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 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:03:47 -0400 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:03:47 -0400 30 http://bit.ly/10iHB2F ) that Adams County Public Defender Art Toogood had a heart attack over the weekend. He is now a hospital in Lincoln. His family as asked hospital staff not to release information about his ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214663262/scat/2f702b388b333431 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:36:05 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214663262/scat/2f702b388b333431 FREMONT, Neb. (AP) -- An Arizona man has been convicted of five felony counts for exchanging sexually explicit text messages with a 14-year-old Fremont ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214663261/scat/2f702b388b333431 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:36:04 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214663261/scat/2f702b388b333431 Three-year-old Xavier Njemanze (neh-MAHN'-zee) had been undergoing therapy at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital in Lincoln, Neb., for injuries he suffered when he was stabbed at his mother's home last winter. Hospital spokeswoman Molly Nance tells Post-Bulletin ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214662969/scat/2f702b388b333431 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:36:03 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214662969/scat/2f702b388b333431 NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) -- A 70-year-old registered sex offender from North Platte who pleaded no contest to a new charge of child sexual assault is going to ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214661867/scat/2f702b388b333431 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:25:15 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214661867/scat/2f702b388b333431 Police say officers were called to the home just before 10 p.m. Monday by family members who were checking on his well-being and found him unconscious. Medics who arrived were unable to revive him, and he was declared ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214660508/scat/2f702b388b333431 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:16:24 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214660508/scat/2f702b388b333431 The Lincoln Journal Star now can place digital ads for local businesses on 10,000 nationally known news and entertainment websites, including The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, ESPN and CNN.The new program, Adlift, ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214654746/scat/2f702b388b333431 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:58:17 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214654746/scat/2f702b388b333431 ELM CREEK, Neb. (AP) -- The Elm Creek Beacon-Observer's 21-year-old new owner has published the first edition of the weekly newspaper he bought in ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652018/scat/2f702b388b333431 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:30:02 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652018/scat/2f702b388b333431 Acknowledging it is unlikely the Legislature would vote this session on a bill that would expand Medicaid to an estimated 54,000 newly ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651069/scat/2f702b388b333431 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:39:29 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651069/scat/2f702b388b333431 LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Chemicals that are used in the newest generation of designer drugs would become illegal in Nebraska, under a measure advancing in the ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651070/scat/2f702b388b333431 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:24:26 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651070/scat/2f702b388b333431 OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- The family of a slain Creighton University professor and his wife are asking for privacy amid the ongoing investigation into the ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651071/scat/2f702b388b333431 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:24:25 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651071/scat/2f702b388b333431 Twister season starts late, but starts nonetheless Deadly tornadoes that have raked communities in Middle America over the past week, including Monday's massive twister that carved a path of destruction through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, belie what had been a relatively quiet start of the 2013 tornado ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214649204/scat/2f702b388b333431 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:28:20 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214649204/scat/2f702b388b333431 The Legislature delivered a package of budget bills to Gov. Dave Heineman Monday, including its main spending bill and those that included salaries, the cash reserve and construction projects for the next two years.For the first time in at least seven years, it took more than 30 hours of debate to get the budget passed. The eight budget bills combined received 377 yes votes and six no votes on ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214649908/scat/2f702b388b333431 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:26:38 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214649908/scat/2f702b388b333431 LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Lawmakers on Monday rejected an attempt to repeal a new Nebraska law that lets cities raise their local option sales tax rates as long as they secure voter ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214649909/scat/2f702b388b333431 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:10:15 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214649909/scat/2f702b388b333431 The package contains increases for early childhood education and a two-year tuition freeze at the University of Nebraska and the Nebraska State Colleges. It also includes $230 million in continued funding for a state property tax credit ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214644842/scat/2f702b388b333431 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:05:28 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214644842/scat/2f702b388b333431 LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Lincoln police say a man smashed into a dry cleaner's business while trying to escape two men he thought were trying to rob ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214644844/scat/2f702b388b333431 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:05:27 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214644844/scat/2f702b388b333431 SUPERIOR, Neb. (AP) -- The Nuckolls County sheriff's office says a 31-year-old woman had died in a one-vehicle crash near Superior in south-central ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214644843/scat/2f702b388b333431 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:05:27 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214644843/scat/2f702b388b333431 SPENCER, Iowa -- Thurston Manufacturing Co. of Thurston, Neb., has purchased Simonsen Iron Works of Spencer, Iowa.Last week the Spencer plant, which employed 32 workers, shut down. At that time, the company president said he hoped to have a deal in place to keep the plant intact and preserve the jobs.Thurston said after layoff, it expedited the purchase of the company and 30 of the 32 workers now ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214643707/scat/2f702b388b333431 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:16:06 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214643707/scat/2f702b388b333431 By Katie Schubert OMAHA (Reuters) - Investigators in Omaha are looking at whether the murders discovered last week of a doctor and his wife are connected to the unsolved 2008 murders of a young boy and his family's housekeeper, police said on Monday. Dr. Roger Brumback and his wife, Mary, both 65, were found murdered last Tuesday in their west Omaha home. Brumback was a professor at ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214642596/scat/2f702b388b333431 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:01:20 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214642596/scat/2f702b388b333431 In this Wednesday, April 10, 2013 photo, farmer Clark Kelly holds a golf ball he dug out of a fairway on the Hend-Co-Hills Golf Course, in Biggsville, Ill. Kelly purchased the course, which was in foreclosure, with plans to plow it into farm land. Across the Midwest, farmers are planting crops on almost any scrap of available land to take advantage of consistently high corn and soybean prices. ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214641348/scat/2f702b388b333431 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:17:30 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214641348/scat/2f702b388b333431 OMAHA, Neb. - Authorities in Omaha have launched a task force to investigate any connection between last week's killings of a Creighton University professor and his wife and the 2008 slayings of an 11-year boy and his family housekeeper.Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer said Monday that the public should report any suspicious activity as authorities investigate the deaths of Dr. Roger ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214641989/scat/2f702b388b333431 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:12:38 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214641989/scat/2f702b388b333431 Omaha-based investment firm Waitt Company is to acquire the Bobby Jones brand from W-Diamond Group Corporation. The agreement will give Waitt Company the exclusive rights to Bobby Jones branded apparel, golf equipment and related products and accessories under a long-term licence. Waitt Company will operate the Bobby Jones business under a newly-formed affiliate, Jones Global Sports, and will ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214638702/scat/2f702b388b333431 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:52:02 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214638702/scat/2f702b388b333431 Nebraska recorded 212 roadway deaths last year, marking the first time the fatality count has increased in the last three years. Gov. Dave Heineman says the number of roadway deaths this year has put the state on pace to see another year of increased traffic ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214639750/scat/2f702b388b333431 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:37:31 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214639750/scat/2f702b388b333431 It's not commonplace yet, but we are seeing more and more Canadian TV shows popping up on American broadcast stations, especially in the ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214638394/scat/2f702b388b333431 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:45:51 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214638394/scat/2f702b388b333431 LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- The superintendent of the Nebraska State Patrol says law enforcement is increasing its presence in Whiteclay after activists attacked two beer trucks and threatened one driver with a ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214638151/scat/2f702b388b333431 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:30:44 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214638151/scat/2f702b388b333431 Norfolk Daily News reports his prison sentence is 25 to 50 years but a mandatory minimum means he must serve 20 years before he's eligible for ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214636399/scat/2f702b388b333431 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:41:47 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214636399/scat/2f702b388b333431 OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Billionaire Warren Buffett is spending his day listening to business pitches from a select group of kids, but the ideas aren't likely to generate new acquisitions for Buffett's Berkshire ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214635369/scat/2f702b388b333431 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:23:30 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214635369/scat/2f702b388b333431 GERING, Neb. (AP) -- Fire has damaged a garage housing antique cars and other auto memorabilia in Gering but the owners who live in an apartment above the garage are safe after their rescue by ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214634147/scat/2f702b388b333431 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:20:21 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214634147/scat/2f702b388b333431 LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Sheriff's deputies will continue to roam the hallways of four rural school district buildings near Lincoln with a Lancaster County Board decision that extends a contract between the sheriff's office and the school ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214634148/scat/2f702b388b333431 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:20:20 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214634148/scat/2f702b388b333431 Thurston Manufacturing Co. of Thurston, Neb., says it has purchased Simonsen Iron Works of Spencer, Iowa, and plans to reopen the plant Monday ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214633847/scat/2f702b388b333431 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:20:17 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214633847/scat/2f702b388b333431 OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer says he plans to discuss a police investigation that is exploring links between the slayings of a Creighton University professor and his wife last week and the 2008 slayings of an 11-year boy and his family ... http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214631791/scat/2f702b388b333431 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:22:48 -0400 http://www.nebraska.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214631791/scat/2f702b388b333431