Tornado risk increases in the Plains

With New Mexico recently surpassing Nebraska as the state with the worst drought, there is welcome news that an old technology for waterefficient crop irrigating is finding a new application for backyard lawns. Subsurface drip irrigation involves ...

Police in Nebraska are trying to determine if the deaths this week of a doctor, a Monroeville native, and his wife are connected to the 2008 killing of his colleague's son and housekeeper. Roger and Mary Brumback, both 65, were found dead in their ...

(CNN) -- Police in Omaha, Nebraska, are looking into whether two double killings could be linked. Roger and Mary Brumback, both 65, were found dead Tuesday inside their home by officers responding to a welfare call. Roger Brumback was a professor in ...

Lincoln Electric System, a public power utility in Nebraska, is seeking to triple its wind power capacity within the next two years, according to a report from the Lincoln Star Journal. The LES Administrative board approved negotiating a purchase ...

Florida Gulf Coast was one of the best stories of the 2013 NCAA tournament, becoming the first 15-seed to reach the Sweet 16 and earning the moniker "Dunk City" (thanks to Troy Machir) with their attractive style of play and penchant for above the ...

A 5-day weighted average price for choice steers sold in Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma and Texas, in dlrs per cwt. KS/Panhandle: A 5-day weighted average price for choice steers sold in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, in dlrs per cwt.

-- New York-based Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc's (NYSE: LTS) Nebraska, USA-based Securities America broker-dealer subsidiary said it has signed agreements with six financial institutions representing more than USD 3.75bn in assets.

Champion of Choice: The Life and Legacy of Women's Advocate Nafis Sadik by Cathleen Miller, University of Nebraska Press, 496 pages Putting a reality check on the weight of your first-world problems could be as easy as picking up this book. If you ...