The blarney stone replica, a slab painted green and white and estimated to weigh 2,700 pounds, showed up at the Fahey’s Pub entrance the morning before St. Patrick’s Day 1975.
See footage and pictures from the historic flooding that hit Nebraska in March 2019.
Nevin Nelson cried out that he did not know what he had been shot for.
Nebraska ghost towns' stories often are unheard -- and remind us about the struggles of taming the wilderness that became the Good Life.
Nebraska ghost towns' stories often are unheard -- and remind us about the struggles of taming the wilderness that became the Good Life.
Outside the door of the sod house, a grave had already been dug and was now waiting for the family to be placed inside.
Dan Desdunes’ acclaim in Omaha was as a talented musician and band leader — a pioneer of jazz — whose local affiliations included Father Flanagan’s Boys Home.
Carl and Alice Culbertson had been married just five months when she was murdered.
This 35th annual exhibit and sale features works by more than 40 area artists that illustrate the wildlife, waterfowl and/or landscapes of the Platte River and its tributaries.
From the moment Ron Allen found his gravely wounded daughter and deceased son-in-law and 14-year-old granddaughter, nothing of substance has been learned about the “who” or “why” of the killings.
Radio in all its forms dates back more than a century and has a long history in Lincoln.
See archive photos of dairy farming near Lincoln.
The 1948-49 blizzard left over 75,000 people marooned and close to 34,000 miles of roads impassable. See photos of how Nebraska weathered the storm.
The fundraiser to support a the effort will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday at Burlington Station, 603 N. Plum St. in Grand Island.
Researchers are unearthing the history of the Genoa U.S. Indian Industrial School. A recent geophysical survey and historical document may be significant finds in the search for the school's cemetery.
Stuhr Museum has again achieved accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums, the highest national recognition afforded the nation’s museums.
Five bison at Stuhr Museum will serve as an educational resource.
Of her century of Christmases, Frances (Klaus) Eschliman remembers quite a bit. The Grand Island woman is celebrating her 101st Christmas this year.
Lincoln residents submitted their memories of some favorite Lincoln institutions. Those memories are collected here.
As the Lincoln area prepares for the opening of the South Beltway on Wednesday, check out photos from the opening of the interstate between Omaha and Lincoln.
Some remains recovered during a 1944 salvage attempt on the USS Utah, which sank at Pearl Harbor, have been disinterred and could be identified through DNA analysis.
Before the post office was built in 1968, the area was the site of three different Union Pacific Railroad passenger terminals.
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Take a look inside some of Lincoln's high schools through the city's history.
Few in Omaha have had theirs told in such detail, especially its earliest days, as the Rockbrook neighborhood along West Center Road.
Union Pacific's Community Ties program supported the city's sesquicentennial event and Historical Society's upcoming 100th anniversary.
“The Legacy of Nebraska” showcases the culture, history, geography, landmarks, inherited stories and traditions of the people of Nebraska.
As the search for the Genoa U.S. Indian Industrial School cemetery narrows, tribal leaders and researchers prepare for what they may find.
Most paper towns of Douglas County never got past the platting stage and almost all went into the shredder known as the financial panic of 1857.
The Omaha Police Department considers Thomas Welch the first of its 26 officers killed in the line of duty.
The site where a Falls City family's house and barn once stood is now part of the National Park Service's National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.