Omaha native may have been short, but he carved out a long, stranger-than-fiction Hollywood career 

Congress members move to offset coming cuts to rural hospital funding

Following devastating Medicaid and program cuts in the 2025 budget, bipartisan lawmakers are scrambling to introduce legislation aimed at preventing the closure of struggling rural hospitals nationwide.

'Der Viener Schlinger': The meat cannon that launched 20,000 hot dogs

The Memorial Stadium fixture can fire a 2.67-ounce Fairbury Tomboy at 90 mph from Tom Osborne Field over the 165-foot-high skyboxes. But most land in the stands. 

Nebraska football is now spending like a top program. Will dollars equal wins?

The school in recent years hasn’t gotten much bang for its buck: By one metric the Huskers have spent more per victory than every other program in the country save for Rutgers.

Immigration enforcement is rare at Nebraska’s ag worksites. Why? 

Nebraska's agriculture industry, including Governor Pillen’s farm, relies on undocumented labor, yet employers face minimal legal scrutiny due to a system that shields them from liability.

Nebraska kids sent out of state when they need serious mental health care

The reliance on out-of-state facilities, and a lack of less restrictive placements in state, has long been a concern for some of the systems’ top officials. Recently, they have made progress in adding new options, but more work needs to be done.