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The federal government shutdown is over and full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments on the way, but Nebraskans are still facing uncertainty over food assistance. Partial SNAP monthly payments were disbursed Wednesday night by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services when the shutdown...

This fall, seventh graders at Pound Middle School in Lincoln, Nebraska, used robots in their mathematics lessons. April Schermann, a new teacher at the school with 23 years of experience in math, physics, and computer science, led the activity. Students in Math Course 2D studied distance, rate, and time by working...

Brett Klein chose to join the United States Army after high school, serving four years of active duty and one year in the Minnesota National Guard. He said his time in the military taught him about himself and the world, and he noticed changes in himself after leaving the service.

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The Lincoln Police Department announced Friday that no charges will be filed against the driver in a deadly Nov. 7 pedestrian crash. According to the investigation, a 19-year-old man was heading north on South 84th Street near South Cherrywood Drive when he struck 42-year-old Katherine Gogela...

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln (UNL) has moved up seven places to rank 35th in the 2026 Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine list of the Top 50 Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Programs. UNL remains the highest-ranked institution in Nebraska and is 10th in the Midwest region.

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Lincoln Fire and Rescue knocked down a fire at a south Lincoln apartment complex Friday morning. Emergency crews were called to a deck fire at an apartment complex near 56th Street and Nebraska Parkway at 10:18 a.m. A person in the unit below reported the fire.

A woman was taken to the hospital after Lincoln Fire and Rescue crews battled a basement fire south of 80th and Old Cheney around 9:45 Thursday morning. Captain Andy Evans says it appears the fire started near the furnace room. “A lot of smoke damage, not a lot of fire damage. They got the fire knocked down in about...

This post features an OpenAI-powered summary derived from the NewsBreak users' discussions on Seward County’s sheriff misspent federal money, the government says. For months, he didn’t tell county leaders.

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - A man was arrested Wednesday after allegedly breaking into a Lincoln auto repair shop and pilfering over $15,000 worth of vehicle parts to sell. On Oct. 27, Lincoln Police were dispatched to Casey’s Auto, located near north 56th Street and Fletcher Avenue, to take a theft report from the store...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - An Oklahoma man who admitted to conspiring to kill a Nebraska teenager 56 years ago gets out of prison this weekend. As he walks to freedom on Saturday, he will have spent less than a year in custody for the stabbing death. In a First Alert...