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Madison Artale’s world was darkening before it even began. Diagnosed with congenital cataracts at less than two months old, the baby — born in Bellevue, Nebraska, on Oct. 1 — was in danger of losing her sight forever. Her parents, who were stationed at Offutt Air Force Base, turned to Children’s Nebraska for help. To save the child’s sight, Dr. …

A 74-year-old Nebraska woman who was believed to be dead was discovered alive at a funeral home after showing signs of life, authorities said Monday. Emergency crews were called toButherus Maser & Love Funeral Home in Lincoln at about 11:45 a.m. after people there began performing CPR on the woman. “This is a very unusual case,” Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office …

Emergency call service has been restored in some areas where issues were reported from Wednesday into Thursday, but the cause of the failure has still not been identified. The entire state of South Dakota experienced 911 emergency call line outages, as well as parts of Nebraska, Nevada and Texas. Officials in South Dakota and Nevada told Reuters early Thursday morning …

A suspicious car parked on a dead end road at 3 a.m. raised suspicions among residents in a Douglas County, Nebraska, neighborhood. That was where police ultimately found an Omaha high school teacher, Erin Ward, “putting her clothes on in the back seat,” and a naked teenager running from the scene, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said. The 45-year-old woman …

Tens of millions of Americans stretching from Lincoln, Nebraska, to Baltimore could face strong thunderstorms tonight through Wednesday, with tornadoes possible in some states. A large storm system hitting much of the central U.S. over the next few days is expected to bring severe thunderstorms to Kansas and Nebraska on Monday evening, the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center said. …

Students in some of Nebraska’s smallest school districts could soon be protected by armed staff, thanks to one of over 100 bills passed by the state legislature last week. The provision that would allow such staff to carry firearms in schools and at school-related events originally included all districts across the Cornhusker State, but now applies only to those with …

Nebraska lawmakers are on track to pass a bill that would circumvent an upcoming ballot initiative in which voters could repeal a new state law that funds private school tuition with taxpayer money. The bill from Omaha Sen. Lou Ann Linehan, the author of last year’s Opportunity Scholarships Act, advanced late Wednesday to a final round of debate, just a …

Nebraska women’s volleyball star Harper Murray was cited for DUI on Friday, police said. Lincoln police officers observed Murray allegedly making multiple traffic violations at around 12:45 a.m. local time. Officers conducted a traffic stop and suspected that Murray was driving under the influence. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Nebraska Cornhuskers outside hitter Harper Murray tries to …

An attempt to make Nebraska’s elections into a “winner-take-all” system failed this week. State Sen. Julie Slama attached the proposed election overhaul to the unrelated bill LB1300 on Wednesday in an attempt to make the change before the end of the legislative session on April 18. It fell short of the 23 necessary votes, failing with a final 8-36 count. …

Former President Trump is cheering on efforts in Nebraska to change the state electoral system to “winner-take-all.” Nebraska is one of only two states in the U.S. that do not use the winner-take-all system, the other being Maine. The two states assign votes in the Electoral College based on district, sometimes leading to Democrats snagging an extra delegate from the …