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A bill that would refine changes to the state parole administration got a hitchhiker Wednesday on its journey through the legislative process.

A bill that would refine changes to the state parole administration got a hitchhiker Wednesday on its journey through the legislative process.

Streaks are the name of the game for the Class B boys state hoops tournament. Quick hits for the Class B field.

OMAHA — A woman who says she was sexually assaulted by a jail guard who was later imprisoned for having sex with inmates is suing the former guard, Phelps County and several county officials.

The Nebraska Department of Banking and Finance is partnering with the nonprofit Investor Protection Institute to provide an investor education and protection program in the form of a contest available to all residents of the state.

With the boys state basketball tournaments set to start on Thursday, here are some quick hits for the Class A field.

WICHITA, Kan. — A judge has denied an animal rights group's request to stop an import of elephants from Swaziland to three American zoos, including Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo.

Turns out hoops fans will get to see a trio of Nebraska basketball targets this weekend during the boys state basketball tournaments in Lincoln.

At the Lil Wayne show, openers Rae Sremmurd often asked the Pinnacle Bank Arena crowd's college students to make some noise. If T-Pain asks the same thing, the response from University of Nebraska-Lincoln students might somehow be more deafening.

Good news, award show prognosticators! There will be no mystery at the Emmy Awards this year: The best actress in a miniseries will definitely go to Sarah Paulson for "The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story."

I’m headed down to Austin, Texas, next week for South by Southwest, my 28th time to attend the festival that has grown from a few people turning up to see a few dozen bands to tens of thousands hitting the…

“Turn up the bells.”

Remember this thing? It was going strong until a dry spell in January had me scrambling, then giving up on finding enough touring shows to assemble a playlist of acts playing over the course of a week. Well, there's no…

The manufacturer of new concrete paving units on Nebraska’s Centennial Mall will replace a section of the pavers next week due to problems with the mix used to make them.

Carter Knopik found out about Windstream's Smart Tomorrow Start-Up Challenge just a few days before the Nov. 10 entry date.

The Violent Femmes often sound like their old selves on "We Can Do Anything," their ninth studio album and first since 2000.

IRVING, Texas (AP) — Rolando McClain is returning for a third in season in Dallas, where the middle linebacker revived his career after quickly flaming out as a high draft pick in Oakland.

The Chet Ager Building at Pioneers Park Nature Center will be open daily beginning Monday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thirty-six-plus hours of televised debates in the 2016 presidential campaign have brought us Marco Rubio's robotic moment, Donald Trump's jaw-dropping sexual innuendo, Bernie Sanders' dismissal of Hillary Clinton's "damn emails" and Clinton's denunciation of Sanders for an…

Three Jersey Mike’s Subs restaurants in Lincoln are helping raise money for Cedars Home for Children during the sixth annual March “Month of Giving” fundraising campaign.

STANTON — The third of four northeast Nebraska teenagers accused of torturing a cat and an opossum has been sentenced.

OMAHA — Authorities have released the names of two people who died after they were pulled from the basement of a burning home in southeast Omaha.

OMAHA — Authorities say a second person has died from injuries received in a southeast Omaha house fire.

OMAHA — Authorities say a woman has died and a man has been hospitalized after a fire at a house in southeast Omaha.

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina was set to make his spring training debut behind the plate Wednesday, with defensive limitations in place.