Top Journal Star photos and videos for September 2026
Arron Klassen grooms a calf belonging to a friend from Fullerton ahead of the Steer Producer and Jackpot Feeder Show at the Nebraska State Fair on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, in Grand Island.
From left, Milford's Libby Reil (7) Braelynn Mueller (13) Adalyn Cisneros (2) Bryn Grossart (6) and Ashlynn Miller (14) celebrate after a point on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, at Freeman High School in Adams. Milford beat Freeman 3-1.
President Jeffrey Gold speaks during the State of the University address Thursday at the Capitol.
Republican U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, left, and independent candidate Dan Osborn, right, debate at the Nebraska State Fair on Tuesday in Grand Island.
Pedestrians walk over the east bridge at Holmes Lake as fragrant water lilies in bloom grow on the north shore on Monday, Aug. 31, 2026.
A unanimous Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday upheld a Lincoln judge's rejection of a legal challenge to the ballot measures that put medical marijuana before the state's voters in 2024.
The state Department of Health and Human Services says it has detected the Heartland and Bourbon viruses in tick pools this year, according to a Thursday news release.
The city said there are "some pretty high category" saline wetlands and Salt Creek tiger beetle habitat on the 155-acre property.
A deadlocked State Board of Education vote blocked new social studies standards that drew criticism over changes to language about marginalized groups. The 2019 standards will remain in place.
Heading to Memorial Stadium on Saturday? State officials have recommended routes to help fans navigate construction near Lincoln.