Former NU regent changes course, pleads guilty to felony DUI charge
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner OMAHA — Former University of Nebraska Regent Elizabeth O’Connor changed course and pleaded guilty Friday to driving under the influence and causing serious bodily injury in a May 2025 crash. O’Connor, 35, pleaded guilty to a Class IIIA felony following a May 21, 2025, crash in the Benson area […]
Severe weather could impact Nebraska softball’s NCAA Regional game on Friday
Nebraska softball’s NCAA Regional game against South Dakota could be impacted by thunderstorms Friday evening.
NU officials celebrate opening of medical school, expanded rural health teaching complex in Kearney
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner LINCOLN — The latest $95 million structure to open on a rural health education complex in Kearney is expected to double the number of health care students on the campus, to about 625. That three-story, 110,000-square-foot building opens to full occupancy this month and will enable the University […]
Additional cruise passengers exposed to hantavirus transferred from Atlanta to Omaha
Read the full article on KMTV 3 OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — Two passengers from the MV Hondius who were exposed to hantavirus have been transferred from Atlanta to Omaha and are now being housed in the National Quarantine Unit at UNMC. The transfer brings the total number of passengers being monitored in Omaha to 18. […]
Douglas County counts last early ballots; Powell still wins NE-02
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner Ballot drop box signs at the Douglas County Election Commission office near 120th Street and West Center Road in Omaha, on Nov. 5, 2024. (Naomi Delkamiller/Nebraska News Service) OMAHA — Nebraska’s most populous area, Douglas County, finished counting the final day and a half of early voting ballots […]
Omaha police arrest stabbing suspect accused of seriously injuring one person
Omaha police said one person has serious injuries after a stabbing in downtown Omaha late Thursday night. Investigators ask anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers.
Omaha police search for stabbing suspect who seriously injured one person
Omaha police said one person has serious injuries after a stabbing in downtown Omaha late Thursday night. Investigators ask anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers.
FBI offers $200,000 for ex-Air Force intelligence specialist accused of spying for Iran
The FBI says a former Air Force counterintelligence officer charged with spying for Iran is still at large — and now there’s a $200,000 reward for information leading to her arrest.
CDC says 41 people are being monitored for hantavirus, but no cases in the US
The CDC is monitoring 41 people in multiple states for the hantavirus, but added there are no hantavirus cases currently in the U.S.
Dylan Sprouse and Barbara Palvin are expecting their first child
Actor Dylan Sprouse and his wife, model Barbara Palvin, are expecting their first child!