The Bellevue West senior, Jenkins, who signed with North Dakota for football, won the 100, 200 and 400 and ran on the Thunderbirds’ winning relay at Buell Stadium.
Brett Sears, the fifth-year senior ace, finished the Huskers’ first complete-game shutout of the season and their first complete-game two-hitter since Matt Waldron in March of 2019.
Nebraska volleyball player Harper Murray was cited for DUI early Friday morning, according to the Lincoln Police Department.Â
The Nebraska Legislature effectively killed Legislative Bill 575, which sought to limit school athletic options and access to bathrooms and locker rooms for transgender students.Â
The Lincoln Southwest multi-sport star has seen more attention after a big junior season, leaving him "shocked" but "grateful."
Three new lawsuits have been filed in the ongoing fallout of what is said to be one of the largest bank frauds in Nebraska's history.
An Omaha man accused of causing a Wednesday morning crash that ejected and killed a passenger in his pickup truck appeared in court for the first time Friday and was ordered held on $500,000 bail.Â
Two Lincoln residents and one Bennet, Nebraska, man died in a car crash Wednesday in Kansas, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.
A North Platte man rescued his 41-year-old wife and their 14-month-old son from the roof of an SUV that was submerged in a canal southwest of North Platte Thursday.
One person is in critical condition after being shot in North Omaha on Thursday night, according to authorities.
For his last act as a college basketball player, Keisei Tominaga stole the show on a national stageÂ
Omaha's Huffman Productions has put on the Spring Festival craft fair for more than 40 years. The fair will be held on Friday, Saturday and Sunday in Ralston.
Few expect returning Nebraska starter Heinrich Haarberg to beat out freshman Dylan Raiola for No. 1 quarterback slot in 2024. But the veteran in the room is still here and competing.Â
Severe storms possible in parts of Nebraska this weekend.Â
The North Freeway's main traffic lanes will close from Friday evening to Monday morning to allow for demolition of the Hamilton Street bridge deck.
An Omaha lawmaker gave up Thursday on his plan to subsidizing child care costs for providers' own children as a way of easing the state's child care shortage.
Omaha basketball transfer Frankie Fidler, a Bellevue West graduate, included Creighton and Nebraska in his final four schools.
A set of proposed rules for Good Life Districts would allow cities to retain zoning and taxing authority for the mega developments.Â
Juwan Gary and Brice Williams will return to Nebraska for the 2024-25 season, the duo announced in a video posted to their respective Instagram accounts.
A man charged in the February double homicide in Bloomfield has been ruled incompetent to stand trial, according to Knox County Court records.Â
Douglas County Treasurer John Ewing Jr. says he's a "nuts and bolts" guy who would make government work efficiently as Omaha's mayor and will treat everyone with dignity and respect.
Check out Evan Bland's scouting report for Nebraska baseball's Big Ten home-opening series against Ohio State.
Nebraska's three scholarship quarterbacks have high praise for the wideouts they are throwing passes to: "I feel like we have a really, really great group of receivers."
The combination of two veteran coaches in co-offensive coordinators Marcus Satterfield and Glenn Thomas handling a young Nebraska offense has sparked optimism early.
With a handful of days left in this year's session, Nebraska lawmakers advanced a divisive proposal to limit school athletic options and access to bathrooms and locker rooms for transgender students.
Nebraska men’s basketball coach Fred Hoiberg won the Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year award Thursday.
Nebraska's three scholarship quarterbacks — Dylan Raiola, Heinrich Haarberg and Daniel Kaelin — talked about the spring battle for the Huskers' starting job on Thursday.Â
The hits keep on coming for Creighton outfielder Nolan Sailors. The Ralston graduate now has 13 multi-hit games and a 24-game on-base streak this season for the 22-4 Bluejays.
Early impressions of Nebraska running backs have been good this spring. With more live work, upcoming ones should be more accurate.
The Omaha Sports Commission Award finalists have been named and voting for the awards will be from April 9 to 26.
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Creighton struggled offensively in its Big East opener as the Bluejays dropped a decision to Butler on Friday night at Schwab Field.
Omaha had its program-record 16-game winning streak snapped in the second game of a doubleheader Friday as St. Thomas stunned the Mavs.
Grace Greenwald, the defending Class A No. 1 state champion, won the 1 singles title Friday at the 24-team Omaha Westside Invitational at the Koch Tennis Center.
Brody Jindra homered in the eighth inning Friday night to lift Millard South to a win over top-ranked Lincoln East.
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