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26th Ave. crossing to shut down July 8

The 26th Avenue railroad crossing will close July 8 and is scheduled to remain closed for about three weeks as part of Union Pacific Railroad track and crossing improvements.

Columbus Area News

Kids meet new friends, stay busy at ‘Y’ summer camps

As the doors to the green bus opened, dozens of eager children filed out. The kids were there as part of the Columbus Family YMCA Summer Camps program.

LINCOLN, Neb. - Nebraska has been wrongfully denying Medicaid coverage to hundreds of low-income residents whom state officials argued did not work enough to comply with a welfare-to-work program, a judge has ruled.

SD court OKs new trial in decade-old killing

Omaha zoo on hunt for name for sea lion pup

Teen son of Neb. sheriff's capt. faces drug charge

Nation & World News

Obama to tell Putin: Time to move past Cold War

WASHINGTON - Days from his first Moscow summit, President Barack Obama declared Thursday that former Russian President Vladimir Putin "still has a lot of sway" in his nation and needs an in-person reminder the Cold War is over.

Marines suffer first casualties in Afghan campaign

Los Angeles police under scrutiny in Jackson death

Senate bill fines people refusing health coverage