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Strong storm cells have moved into Nebraska, prompting the National Weather Service to issue several warnings, including for a potential tornado in south-central Nebraska. Underlying the severe weather risk is the widespread potential for flooding.

Wilson's first trip to the CWS was in 1975, when he stayed in a $13-a-night motel and got to see saw the Longhorns win the national championship. He returned in 1979 and started his consecutive attendance streak two years later.

Bellevue University’s Military and Veteran Services Center is sponsoring the screening of "Apache Warrior."

Jacobs Project Management Co. had managed the district’s 1999 and 2014 bond programs. A selection committee made up of two principals and other district staff recommended them over three other firms, saying Jacobs had the best plan for overseeing bond-funded…

About 5 a.m. Sunday, Omaha police officers found Terry L. Warren on the ground outside 1634 Victor Ave. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The 36-year-old man got involved in a disturbance at the apartment on the 800 block of Second Avenue about 1:30 a.m. He then did not allow anyone to leave the apartment until Council Bluffs police arrived about 3:30 a.m.

Federal researchers calculate that — absent reductions in greenhouse gases — the Great Plains and Midwest have a realistic chance of averaging 5 degrees warmer by midcentury, and 9 degrees warmer by the end of the century.

The shutoff affected five commercial buildings and some residential customers. Service was expected to be restored by 2 a.m. Tuesday.

Most of Nebraska's top Republicans declined to say how they would have voted. That list includes Gov. Pete Ricketts, Sens. Deb Fischer and Ben Sasse and Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, who represents much of eastern Nebraska.

Students from Parkland, Florida, will stop in Omaha Tuesday as part of a national "March for Our Lives" summer tour that will focus on gun violence and voter registration.