Latest Nebraska Headlines
All the headlines from our Nebraska Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nebraska Jury Awards $36 million in Disability Discrimination Case Against Trucking Carrier
Sep 5 2023 // An eight-person jury in Omaha, Nebraska returned a verdict of $36,075,000 in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on disability discrimination claims against Drivers Management, LLC and Werner...
People Moves: Alliant Adds Shada in Nebraska
Aug 17 2023 // Ian Shada has joined Alliant Insurance Services as Vice President within its employee benefits group in Omaha, Nebraska. In his role with Alliant, Shada will design and implement comprehensive employee benefits programs...
Nebraska Police Testing Seized Dispensary Products for Illegally High THC Levels
Aug 16 2023 // LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Police are testing products seized from five Nebraska dispensaries to see if they contain illegally high levels of the compound THC, the Lincoln Journal Star reported Monday. Lincoln police received...
Nebraska’s Ellerbrock-Norris Unveils Brand Refresh
Aug 14 2023 // Ellerbrock-Norris is a holistic risk management firm headquartered in Nebraska, recently unveiled a brand refresh complete with the new tagline of “Protect Your Purpose.” The company partners with businesses to...
Heat, Humidity Kill Hundreds of Cattle During World’s Hottest Month
Aug 9 2023 // Hundreds of cattle died in Iowa from extreme heat and humidity in late July, the state and livestock producers said, as the world recorded its hottest month ever. The deaths show the toll of severe weather on farm animals...
Nebraska Ethanol Plant Explosion Leaves 1 Dead, 4 Injured
Apr 24 2023 // WOOD RIVER, Neb. (AP) – One worker died and four others were injured in an explosion at an ethanol plant in eastern Nebraska. The explosion was reported last Monday afternoon at a Green Plains ethanol plant in Wood...
Wildfire Burns Nearly 700 Acres in Southeast Nebraska
Apr 12 2023 // UNION, Neb. (AP) – Overnight rain helped firefighters get control of two wildfires Monday in southeast Nebraska near the Missouri River. Nebraska officials said after Gov. Jim Pillen surveyed the damage that the fire...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Nebraska’s Quality First Insurance
Apr 5 2023 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of La Vista, Nebraska-based Quality First Insurance, LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Quality First Insurance is an insurance agency serving health...
Nebraska District Sued Over Axing of Student Paper After LGBTQ Issue
Apr 3 2023 // LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – A former high school journalist and the Nebraska High School Press Association sued Friday over a school district’s shutdown of the school newspaper after it published an LGBTQ-focused...
Nebraska School to Pay $1 Million After Boy Who Ate Teacher’s Snack Died
Mar 16 2023 // PAPILLION, Neb. (AP) – A Nebraska school district has agreed to pay $1 million to the family of an eighth grader who died after eating a granola bar given to him by a teacher. The Papillion La Vista school board will...
Nebraska Company Fined $531K After Worker Engulfed in Corn Silo
Mar 13 2023 // A 34-year-old worker’s attempt to clean out a Roseland grain silo, in preparation for fall harvest, turned tragic on Sept. 12, 2022, when corn engulfed and asphyxiated him. An investigation by the U.S. Department of...
Teachers Could Physically Restrain Unruly Students Under Nebraska Bill
Mar 3 2023 // LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Nebraska lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow teachers and school staff to physically restrain disruptive students and remove them from classrooms without fear of being disciplined,...
Nebraska Supreme: Rental Car Customer Doesn’t Owe Avis for ‘Voluntary’ Payment
Feb 15 2023 // No one threatened to sue Avis Rent a Car after Roynetta McDavid’s little sister borrowed her rental car without permission and smashed it into another vehicle. But a claims handler for the company paid three people...
Nebraska’s Barney Joins Highstreet
Jan 12 2023 // Highstreet Insurance Partners announced that it has partnered with Kearney, Nebraska-based Barney Insurance Group. Barney adds 25 employees and additional office locations in Lexington and Lincoln to HSIP’s footprint...
Nebraska Alfalfa Sprout Recall Tied to Salmonella Outbreak Expanded
Jan 4 2023 // OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ A Nebraska company on Friday expanded a recall of alfalfa sprouts after more than a dozen cases of salmonella were linked to the food. SunSprouts Enterprises doubled its recall that was first announced...
Bird Flu Outbreak Prompts Slaughter of 1.8M Chickens in Nebraska
Dec 1 2022 // OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Nebraska agriculture officials say another 1.8 million chickens must be killed after bird flu was found on a farm in the latest sign that the outbreak that has already prompted the slaughter of more...
EPA Seeking Penalties for Clean Water Act Violations in Missouri, Nebraska
Nov 8 2022 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ordered Michael Zahner of Bollinger County, Missouri, and Mark Schmidt of Lancaster County, Nebraska, to take immediate steps to comply with the federal Clean Water...
Nebraska Dept. of Insurance Conducts Review of Guidance Documents
Nov 4 2022 // This month, the Nebraska Department of Insurance (NDOI) completed a process improvement project focused on their guidance document library. Governor Pete Ricketts has encouraged agencies to reduce their regulatory burden....
Theft of Frozen Beef in Nebraska Uncovers Midwest Crime Ring
Oct 27 2022 // An investigation into the theft this summer of several semitrailers loaded with frozen beef from Nebraska has led to arrests and uncovered a multimillion-dollar theft ring targeting meatpacking plants in six Midwestern...
Prairie Fires in Nebraska, Iowa Force Evacuations, Destroy Homes
Oct 25 2022 // LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Prairie fires pushed by tinder-dry conditions and winds topping 60 mph (96 kph) led to evacuations in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa and destroyed homes and injured two firefighters south of...
