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A new Sunset Hills Elementary School will open this August, replacing the one built in 1956 near 93rd and Walnut Streets, near the Sunset Valley golf course. "It's sad to see it go," one former student said of the school.

Mayor Jean Stothert had floated the idea of shortening the window people can set off or sell Fourth of July fireworks in the city. But the suggestion hasn't moved forward. So the city's existing ordinance remains in place.

An unexpected late-spring storm caused a lighting glitch during the afternoon performance of the musical based on the iconic 1952 film.

SALIDA, Colo. (AP) — We were warned.

The judge sided with lawyers for the state's two largest newspapers by ordering the public disclosure of records related to the source of four death penalty drugs. But Lancaster County District Judge Jodi Nelson said officials may withhold documents that…

Douglas Goldsberry, 46, pleaded guilty in March to one count of possessing child pornography. Chief U.S. District Judge Laurie Smith Camp ordered Goldsberry to serve 10 years of supervised release following his prison sentence and ordered him to pay $2,500…

Fischer’s campaign announced the endorsement Monday, saying that the group’s backing shows the importance Fischer places on health care.

The debate, sponsored by the Omaha World-Herald and KMTV, will be held from 3 to 4 p.m. at the Bosselman Conference Center in Grand Island.

Prosecutors reduced the charge against Carlos E. Xoquic from first-degree sexual assault after he entered a guilty plea, saving the victim from having to testify.

Capitol Place, the structure coming up at 10th Street and Capitol Avenue, will be a 72-unit mixed-use building.