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Twenty-seven years ago today, Lyle and Dianne Fleharty of Hastings hit a $50.1 million lottery jackpot — the first Powerball jackpot won in Nebraska.
An Omaha real estate firm had the idea in the heyday of the '20s that it could sell 1,500 cottage lots platted away from the lakes and the Pla…
"We publish original historical scholarship and we also publish books like this," said David Bristow, an editor at Nebraska History. "We recog…
In the pre-digital photography era, it's a near miracle anyone took pictures of tornadoes. Fortunately they did, and today we can marvel at th…
The following questions were asked recently on the Wonderline:
Conagra wasn't the first or the last time that Omaha's corporate powers have flexed their muscles to shape downtown. But the effort stands out…
YORK – The Wessels Living History Farm will be receiving $30,000 in visitor improvement funds for some much needed repair, upkeep work that ha…
The following questions were asked recently on the Wonderline:
Although Charles Starkweather had no last words just before execution, the deputy warden said that, when prison officials went to fetch Starkw…
The York Church of the Nazarene was organized as a result of a tent meeting conducted by District Superintendent Rev. Q. A. Deck, back in 1913.
It was around 1870 that the prairie schooners began making their way across what is now known as York County. Soon the dugouts and sod shantie…
Among the first settlers to arrive in York County were many Irish Catholics from Illinois. They, as well as French and German families, made u…
Each summer, the York News-Times produces a history-based magazine, celebrating aspects of our area’s colorful past and prior generations.
October of 1874 heralded the coming of a group of Mennonites from South Russia. Thirty-five families settled down on the Great Plains of Nebra…
The founding members of Zion Lutheran Church at Thayer originally attended St. Paul’s Lutheran Church north of York, but because of the hardsh…
The first permanent York Church of the United Brethren in Christ was established in 1887 with presiding elder, E.W. Johnson in charge. The 13 …
On Dec. 3, 1903, a small group of Lutherans organized into a congregation of the Nebraska District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod. Th…
The beautiful church at Seventh and Nebraska Avenue is a glimpse into this community’s history but also a statement of perseverance and faith …
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church northeast of York stood in the same place (seven miles from York) for 98 years. In the summer of 1999, it was moved…
The first Baptist Church of York was organized Aug. 23, 1873, by five pioneer residents of this community.
On June 3, 1854, Elder W. H. Goode was appointed as missionary to the vast new Kansas-Nebraska Territory which included all the area from the …
The story of the United Methodist Church in Waco was compiled from writings by Ernest Kaltenborn, Grace Walter and early church board minutes.
The United Brethren Blue Ridge Church was moved into Gresham about the year of 1900. The church building that was located at Blue Ridge was to…
The first Mass in McCool Junction was said by Father Cullen in 1891 in Stones’ Hall.
A number of Lutherans who came directly from Europe in search of religious freedom settled in the Waco community. At first these early pioneer…
Earlier this month, a portion of Nebraska 22, between Genoa and Fullerton, was designated to commemorate the Native American warriors who used…
Omaha, Douglas County and a community group will unveil a historical marker outside the Douglas County Courthouse, where a Black man was lynch…
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