Lexington UniFut's 14U boys Los Hermanos went undefeated to win the Real Colorado Cup in Colorado over Memorial Day weekend.
- Jessica Kennedy
Lexington's 14U and junior baseball teams showed up Friday, May 22 to place American flags on all three Lexington cemeteries.
- Ashley Mohler
Veterans Papillon’s seating was almost full Monday for the Memorial Day service hosted by American Legion Post 111 and Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 5136.
- Jessica Kennedy
OMAHA — Hi-Line senior Cooper Knackstedt capped his career as the Class D pole vault state runner-up Saturday during the Class D State Championships at Burke Stadium in Omaha.
- Jessica Kennedy
OMAHA — After qualifying for state track in the 100, 200, long jump and high jump, S-E-M senior Taryn Arbuthnot ended her career with one state medal during the Class D championships Friday and Saturday in Omaha at Burke Stadium.
- Jessica Kennedy
OMAHA — Four Overton athletes brought home state track and field medals Friday and Saturday during the Class D championships at Burke Stadium in Omaha.
- ALYSSA JOHNSON Lincoln Journal Star
Graci Boersen, who is set to get married next month, had just moved into a new home with her mother outside St. Libory earlier this month. Then, the tornado came.
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Lincoln Public Schools Superintendent John Skretta would see a more than $14,000 annual pay increase if the Lincoln Board of Education approves a two-year contract later this month.
Omaha eighth grader Sarah Fernandes has advanced to the final preliminary round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Six pools — Ballard, Irvingdale, Eden, Highlands, University Place and Star City Shores — closed early Monday, the first day of pool season.
Nebraska Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Cindy Burbank, whom the party backed in the May primary, endorsed nonpartisan Austin Ahlman over the Democrat who won the U.S. House primary in CD1.
A 56-year-old Lincoln man died Friday after a single-vehicle crash near Salt Creek, according to investigators.
Deputies believe a Ford Focus was heading south on Northwest 84th Street when it failed to stop at the intersection at West O Street and collided with an eastbound Nissan Kicks.
A 51-year-old man went to a hospital in critical condition Monday night after being stabbed during an altercation in South Omaha.
Memorial Day didn't disappoint as the unofficial start of the summer season as Omaha and eastern Nebraska saw highs in the upper 80s.
Why Nebraska baseball chose to play the early game Friday, a possible new NU home attendance record and where the Lincoln Regional stacks up in the NCAA tourney's opening round.
Nebraska baseball finally figured out the NCAA regional hosting formula, writes Tom Shatel, while the Big Ten tournament should stay in Omaha for as long as it can.
It'll be like nothing the Huskers have experienced at any other venue this year. Even a rowdy Bowlin Stadium, which held nearly 3,500 fans for super regional games, won’t compare.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — At least according to the Oxford English Dictionary and archives of Newspapers.com, the term “bracket creep” originated in 1977 in the context of inflation and taxes and such. But the first time I heard it used was by my friend Bill Hancock when he was executive director of the Bowl Championship Series in the years following his tenure as director of the NCAA Tournament ...
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Join the Liberty and Literature book club to discuss Joseph Ellis’s "The Quartet" and explore American history, meeting every other month through September 2026.
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Experience 1860s frontier life at Fort Kearny State Historical Park with living history demonstrations and daily cannon firings over Memorial Day weekend.
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Experience 1860s frontier Army life at Fort Kearny State Historical Park with living history demos, exhibits and daily 2 p.m. cannon firings Memorial Day weekend.
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