Lincoln area residents have a chance to win prizes by signing pledge cards committing to increase their recycling efforts over the next year. The prize drawing on Nov. 15 will be part of America Recycles Day, an annual nationwide campaign to promote ...

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 ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. : The casinos run by American Indian tribes in Northern California work to attract lonely seniors on fixed incomes by offering cheap transportation on charter buses like the one that crashed over the weekend, killing eight people ...

LINCOLN, Calif. (AP) - Fire officials have closed some roads near the Thunder Valley Casino outside of Lincoln as they battle a 50-acre grass fire that broke out there this morning. California Fire officials say two air tankers are helping fight the ...

LINCOLN, Calif. (AP) -- Fire officials said a grass fire burning near the Thunder Valley Casino outside of Lincoln was contained Saturday morning, but not before burning nearly 80 acres. California Fire officials said crews from Lincoln and Roseville ...

Nellie Graves, Clinton, Iowa, won $30,000, the top prize, playing an instant scratch game, “Crossword” (purple/pink newsprint) from the Iowa Lottery. Graves bought the winning ticket at Kwik Star, 2321 Lincoln Way, Clinton. Players win by ...

LINCOLN, Neb. — The dean of the University of Nebraska College of Law says it is OK to admit minority students, even though they may have lower test scores than whites the school turns down. Steven Willborn says minority students are needed to help ...

“I’m really concerned about his inexperience,” Jerry Middleton of Pontiac said of Obama. “I’ve never voted for a Republican, but I will this year.” Hoyer, the House majority leader who was also slated to headline a fund-raiser for Peters ...

CHANNEL 7's Telethon has broken last year's record total of $6.5 million to raise over $7.5 million. The grand total was $7,535,678. A surprise $1.5 million donation by the Federal government and the sale of the Telethon regional home had Telethon ...

The casinos run by American Indian tribes in Northern California work to attract lonely seniors on fixed incomes by offering cheap transportation on charter buses like the one that crashed over the weekend, killing eight people and injuring dozens ...