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts is giving an update on the state’s COVID-19 response at 9 a.m. Friday.
Updated: Dec. 18, 2020 at 9:47 AM CST
|By Gina Dvorak
The Omaha Police Cold Case Squad on Friday announced that a suspect in a 2013 homicide was in custody in Arizona.
Updated: Dec. 15, 2020 at 11:17 AM CST
|By Gina Dvorak
Recipients of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccinations administered at CHI Health on Monday are talking about how things are going a day later.
Updated: Dec. 11, 2020 at 12:20 PM CST
|By Cecelia Jenkins and Gina Dvorak
Gov. Pete Ricketts will officially loosen some of the state’s restrictions effective at 12:01 a.m. Saturday — the seventh consecutive day Nebraska’s COVID-19 hospitalizations have been at 20% or lower.
Updated: Dec. 10, 2020 at 6:12 PM CST
|By Gina Dvorak
Nebraska’s COVID-19 vaccination plan lists the incarcerated and homeless as populations included in the last part of the state vaccination rollout’s first phase.
Updated: Dec. 9, 2020 at 3:08 PM CST
|By Gina Dvorak
Nebraska and 16 other states have joined a lawsuit initially filed by the Texas attorney general demanding that the 62 total Electoral College votes in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin be invalidated.
Updated: Nov. 25, 2020 at 4:24 PM CST
|By Gina Dvorak
Gov. Pete Ricketts on Wednesday urged Nebraska’s employers to believe employees when they say they’ve been exposed to the virus and allow them to quarantine.
Updated: Nov. 24, 2020 at 2:37 PM CST
|By Gina Dvorak
Omaha City Council members unanimously passed the proposed contract with the Omaha Police union during their meeting Tuesday afternoon.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2020 at 2:55 PM CST
|By Gina Dvorak
The City Council on Tuesday voted to keep the city’s face mask ordinance in place through most of February.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2020 at 1:19 PM CST
|By Gina Dvorak
Dr. Cary Ward of CHI Health, Dr. Bill Lydiatt of Methodist, and Dr. Harris Frankel of Nebraska Medicine are giving an update Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, on the health systems' respective plans for elective surgeries, bed capacities, and navigating the coming months.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2020 at 10:01 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
With one week until Election Day, President Trump ended his day on the campaign trail Tuesday in Omaha.
Updated: Oct. 23, 2020 at 3:07 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
President Trump is planning an Omaha campaign stop Tuesday evening.
Updated: Oct. 15, 2020 at 2:05 PM CDT
|By Harper Lundgren, John Chapman and Gina Dvorak
Gretna High School has traced a surge of over 40 cases back to a large gathering on October 3 and is now urging students to take advantage of free testing Friday.
Updated: Oct. 7, 2020 at 2:42 PM CDT
|By Brian Mastre and Gina Dvorak
Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine is joining the Republican Party.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2020 at 4:04 PM CDT
|By Brian Mastre and Gina Dvorak
The City Council will decide during its meeting Tuesday afternoon whether to further extend the face mask ordinance put in place in August.
Updated: Oct. 5, 2020 at 8:24 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak, Michael Bell and Brian Mastre
The ACLU of Nebraska announced Monday it intends to file a federal lawsuit against the city and police officials for actions against protesters in recent months.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2020 at 6:18 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
The Nebraska State Patrol on Wednesday evening issued an alert for an elderly man with dementia who is missing from Cedar County.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2020 at 10:30 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak and Michael Bell
The grand jury examining the shooting death of 22-year-old James Scurlock during a May protest in downtown Omaha has returned with an indictment of manslaughter for Jake Gardner.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2020 at 11:54 AM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
All of Nebraska, except Lancaster County, moves into Phase 4 today.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2020 at 3:11 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
Omaha City Council on Tuesday voted 5-2 to extend its face mask ordinance to Oct. 20.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2020 at 4:53 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak and Brian Mastre
Embattled Democratic Senate candidate Chris Janicek is giving an update Monday ahead of the deadline to withdraw his candidacy.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2020 at 2:44 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
In an update Monday that featured a new slogan focused on the agricultural exports of Nebraska, Gov. Pete Ricketts also commented on the state penitentiary’s COVID-19 quarantine, medical marijuana, and the Big Ten’s fall sports decisions.
Updated: Aug. 27, 2020 at 6:42 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
Former Congressman Brad Ashford confirmed on Thursday that he will not be running against Sen. Ben Sasse as a write-in candidate on the November ballot, citing a lack of time to run an effective campaign.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2020 at 7:20 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak, Michael Bell and Brian Mastre
The Omaha City Council will be meeting at 2 p.m. today to decide whether to implement an emergency ordinance requiring face masks to be worn in public.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2020 at 8:39 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
Omaha Public Schools will go to 100% remote learning for at least the first quarter of the school year, starting Aug. 18 — a week later than previously scheduled.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2020 at 8:35 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
Two Omaha-metro officials who have been vocal during the debate about a local face mask mandate gave comments following the OPS news conference Friday about the district’s decision to move to 100% remote learning.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2020 at 12:09 PM CDT
|By Harper Lundgren and Gina Dvorak
A semi-truck has flipped off the Interstate-80 eastbound ramp onto the Interstate-680 southbound ramp.
Updated: Jul. 31, 2020 at 6:22 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
The Douglas County Health Department is conducting a special meeting Friday morning to discuss a face mask mandate.
Updated: Jul. 30, 2020 at 5:08 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
Authorities closed southbound Highway 75 at Q Street on Thursday afternoon to respond to a fatality on the JFK Freeway.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2020 at 11:29 AM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak
The families of four teen girls killed in a crash almost a year ago have filed a tort claim against Sarpy County.