After flash flooding in central Texas killed more than 100 people and left even more missing, a Nebraska animal shelter has stepped up to take in a number of dogs who were also left needing a ...

The Nebraska Christmas Lights Show supplies the holiday’s magic with the intimacy and warmth of your car. Constantine Syniy, the owner of the lights show, said the idea sprouted four years ago.

A local light commissioner, J.W. Haws, hand-dipped around 100 light bulbs in Christmas colors. He then strung them together in the courtyard located in the town square and hung the lights up to ...

With several small hands overlapping those of Gov. Mike Johanns, the switch was pulled, and the 26-foot Christmas tree before them lit up with blue, red, yellow and green.

The mood was set as hundreds of people celebrated the Union Station Christmas tree lighting in 1996. The tree that year was a 45-foot-tall blue spruce with 12,000 lights and 1,600 ornaments.

This year’s holiday events include the annual Zoo Lights, two drive-through Christmas light shows and the opportunity for residents to create their own displays at home.

However, NOAA also reported that the lights don’t have to be directly overhead to be seen and can be observed as far away as 1,000 kilometers when the aurora is bright and conditions are suitable.