For the second year in a row, thousands of people -- many of them youths -- gathered in Lincoln to watch Cam Wilder play some hoops.

More than 1,000 people showed up for a basketball pickup game last year. Wilder will be back Friday and an even bigger crowd is expected.

Three Class A teams from Lincoln are still alive in the state tournament. Here's a closer look at Sunday's action.

Nebraska’s unemployment rate stayed steady last month despite layoffs in Lincoln and across the state.

A Lincoln man accused of punching a baby was charged with child abuse Tuesday.

A man died after being struck by an Amtrak train in Lincoln early Monday, Lincoln police said. A spokeswoman said police did not know the man's name or age and called his death accidental.

The Lincoln Airport is set to hold a news conference that will follow a Tuesday morning meeting to potentially approve an "air service agreement." ...

There were 325 vehicle thefts in Lincoln through the first six months of 2025, down 36% from the 508 vehicle thefts that occurred during the first six months of 2024.

Prosecutors charged 32-year-old Patrick Thompson, whom police arrested at Lincoln warehouse Monday, with six felonies Tuesday.

Lingering cloud cover kept temperatures in the 80s, prompting the National Weather Service to cancel a heat advisory that had been set to be in effect until 8 p.m.

USA Archery has chosen Lincoln to host the 2026 national championship event. This year the event amassed nearly 900 people in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Dorinda Segebrecht, 67, of Dodgeville, Wisconsin, has been identified as the woman found dead in the back seat of a car near Lincoln.