Nebraska

WATERTOWN (AP) — A Nebraska woman faces multiple charges after allegedly pulling a fake handgun on a police officer following a car crash in the South Dakota city of Watertown. Authorities say 39-year-old Jennifer Wunderlich, of Omaha, Nebraska, hit a stopped car from behind...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts says he's determined to address the problems that plague the village of Whiteclay and is working with a Native American activist to seek solutions. Whiteclay's four beer stores sell primarily to residents of the Pine Ridge Indian...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A recent report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City shows lower crop prices in 2014 hurt the wallets of Nebraska residents. The report states Nebraska was the only state in the country where per capita personal income fell last year. In the neighboring...

An Arizona man who was arrested for drunken driving after rear-ending another vehicle on Burr Street in Mitchell has been charged with receiving stolen property. Elmer Yellow Hair, 43, of Tuscon, Ariz., was driving a Subaru Outback on April 23 when he crashed into another vehicle....

ST. LOUIS -- Robert Kokesh suffered his first loss of the season in the 174-pound quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships on Friday in St. Louis. Kokesh dropped a 3-2 decision to Pittsburgh's Tyler Wilps. He has a 36-1 record on the season. The Wagner native...

ST. LOUIS -- Wagner is pulling out all the stops to support hometown hero Robert Kokesh. When the 174-pound Nebraska wrestler took the mat at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships on Thursday in St. Louis, he received a plethora of applause from his hometown support system. His...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The company trying to build a pipeline to carry Canadian oil south to the Gulf Coast says its efforts to force Nebraska landowners to agree to the project remain on hold because of several pending lawsuits. Earlier this month, a Holt County judge blocked...

Nebraska wasted little time in their search for new football coach, hiring Oregon State's Mike Riley on Thursday in a surprise announcement. The news came on the same day that Florida named Colorado State's Jim McElwainas its new coach. The school will introduce Riley on Friday...