He is the second COVID-positive inmate to die in less than a week.
A man in his 40s serving a sentence on charges out of Lancaster County died at a Lincoln hospital after testing positive for COVID.
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Former Dodge County Attorney Oliver Glass used his staff, access to a state criminal database and police officer friends to stalk his estranged wife and her new boyfriend, according to an indictment.
According to the indictment, Oliver Glass used his position to obtain information about the man his estranged wife was dating and to stalk and harass them.
First elected in 2006, Don Kleine, 68, said party politics don't matter in his job; evidence, facts and trying to do right by people do. "I'm still the same person I've always been," he said.
The Union Omaha soccer player charged in a romance scam that authorities said took more than $214,000 from two people will return to team activities.
Two inmates, one in his 40s and the other in his 50s, died at a Lincoln hospital after testing positive for COVID-19, the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services said.
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A lawsuit contends that statements made by a special prosecutor were responsible for the suicide of Omaha bar owner Jake Gardner.
A Pulse writer praises the Omaha City Council for a series of decisions at this week's session.
The Nebraska Attorney General's Office will oversee a grand jury investigation into Monday's shooting in Scottsbluff. Authorities identified the man who was killed as Daniel Ojeda, 47.
A Union Omaha soccer player has pleaded not guilty to federal charges in a romance scheme that authorities say scammed more than $214,000 from two people.
Victor Harman was serving a 30-day sentence for second-offense driving under the influence and second-offense driving during revocation.
Prague woman killed in crash
A grand jury Thursday cleared law enforcement of wrongdoing in a shootout on the edge of Lincoln that left a Wyoming couple dead last February.
Angelo Bol, who was serving a life sentence, is at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution now, and set to make his first appearance in Lancaster County District Court by video Friday in the case.
A Nebraska Department of Corrections inmate serving a sentence of 10 to 12 years for possession of a methamphetamine died Tuesday in a Lincoln hospital.
Aaron Schneider, 33, was shot and killed by Fremont police on Friday after allegedly firing at officers.
The shooting occurred after officers responded to reports of a man threatening to harm himself about 3:25 p.m. at a home in southeast Fremont, according to the Nebraska State Patrol.
Omaha police and the Nebraska Legislature say they want transparency in shootings and grand jury proceedings, so they should remove obstacles.
Patrick Ronald Russell, who as a teenager in the 1970s killed a neighbor boy, died Sunday at a Lincoln hospital, according to the Nebraska Department of Corrections.
The Police Department's release of the video marks the end of a months-long pursuit of full access to the footage by The World-Herald.
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The Omaha Police Department on Friday released the main portions of the two officer body camera videos and cruiser camera video from the Nov. 19 fatal shooting of Kenneth Jones.
Although the footage can be viewed by submitting a request to the Douglas County clerk of the district court, ProBLAC said that is not truly transparent.
Arthur Lee Gales, who was sentenced to death after he was convicted of killing two children in 2000, has died, state officials said Monday.
A Nebraska grand jury indicted Joseph Ward Jr. and Vickie Ward, owners of Husker Underground Utilities & Construction LLC, on six counts of bank fraud.
