Lincoln native Tristan Williams was honored during Nebraska’s football game against North Dakota after he became a 'Jeopardy!' super champion.

A small town in the Nebraska Sandhills is the backdrop of the new HBO TV series "Lanterns."

Lancaster County could join a growing list of Nebraska counties considering a moratorium on data center construction.

A former Northwoods police officer was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for beating a man in a vacant field in 2023.

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is facing millions in reductions as Gov. Jim Pillen asks all state agencies to cut back.

Newly released documents shed light on the Feb. 7 riot in the county jail that lasted more than three hours.

Omaha's Immigration Court is backlogged, overwhelmed with language barriers and policy changes.

Jeff Zeleny, a UNL alumnus and a guest at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Saturday, was in the ballroom when a gunman opened fire outside the Washington Hilton Hotel ballroom.

The UNL Gender and Sexuality Center is to shut down May 22 and move to the Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center in the Fall.

Nebraska will no longer offer in-state tuition for undocumented students after reaching an agreement with the U.S. Justice Department Tuesday.

The McCook detention center has housed ICE detainees since November but hasn't reached its 300-bed capacity, meaning Nebraska isn't receiving the full $2.4 million monthly payment for "Cornhusker Clin...

Students were alerted of a dangerous person with a gun near the Nebraska East Union, over an hour after they arrived on east campus Monday night. University of Nebraska-Lincoln Police Department As...

In a new Justice Department release of files tied to Jeffrey Epstein, news reporter Justin Diep finds multiple mentions of the University of Nebraska and Creighton University and details what brought ...

UNL's student government ASUN passed the Students for Justice in Palestine "Divestment for Humanity Act," Feb. 4, 2026. University of Nebraska leaders shut down plans to divest hours after the Associa...

A Nebraska federal judge is handling immigration related cases in Minnesota as hundreds file petitions in federal court claiming they've been illegally detained during Operation Metro Surge.

50 University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty will be terminated after the 2027 school year following budget cuts to the Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Educational Administration, Statistics, and Textile...

After the first-in-school history no-confidence vote and resignation of UNL Chancellor Rodney Bennett, President Gold and Interim Chancellor Ankerson said budget cuts will continue. Faculty and staff ...

Chancellor Rodney Bennett will leave the University of Nebraska-Lincoln six months before his contract expires with a $1.1 million buyout.

Rodney Bennett is leaving UNL after less than three years. Read about the $44.5M in budget cuts, program eliminations, and the no-confidence vote that defined his leadership.

McCOOK, Neb. — A delegation of five Nebraska senators toured the former Work Ethic Camp in McCook on Monday, getting a glimpse inside the facility since its controversial conversion into

Former Nebraska football coach Scott Frost is suing the University of Nebraska Board of Regents, accusing the school of breaking his contract and improperly creating a tax liability for him

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.

Last spring’s student election was the most expensive with campaigns spending a collective $11,076.01 to try to earn student votes. This year The Association of Students of the University of Nebraska ...

Earth and atmospheric sciences, educational administration, statistics and textiles, merchandising and fashion design are all proposed to be cut at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The $27.5 millio...

On Tuesday, the UNL Faculty Senate passes a no confidence vote against Chancellor Rodney Bennett on East Campus in the Great Plains room.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Rodney Bennett announced his final budget reduction proposal in an email to students, faculty and staff on Monday.

Breaking news: Amid budget cuts, UNL faculty to hold a no-confidence vote against UNL Chancellor Rodney Bennet

UNL's faculty takes issue with the data used by the university to propose program budget cuts. The eliminations are partially financial, but all of the programs up for elimination made more money in s...

AAUP members question why the university is proposing to cut six programs during a period of strong financial health and why faculty and academic programs.

UNL's AAUP chapter challenges a $27.5M budget cut, citing a new report that finds the university in "strong financial health" amid proposed cuts to academic programs.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty are collecting signatures ahead of Saturday’s football game against Northwestern in support of their colleagues and programs on the chopping block.

UNL's student government, ASUN, formally opposed the name federal and state officials are using for a proposed ICE detention facility in McCook, Nebraska.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln students are calling to end political violence in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has faced year-after-year multimillion-dollar budget cuts since 2020.

Horizon Biofuels in Fremont had complaints of dust months before it exploded last week killing three.

Another Omaha teen involved in a crime spree last year that took the life of a 64-year-old Uber driver will not face murder charges after taking a plea deal.

Two rural Nebraska towns are grieving the loss of two young girls killed when a Fremont wood pellet manufacturing plant exploded Tuesday.

An Omaha teen involved in a crime spree that took the life of a 64-year-old Uber driver, pleaded no contest to two robbery and two firearm charges.

The University of Nebraska at Omaha is the target of a U.S. Department of Education investigation into whether two of its scholarship programs unfairly favor minorities and students born outside

The University of Nebraska at Omaha is the target of a U.S. Department of Education investigation into whether two of its scholarship programs unfairly favor minorities and students born outside

Omaha's first Black mayor will have the street he grew up on renamed to John W. Ewing Jr. Street in his honor.

Sen. Pete Ricketts said he wants a strong border before immigration reform as a bipartisan bill in the House seeks to give some undocumented immigrants a path to legal status.

The Omaha Tribe of Nebraska became the first reservation in the state to legalize medical and recreational marijuana.

As World-Herald reporters document the latest updates on immigration enforcement in Nebraska, here's a Q&A on what's happened in recent weeks and where things stand.

A 26-year-old Omaha man was sentenced Monday to eight to 16 years in prison after he was convicted in the fatal shooting of his brother after a birthday celebration.

The ICE operation that authorities say resulted in the arrest of an MS-13 kingpin spanned both sides of the Missouri River, with one arrest in Omaha and one in Council

Less than 25% of Glenn Valley Foods workers detained in south Omaha ICE raid had prior criminal convictions. Most of the ones who did had received traffic-related misdemeanor charges.