ALBANY — Confusion reigned Friday as state officials thought they had a deal awarding Buffalo’s Delaware North Cos. a contract to run a big, new casino at a downstate racetrack, only to see the agreement fall apart amid a partisan dispute. Gov ...

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OMAHA — Lincoln offered 37 days of live horse racing in 2008, Grand Island 35 and Columbus 24. Omaha’s 10-year-old Horsemen’s Park featured four days. But all the betters with their eyes glued to 600 television screens Thursday show how ...

GRAND ISLAND — Two horses grazing contentedly in knee-high grass formed a peaceful scene just east of Fonner Park on Thursday. Things were much more unsettled across the street in the Bosselman Conference Center. That’s where the Nebraska ...

While state legislative candidates Mike Gloor and Greg Neuhaus agreed on many issues during their debate Thursday at Walnut Middle School, it did turn contentious at times. Gloor and Neuhaus are campaigning for the seat representing the 35th ...

GRAND ISLAND -- In order to eat funnel cakes at a Grand Island State Fair, residents and visitors will have to pay a few more pennies to grab a burger and fries at Grand Island's drive-throughs. The Grand Island City Council voted 10-0 Tuesday night ...

SOUTH SIOUX CITY -- This weekend marks the last chance of the year for racehorse owners and trainers to win money on the Nebraska circuit as Horsemen's Atokad Downs in South Sioux City hosts its annual three days of live racing. The track, which once ...

GRAND ISLAND — The Grand Island City Council has unanimously approved plans for a future State Fair site. The council approved a 40-year lease with Fonner Park, where a 50,000-square-foot exhibition will be built. It also approved an amended ...

LINCOLN — The University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a group of city business leaders will unveil a plan Thursday to build a thoroughbred racetrack on the east edge of Lincoln, replacing the track at State Fair Park. The State Fair track's future has ...

The new track would replace the track at State Fair Park, which is closing after the 2011 season. That closing was prompted by the decision to move the Nebraska State Fair — which operates the current Lincoln racetrack — to Grand Island. That ...