LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — A change to alcohol laws in Lancaster County is on the way.

The Lancaster County Commissioners on Tuesday voted to approve a change to Sunday alcohol sales after local businesses said the current rules put smaller stores at a disadvantage.

Currently, in the rural corners of Lancaster County, beer and wine cannot be sold before 9 a.m., and hard liquor cannot be sold until noon.

But the vote today changed that rule, allowing rural stores to sell beer, wine and liquor from 6 a.m. to 1 a.m., the same rules as the city of Lincoln.

For Emerald Mini-Mart, Sundays have always been a challenge.

“We just noticed that the new store that opened, Mavericks, they can sell alcohol early in the morning right away, and we can’t, so we wanted to change that,” said the owner’s son

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