Nebraska

NELIGH, Neb. (AP) — Willie Nelson and Neil Young will headline a concert next month in a Nebraska cornfield organized by opponents of a proposed pipeline that would carry oil from Canada south to the Gulf Coast. Bold Nebraska said Monday the concert will be held Sept. 27 on...

Kokesh takes fourth at NCAA Championships By The Daily Republic OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — Wagner native and University of Nebraska-Lincoln junior Robert Kokesh finished fourth Saturday at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. He beat No. 4 seed Mike Evans, of Iowa, in the...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A hunter's killing of a female mountain lion has automatically ended the second season in the Panhandle area where it was taken. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission said the 102-pound animal was killed Wednesday in Sheridan County. Experts estimated...

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — A Sioux Falls bail bondsman has a role in the upcoming movie “Nebraska.” Kevin Kunkel told KDLT-TV he responded to a post on Facebook and was only thinking about being an extra in Alexander Payne’s film about a man walking to Lincoln, Neb., to cash in a...

Unusual early storm caused damage, had wind speeds up to 200 mph.

If Nebraska was ever ripe for the picking to be upset at home by a lower division school, the time is now. Taking stock of the current state of Cornhusker football, it is plain to see there are a number of encouraging signs for South Dakota State University fans heading into Saturday’s...

Mitchell native Jeff Culhane found himself in less than familiar surroundings Saturday. The sports radio personality was in Morgantown, W.V., watching the West Virginia University Mountaineers take on the William & Mary Tribe. Perched in the press box, Culhane saw the sea of blue...

While environmentalists, energy executives and elected officials across North America await the State Department's critical decision on the Keystone XL pipeline, a little-noticed trial scheduled for next month in Nebraska could spell problems for the $5.3 billion project. Despite...

YORK, Neb. (AP) -- A board of county commissioners on Tuesday rejected a resolution opposing placement of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline in the southeast Nebraska county. Three commissioners opposed the measure and two supported it, the York News-Times reported. The measure said...