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Live updates of storm damage after several tornadoes ravaged parts of the Omaha metro area.

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for the Omaha metro area, while a tornado warning has been issued for Lincoln. Stay tuned for live updates.

OMAHA — Newly elected leaders of the now-populist Douglas County Republican Party brushed aside questions about the legitimacy of hosting its April meeting Tuesday without the approval of its chairman and flipped the party’s federal endorsements. Until this week, Douglas County had been the lone county GOP in the Omaha-based 2nd Congressional District to endorse […] The post Douglas County GOP central committee flips endorsements to Dan Frei and John Glen Weaver appeared fir...

Forty-nine women and men serve in Nebraskas unique, one-house Legislature.

OMAHA — For years, the populist wave among Nebraska Republicans ran into a wall of resistance in the Omaha area, where the local GOP fought to preserve a place for the moderate Republicans who have won races in a politically mixed city and suburbs. This month, the Nebraska Republican Party and local residents who are […] The post Populist Nebraska GOP wave washes over 2nd District wall appeared first on Nebraska Examiner.

An Omaha man charged in connection to a grab-and-dash at a Grand Island Best Buy last year has been sentenced.Johnathan Semans, 29, was sentenced Tuesday to fou

A fourth man is accused of strangling and physically assaulting a woman.

Officials said flames spread quickly Thursday at a brush fire in Saunders County because of the high winds.

Lincoln Fire and Rescue on Monday hosted a Resuscitation Academy to teach other agencies the practices and knowledge that make LFR nationally recognized for its cardiac responses.

A Nebraska Public Service commissioner calls for tougher enforcement of illegal ride services after an alleged sexual assault.