OMAHA, Neb. -- The Creighton men's basketball team is returning to the NCAA Tournament for the 25th time in program history and ninth time in the past 13 years after earning an at-large bid to 2024 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship. The No. 3-seeded Bluejays (23-9) will meet No. 14-seed Akron…
JEFFERSON CITY, MO - On National Biodiesel Day, March 18, the clean fuels industry celebrates a milestone in renewable fuel history while honoring the legacy of Rudolf Diesel, the visionary behind the diesel engine. Diesel originally designed his engine to operate on peanut oil, recognizing the potential of vegetable oils as…
March 15, 2024 (Lincoln, Neb.) – The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) has partnered with Southeast Community College (SCC) to expand higher education access to individuals incarcerated in five southeast Nebraska facilities/locations. SCC enrolled 229 incarcerated individuals for the 2024 spring semester, and more than 30 SCC faculty are…
Nebraska - Honey production in 2023 from Nebraska producers with five or more colonies totaled 1.58 million pounds, up 6% from 2022, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. There were 33,000 honey producing colonies in Nebraska during 2023, down 3% from 2022.Average yield was 48 pounds per colony,…
Lincoln - Nebraska claimed the No. 6 seed in the Albany 1 Regional and will face No. 11 seed Texas A&M in the first round of the 2024 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament in Corvallis, Ore. The Huskers (22-11, 11-7 Big Ten) learned their seeding, opponent and location during the NCAA…
Lincoln-Will Walsh belted his second homer of the weekend, as Nebraska completed its series sweep of Nicholls with an 11-4 win in the series finale on Sunday afternoon at Hawks Field at Haymarket Park. Winners of 10 of their last 12 games, the Huskers (13-5) scored 11 runs on 14…
KEARNEY, NE. – The Tri-City Storm won a three-game weekend series against the league-leading Fargo Force with a 6-2 victory Sunday afternoon at the Viaero Center. Tri-City collected five of a possible six points in the USHL’s Western Conference standings in their weekend performance. A.J. Lacroix, Trevor Connelly, Seth Constance, August…
Lincoln, Neb. -- NIRMA (Nebraska Intergovernmental Risk Management Association) and the League Association of Risk Management (LARM) hosted a Law Enforcement Liability Seminar series at Scottsbluff, Ogallala, Grand Island, and Norfolk last week, March 11-14. The seminar featured nationally known instructor Stephen Campbell from the Legal Liability Risk Management Institute…
Join Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health in celebrating Ag Literacy Week this week, March 18-22, as they share messages from the Telling the Story Project. The goal of agricultural literacy is to help youth become aware of how the agricultural industry works - not just where food comes…
NSP -- Investigators with the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) have conducted alcohol compliance checks in multiple Nebraska counties in recent weeks. During the afternoon hours of Friday, February 23, investigators conducted alcohol compliance checks in Dawson County. This project was supported by grant #93.959 under the SAMHSA Center for Substance…
