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Youth sports is estimated to be a $15 billion industry in the U.S., and Nebraska officials want to see the state get a bigger cut.

The executive director of the National High School Rodeo Association stood in an expansive field on the east side of the Lancaster Event Center on Tuesday, turning a little dirt with a shiny shovel in what will become 1,050 new…

Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. will speak Sunday in Lincoln at the 36th annual Peacemaking Workshop.

The public is invited to a forum including candidates for the Legislature, Lancaster County Board, county treasurer, Public Service Commission and other offices.

Roadwork will resume this week on Interstate 80 north of Lincoln.

Secretary of State John Gale is asking political candidates to be mindful of state and local laws guiding the placement of campaign signs.

The Parks and Recreation Department invites the public to help clean the Hamann Rose Garden and the Strolling Garden at 1 p.m., Saturday at 27th and B streets.

The northbound lane of South 48th Street, between Pioneers Boulevard and Linden Street is closed until 3 p.m. Friday for water main repairs.

The musicians set up every weekend at the bakery in the old bank building in Bethany -- the Toasted Ponies or Paddywack, Big Bluestem Boys or Aunt Bunnie’s Parlor, Chris Sayre or the Crabgrass Duo.

The city removed hundreds of trees along Old Cheney Road near U.S. 77, but they won’t go to waste.