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Fireworks stands across Lancaster County are seeing strong early sales as residents prepare to celebrate the nation’s 250th anniversary. Craig Hamre, marketing manager with Kracklin’ Kirk’s Fireworks, says the first day of sales at locations in Denton and Hickman was busy, with customers stocking up for the Fourth of J

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - With the end of June, also comes the end to an iconic group of trees that are coming down in the Haymarket. On Tuesday, Tavern On the Square announced on social media that their three trees will be coming down on June 30. Hundreds of people...

A new exhibit commemorating our nation’s 250th birthday opens Tuesday at the Nebraska History Museum. The Our Nebraska: The Places, Its People, and Their Impact exhibit, contains nearly 100 3D objects, more than 100 photograph reproductions and documents, and features 57 influential Nebraskans who helped shape Nebraska

Raya Al Zuhair sat in a full auditorium at the Sheldon Museum of Art as her husband and three children became U.S. citizens Friday. Al Zuhair said her family’s journey started six years ago when they moved to Nebraska from Iraq. “It's the dream that we all, I mean,...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The Lincoln Police Department issued 238 citations and towed nine vehicles on O Street during the Memorial Day weekend. The department conducted a high-visibility traffic enforcement project to address dangerous driving behavior and other criminal violations in the area. Additional officers monit

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The man accused of helping conceal evidence after the fatal stabbing of a Lincoln teen pleaded guilty Thursday. Guy Alkafaji, 20, of Lincoln, pleaded guilty to attempted accessory to first-degree murder and false reporting, both misdemeanors. Alkafaji is scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 19 at 9...

The release says Padron and Torreabla used malware to force ATMs to dispense money and delete evidence.

A new study conducted by University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers found that the vaccines Nebraska hog farmers rely on to protect their animals from influenza can actually make lung disease more severe when the virus drifts to a new strain. Another participating UNL researcher said a new approach could change that...

For decades, a crosstown competition has brewed between two groups of Lincoln radio stations: NRG’s Broadcast House at 44th and O streets and a house of six stations – formerly owned by Three Eagles, then Digity, then Alpha Media and now Connoisseur Media – on Cornhusker Highway. Now the foes will be closer than ever i

Nebraska could soon become the next state to legalize online sports betting. The committee organizing petitions to legalize and regulate online sports betting, Tax Relief Nebraska, said it's on track to turn in enough signatures to make the November ballot. At WarHorse Casino in Lincoln, customer Norm Moyer of Friend,.