12+ hour, 12+ min ago   (1716+ words) Here they came, 500 strong, students and teachers, parading through the Benson business district in 20-degree weather, wearing aprons and overalls and carrying their books and school supplies. Dec. 17, 1926, was moving day for Benson High School on Maple Street, from its…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (151+ words) Who do you think won the debate? The person you want to win the election? Can we agree that the most distinctive and memorable part was Ricketts calling Osborn “Democrat Dan” dozens of times? Last week, Nebraska saw its first…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (163+ words) Lincoln Journal Star Javascript is required to use this website. People wait and watch TV inside the Community Blood Bank at 84th and O streets after 9/11 to donate blood. He missed Flight 93. He's spent 25 years since 9/11 making the most of being…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (121+ words) The Nebraska History Museum in downtown Lincoln is closed Wednesday due to a "facility issue," the museum said. Contact the writer at [email protected] or 402-473-7225. On X @HammackLJS A toddler’s fall, a missed alarm and an available aisle seat set Craig…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (105+ words) Lincoln Transportation and Utilities advises drivers that portions of two streets will close beginning Tuesday: A toddler’s fall, a missed alarm and an available aisle seat set Craig Ostroff on a different course on Sept. 11, 2001. Here’s how a 25th-anniversary 9/11 project…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1815+ words) PAWNEE CITY — You’ll know you’re getting close when you pass Alphia, a pet food manufacturer and one of the largest employers in town. Then you’ll see the sign, welcoming you to the cutest little town in Nebraska, and also the…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (221+ words) A 74-year-old man is still in critical condition after crashing into a tree Sunday, police say. Around 2:20 p.m. Sunday, officers with the Lincoln Police Department responded to a crash near South 32nd and Randolph streets. The driver, Edward Conradt, appeared to have…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (1198+ words) Growing up on the Omaha Reservation in northeast Nebraska, Roslyn Saunsoci had heard the name Susan La Flesche Picotte but knew nothing else. She grew excited upon learning in school that the famous tribal member was a doctor. The school…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (261+ words) A popular promotion has returned to Olive Garden. The Italian restaurant chain's Never-Ending Pasta Bowl deal returned nationwide last week and will run through Nov. 22, the company said in a news release. The deal allows diners to get all-you-can-eat pasta,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1455+ words) A unanimous Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday rejected a legal challenge to the ballot measures that put medical marijuana before the state's voters in 2024, who overwhelmingly approved it. Medical marijuana was signed into law later that year. But the challenge…...