Author Archives: Mark Vail

A change to a previously announced Nebraska Trade Delegation visit to Indonesia was detailed in a Friday news release from the office of Governor Jim Pillen. Lieutenant Governor Joe Kelly will lead th...

The May Nebraska Leading Economic Indicator was moderately higher gaining 0.26% as strong demand for food products helped boost manufacturing hours worked. Single family home building permits declined...

All seven victims of Friday's shooting in Crete have been released from hospitals. 7 people, 3 adults and 4 children, were injured when struck by shotgun pellets after a neighbor opened fire from his ...

The National Weather Service confirmed 2 tornados touched down overnight Monday into early Tuesday morning in Lancaster County. The first, a EF-0 (zero) touched down in the Dorchester area with peak w...

Heavy thunderstorms moved through the area overnight with a tornado warning for portions of Lincoln and Lancaster County around midnight. The pump awning at the Phillips 66 convenience store at 48th &...

Investigators say four adults and three children who were shot outside a house in Crete Friday afternoon are expected to make a full recovery. It was around 4:45 pm when the Saline County 911 center r...

6 people, 3 adults and 3 children, were taken to multiple hospitals following a shooting in Crete, Nebraska, Friday afternoon. Multiple law enforcement agencies and first responders were dispatched to...

A 4.96% increase in the LPS 2024-2025 proposed budget was unveiled Tuesday. $18.6 million of the almost $25.5 million dollar increase will go towards salary and benefit increases already approved thro...

The Heat Advisory from the National Weather Service from 1 pm to 7 pm Tuesday predicts heat index values could be near 107 degrees this afternoon which has prompted the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health...

Nebraska's unemployment rate in May was unchanged at a seasonally adjusted rate of 2.5%. That rate is unchanged from September 2023 and up 0.4% from May 2023. Nebraska's rate is the fourth lowest in t...