A $2.5 million gift from the Johnny Carson Foundation will create a new endowed directorship at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln center that bears the former entertainer's name. Megan Elliott, the ...

NORFOLK, Neb. (KTIV) - North Fork Area Transit is being offered money from the Johnny Carson Foundation in hopes of getting their services restarted. The foundation has agreed to provide a $500,000 ...

When Johnny Carson was honored for his achievements as a late-night talk show host at the Kennedy Center, fellow broadcaster Walter Cronkite noted that 1993 had been a good year for the state of ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Johnny Carson's foundation is donating $1 million to support arts and humanities in Nebraska. Carson was the longtime host of "The Tonight Show" on television. He was born in ...

LINCOLN, Neb. | When Johnny Carson was honored for his achievements as a late-night talk show host at the Kennedy Center, fellow broadcaster Walter Cronkite noted that 1993 had been a good year for ...

"Johnny was Nebraska's favorite son for so many years, and I think probably something he wouldn't want credit for, but he should be acknowledged for, is that in that area, particularly in Lincoln and ...

UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman announces a $20 million gift from the Johnny Carson Foundation on Nov. 6, 2015. The gift will help UNL remodel the former Nebraska Bookstore and hire faculty for the ...

Johnny Carson’s charitable foundation has received a $156-million gift from the late entertainment legend’s estate, The Smoking Gun Web site says. The gift, disclosed in recent tax filings by the John ...