Although Nebraska’s earliest cabins were lit only by candles, coal oil lanterns followed quickly, and less than a decade ...

The Columbus cor-respondent for the Omaha Republican stated that the lands west of Kearney were “destined to remain a deserted waste.” The North Platte Independent rebuked the writer as ...

Not since record keeping began at the National Weather Service in 1870 has the Omaha area seen this little snow: A total of ...

At his first State of the Judiciary address, Nebraska Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey Funke discussed challenges facing courts and probation and encouraged legislators to adequately fund the judicial br ...

For hundreds of years in America, the most important application of windmills was to provide power to pump for water and it ...

Stephen Puleo’s biography offers a fresh glimpse into the Radical Republicans’ struggle against slavery and shines a light on ...

Released in 1915, the film was directed by Francis Ford, the brother of famed filmmaker John Ford. It had been listed in a record of 7,200 silent films classified as "lost" ...

Bruce Springsteen’s “Nebraska" is by a guy not even from the state — and about a murderer. A Lincoln songwriter and his band ...

Massachusetts is home to the oldest drum company in the United States and one of the oldest in the world. Noble and Cooley in Granville, Mass., has been making drums since 1854, catering to some ...

He had nothing but good to say and made me feel like I would have a home in Nebraska," Watkins said. Watkins does have a vist to Lincoln locked down already but is still working on when he plans ...