Provides the latest RSS feeds for Nebraska News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Nebraska State News.net http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/cat/2f702b388b333431/ en-us Sun, 19 May 2013 20:56:34 -0400 Sun, 19 May 2013 20:56:34 -0400 30 OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- An Omaha police officer is recovering after being bitten and punched by a 19-year-old woman who didn't want to follow ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214621122/scat/2f702b388b333431 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:52:07 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214621122/scat/2f702b388b333431 A tornado from a large storm system moving cross the south has struck a Georgia town 60 miles north of Atlanta, according to CNN. A least one death has been reported in the state. High winds also are raking Tennessee, where a man died after a tree fell into his home, according to ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214619601/scat/2f702b388b333431 Sun, 19 May 2013 18:27:23 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214619601/scat/2f702b388b333431 Omaha Community Foundation created "Omaha Gives," a 24-hour donation drive benefiting more than 300 area nonprofits. The event will run Wednesday from midnight to midnight. The organization hopes to recruit new donors and raise as much money as possible ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214618826/scat/2f702b388b333431 Sun, 19 May 2013 16:47:58 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214618826/scat/2f702b388b333431 Sixth-grade students in Pan Henning and Pam Wallinger's Ecology classes started prepping the seeds during winter for what is planned to be a lush prairie, and the students ventured out of the classroom Tuesday morning to transplant the seeds into the ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214618047/scat/2f702b388b333431 Sun, 19 May 2013 14:52:09 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214618047/scat/2f702b388b333431 http://bit.ly/YWC6YS ) Jean-aime Mbiya Bondo, 43, is an African immigrant who is experiencing democracy firsthand in preparation for his return to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where he plans to be a candidate for president in ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214618046/scat/2f702b388b333431 Sun, 19 May 2013 14:52:09 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214618046/scat/2f702b388b333431 LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Eligible landowners are being urged to enroll cropland affected by the 2011 Missouri River flood into two federal land conservation programs to take advantage of flood habitat recovery ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214616936/scat/2f702b388b333431 Sun, 19 May 2013 13:09:28 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214616936/scat/2f702b388b333431 SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) -- The beef-processing company that makes the product that critics call "pink slime" continues to struggle more than a year after the initial stories on the lean bits of beef that Beef Products Inc. ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214616849/scat/2f702b388b333431 Sun, 19 May 2013 13:09:23 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214616849/scat/2f702b388b333431 The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission says that for deer, residents and nonresidents may apply for one permit in any one draw unit. The draw units are Republican Mule Deer, Platte Mule Deer Conservation Area, Platte Whitetail, Frenchman Mule Deer Conservation Area and Frenchman ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214616422/scat/2f702b388b333431 Sun, 19 May 2013 12:19:16 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214616422/scat/2f702b388b333431 ALLIANCE, Neb. (AP) -- 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 ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214616302/scat/2f702b388b333431 Sun, 19 May 2013 12:19:08 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214616302/scat/2f702b388b333431 LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Nebraska lawmakers are forging ahead slowly this year with a state budget, a new school funding formula, and an overhaul of juvenile services, but many of the most contentious priorities will likely have to ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214615309/scat/2f702b388b333431 Sun, 19 May 2013 10:37:50 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214615309/scat/2f702b388b333431 The victories started rolling in early for the Lincoln Pius X boys team at the state track and field meet and kept coming on the final ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214613092/scat/2f702b388b333431 Sun, 19 May 2013 05:45:32 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214613092/scat/2f702b388b333431 The bleachers, bucking chutes and other equipment have been removed from the Ashland Rodeo Grounds.Buyers, mostly from Iowa and Nebraska, hauled the items away after a May 11 sale run bySchram Auctions Inc."It wasn't a large crowd but those who were there were buying," said Tom Schram, president of the Gretna-based company.Council Bluffs-based Westfair bought many of the bleachers ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214610641/scat/2f702b388b333431 Sun, 19 May 2013 00:41:13 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214610641/scat/2f702b388b333431 The Sun's Las Vegas 51s section /inline-content --> Andrew Brown drove in four runs and scored three of his own to help the Las Vegas 51s run away with a second straight victory in Omaha, Neb. The right fielder went 2-for-3 with a two-run homer and a triple, one of three triples the 51s hit in a 9-4 victory against the Omaha Storm Chasers. The 51s scored two in the first inning before ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214609930/scat/2f702b388b333431 Sat, 18 May 2013 23:50:58 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214609930/scat/2f702b388b333431 COLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) -- The eastern Nebraska city of Columbus has a wily plan to keep raccoons, skunks and other critters off its Quail Run Golf ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214608185/scat/2f702b388b333431 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:03:58 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214608185/scat/2f702b388b333431 The Ag Processing Inc. cooperative said Friday that it is permanently shutting down the 55-million-gallon-a-year plant, citing the plant's age and high utility costs associated with running ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214608186/scat/2f702b388b333431 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:03:57 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214608186/scat/2f702b388b333431 The Lincoln Electric System board on Friday approved a plan to negotiate a purchase agreement for 100 additional megawatts of wind energy, the Lincoln Journal Star reported ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214607520/scat/2f702b388b333431 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:08:58 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214607520/scat/2f702b388b333431 GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) -- Police say a man stabbed his estranged girlfriend at least 20 times in a Grand Island church parking lot before cutting his own throat and ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214606900/scat/2f702b388b333431 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:15:01 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214606900/scat/2f702b388b333431 Severe storm warnings have been issued for parts of Nebraska and Kansas, and the storm could spread to Oklahoma City by early Monday. Residents are bracing for heavy downpours and potentially strong winds. TODAY's Dylan Dreyer ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214606102/scat/2f702b388b333431 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:23:47 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214606102/scat/2f702b388b333431 LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- An Omaha gay-rights group is seeking the return of some $1,800 donated to a Lincoln woman convicted of lying about being attacked in her home by masked men who carved anti-gay slurs into her ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214606401/scat/2f702b388b333431 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:19:42 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214606401/scat/2f702b388b333431 Authorities say the child was on the "Monster Truck" ride - a small ride in which cars run along a track - when his truck lurched and flipped over onto the one in front of ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214605743/scat/2f702b388b333431 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:23:46 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214605743/scat/2f702b388b333431 NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) -- 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 ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214605277/scat/2f702b388b333431 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:25:32 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214605277/scat/2f702b388b333431