Friend News

On Aug. 1, Congress' new Post-9/11 GI Bill was launched in an effort to increase the benefits package Uncle Sam makes available to veterans returning home from war.

FRIEND, Neb. -- A fly landed on Glen Steffensen's hand, and suddenly a table that was alive with the gravelly laughter of four elderly men fell quiet. No one moved. All eyes turned to Marvin Kraus. Slowly, he lifted the fly swatter he'd been holding, placed it in prime position and with one flick of the wrist, thwack!

He hit Steffensen's hand but missed the fly.

'You didn't hit hard enough,' said Steffensen, 84.

'He didn't want to bruise you,' said Gerald McCullough, 64. 'Then you'd be screaming for health care -- 'Obama, Obama, send me a check.' That's what everyone thinks, that he's going to send them a check.'

At the Spendee Mart in Friend, four elderly pals find inspiration in how their parents toughed out the Great Depression.

Stephen Vossler's best buddy is a gay man he met in the unlikeliest of places - the U.S. Army.

On July 24, the federal minimum wage increased from $6.50 per hour to $7.25. Despite this raise, the federal minimum wage for tipped workers stands still at $2.13 per hour and has since 1991.

The inmate injured in an April attack at the Nebraska State Penitentiary can open his eyes and responds to pain, but he remains in a coma and most likely will not improve, according to court records filed Tuesday.

Nebraskans who get natural gas from private utilities could find a new charge on their bills next year.

The past five days have been hard for the family of SSgt Brian Woods. Their dog ran away from the dog's baby sitter while SSgt.

Whoa s the real piano man? Billy Joel and Elton John will be performing together at the Qwest Center Omaha on Tuesday.

Mike Friend's brow furrowed as his booming, sandpaper voice carried across the floor of the Legislature.