Lincoln Journal Star

1 day ago | journalstar.com | Chris Basnett

Charlie Thorne won the 100-meter dash, 400, 300 hurdles and ran the anchor on Lincoln Southeast's winning 1,600-meter relay for a four-gold day at the A-1 district meet in Norfolk. Thorne will head to Omaha as the favorite in the 400 and 300 hurdles, and will give Southeast a chance in the relay as the Knights try to bring home a trophy from next week's state tournament. Southeast on Tuesday scored 141 points to win the district title by 10 over Elkhorn South.

1 day ago | journalstar.com | Brent Wagner

OMAHA — Omaha South stunned Lincoln Southwest by scoring three goals in a 2½-minute stretch of the second half to beat the Silver Hawks 5-2 in the first round of the Class A boys state tournament on Tuesday. That outburst was part of five straight goals for third-ranked South, after No. 4 Southwest was sitting pretty with a 2-0 lead late in the first half. Dylan Holden and Jose Rodriguez each scored two goals for the Packers, with Jolvin Albeno also scoring.

1 day ago | journalstar.com | Luna Stephens

Tuesday's City of Omaha election was set to be a historic one. In addition to the high-profile race for mayor, all seven City Council seats were up for election. The incumbent faces a challenger in five of the seven council districts. In the mayoral race, incumbent Jean Stothert is challenged by Douglas County Treasurer John Ewing Jr.Whatever happens, the race for mayor will be historic. Stothert is seeking a record-breaking fourth consecutive term.

1 day ago | journalstar.com | Chris Basnett

WAVERLY — Emma Steffensen has been at this long enough to know the drill. The hottest, windiest day of the track season wasn't going produce many eye-popping marks during the B-1 district meet at Waverly High School — managing the conditions and getting the job done were the name of the game Tuesday. And Steffensen did just that, winning four gold medals to set herself up for another potentially big state meet next week in Omaha.

1 day ago | journalstar.com | Andrew Wegley

In a bizarre set of votes Tuesday that came mere hours apart, Nebraska lawmakers moved to provide paid sick leave to more than 25,000 workers — and then changed their minds. Lawmakers have for months been mulling changes to the state's new sick leave law that nearly 75% of Nebraska voters approved last fall, which required employers with fewer than 20 workers to offer at least five days of paid sick leave per year and employers with 20+ workers to offer at least seven paid days of leave annually.