Margaret Reist

The City Council vote 4-1 to allow the city's plan to remove 29 trees from Goodhue Boulevard and replant 131 of them citing the benefit to future generations.

Union at Antelope Valley, a 187-unit apartment complex at 18th and K streets built by the Indiana-based Annex Group, is the city's newest affordable housing project.

Work will begin Tuesday at U.S. 77 and Warlick Boulevard, the first leg of an upgrade to bring a stretch of the U.S. 77 West Bypass to freeway standards.

City Hall: The Big Red Express won't accept cash anymore; the city jumped on the Swift/Kelce engagement train; a town hall planned on building an environmentally friendly downtown library.

The Lancaster County Board on Tuesday approved its 2025-26 budget, which makes up for a mid-year budget gap and covers big pay increases for corrections and sheriff's deputies.

The city is combining its planning and building and safety departments in an effort to streamline the inspection and permitting process for developers and homeowners.

City Hall: The important work of journalism and making Lincoln a place that embraces equity and cultural diversity.

Lancaster County ag land values increased 42% this year, the largest average increase in the state.

Lancaster County Board approves a zoning change that will allow companies to apply for a special permit to build battery energy storge systems, despite opposition by rural landowners.

EDITORS NOTE: Earlier this week, Journal Star reporter Peter Breen wrote about how former Lincoln Police Department officer and FBI detective Jeff Howard's career took a turn while investigating a