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Sarah Balcom, domestic violence program coordinator for the Nebraska Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence, said the actual number of domestic violence-related fatalities in the state is greater than the number known publicly. “Just be willing to speak up,…

Compounding the challenge, no one thing works for everyone. “That’s why we really need a broad spectrum of therapies available to help people with pain,” said Dr. Kenneth Follett, a neurosurgeon at Nebraska Medicine and past president of the American…

Westside Church weeklong Vacation Bible School raised more than $17,000 for Reason to Hope, a nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of poor and disabled people in Guatemala. Funds were collected by students in kindergarten through sixth grade.

When patients have tried everything else — surgery, physical therapy, acupuncture — and still are struggling with chronic pain, there are at least a couple of other options in the area.

The party, in a 109-101 floor vote after most of the state's elected officials had left the state GOP convention at Lied Lodge, along with many of the morning session's attendees, condemned "the motives and actions" of special counsel Robert…

The Republican answer to this year's uptick in energy and interest from Democratic voters is a push toward greater unity. GOP officeholders hammered that theme in speeches Saturday during the state convention of the Nebraska Republican Party.

Each year, Omahans congregate at the parade to celebrate the holiday that marks the day when slaves in Texas learned of their freedom two years after Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1862.

Founded in 1976, the museum moved to 20th Street and St. Mary’s Avenue in 1989. Now attracting more than 300,000 visitors a year, the museum states its mission as encouraging the imagination and creating excitement about learning.

With the United States not in the World Cup for the first time since 1986, bars in Lincoln and Omaha that saw an influx of profit four years ago are worried that may not be the case again this year.

Forrest Aldrich entered the plea Thursday in U.S. District Court in Omaha. The charge: misapplication of health care benefit program funds. His sentencing is set for Sept. 20. Other federal charges were dropped in exchange for his plea.