Friday May 17 | Gretna Breeze
Free entry, fishing at Nebraska state parks on Saturday
Saturday is Nebraska's annual free fishing and state park entry day. Residents and nonresidents may fish without a license and gain access to state parks without a permit.
Hastings reaches 96 degrees Tuesday
On Tuesday it seemed white hot in some parts of Nebraska and Iowa, as record heat baked the states.
Weather across the nation: 5/14/13
These conditions persisted through Tuesday as high pressure spanned across parts of the West and Great Plains and a trough of low pressure over the Eastern Seaboard began to shift eastward.
Record highs for Omaha, other towns in region
Nebraska will keep the death penalty despite a majority of senators apparently willing to vote for repeal.