Новости за 09.05.2018

CRETE — Gov. Pete Ricketts on Wednesday visited the hometown of the only incumbent senator whose re-election he is opposing for a town hall meeting a week before the primary election, and Sen. Laura Ebke was there in a back…

David Wingett will be a Memphis Tiger.

The Nebraska State Education Association on Wednesday declared Sens. Merv Riepe of Ralston and Theresa Thibodeau of Omaha "have not been supportive" of public education after they claimed to be education supporters in their campaign mailers.

Nebraska sophomore infielder Tristen Edwards is a unanimous all-Big Ten first-team softball selection. The honors were revealed Wednesday, a day before the Big Ten Tournament.

OMAHA — Millard North scored two second-half goals to beat North Platte 2-0 in the first round of the Class A girls state soccer tournament on Wednesday.

OMAHA – Millard North scored two second-half goals to beat North Platte 2-0 in the first round of the Class A girls state soccer tournament on Wednesday.

The tournament is runs through Tuesday at Creighton's Morrison Stadium.

DAKOTA CITY — A man accused of fatally shooting his wife outside a northeast Nebraska police station has been found not guilty by reason of insanity.

Lincoln is playing host this week to the National Personal Finance Challenge, a competition for high school students to demonstrate their knowledge of economics and personal finance.

Let’s take a midweek drive, shall we?

FREAKABOUT, “Babezooka.” FREAKABOUT has delivered another slab of powerhouse rock on “Babezooka,” avoiding the sophomore slump with an album that’s better on every level than 2015’s “Don’t We All.”

Parents need to know that “Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze” is a cartoonish platformer on the Wii U and Nintendo Switch. Donkey Kong and his cronies hop on enemies’ heads or barrel through them with monkey rolls, knocking them out…

Weather permitting, temporary nighttime ramp closures are scheduled beginning Sunday through June 1 at three Lincoln I-80 interchanges: Exit 401 (I-80), Exit 403 (27th Street) and Exit 405 (US 77/56th Street), according to the Nebraska Department of Transportation.

OMAHA – Fourth-ranked Millard West scored one goal in each half to beat No. 5 Lincoln Southeast 2-0 in the first round of the Class A girls state soccer tournament on Wednesday morning.

Gamers, an Omaha-based chain of stores that sells new and used video games and gaming systems, closed its two Iowa stores last weekend, but says its Nebraska stores, including two in Lincoln, will remain open.

SANTEE — Authorities have been unable to find the body of a man missing since he and his girlfriend accidentally drove off a cliff into the water near where the Missouri River flows into Lewis and Clark Lake in northeast…

SANTEE — Authorities have been unable to find the body of a man missing since he and his girlfriend accidentally drove off a cliff into the water near where the Missouri River flows into Lewis and Clark Lake in northeast…

This is a story about the little theater that could, a high school program begun without a stage or a budget or costumes or booster clubs funneling money into grand productions.

The city has beefed up its parking enforcement around the Capitol this spring with the help of new equipment that can spot a violator in the blink of a camera.

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BATTLE CREEK — Authorities say a man who died on a northeast Nebraska farm was accidentally electrocuted.

Should you be in need of a new paperback (and who isn't?), here's a half-dozen fresh releases, all highly recommended. "Beautiful Animals" by Lawrence Osborne (Crown, $16). A timely morality tale set among the sun-baked hills and azure vistas on…

"Skyjack" by K.J. Howe; Quercus (400 pages, $26.99) ___ K.J. Howe proves she owns a sub-genre that has long been neglected - the women's adventure mystery - in her second novel about kidnapping and rescue expert Thea Paris. "Skyjack" soars…

"The Art of the Wasted Day" by Patricia Hampl; Viking (288 pages, $26) ___ "I loaf and invite my soul," wrote that most American of poets, Walt Whitman. He celebrated his prodigiously gifted, magnanimous, outsized self, and we continue to…

"Legendary: A Caraval Novel" by Stephanie Garber; Flatiron Books (464 pages, $18.99) ___ The Dragna sisters are back in the game. Last year's "Caraval" was a runaway hit, introducing readers to its dazzling titular world, an elaborate performance mixed with…