Gov. Jim Pillen and Nebraska law enforcement officials back a proposed law that would allow the state to jail children as young as 11 and file adult charges against 12-year-olds.
An investigation by the Scottsbluff Police Department has now transitioned to a homicide investigation, police released Wednesday.
Omaha Sen. Kathleen Kauth said the change would provide more transparency and accountability to the Legislature, but opponents said it was "a creep of partisanship into our process."
In exchange, Ashlen Zitel, 28, agreed to testify against another individual also charged in the case.
A man found dead in freezing cold conditions Tuesday morning near downtown Omaha was one of the city's homeless people, police said.
Aristh Dayan Rodriguez-Linares of Lexington was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder.
Cavett, who suffered a stroke a few years back, also recently starred in a music video by an E Street Band-adjacent rocker.
Nebraska Sen. Rick Holdcroft proposed a law Wednesday that would end "no-excuse" mail-in voting in a move that he said is meant to "build up people's confidence" in elections.
Sen. Kathleen Kauth's proposal would change how senators who are "present not voting" are recorded on final votes. Opponents called the proposal problematic on several fronts.
A Winnebago man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of headbutting a Nebraska State Patrol trooper while being taken into custody.
More than one-third of stolen guns reported to Lincoln Police last year were taken from vehicles, whether the car was taken or not.
A 47-year-old Grand Island woman charged with 38 counts of felony theft in connection with the operation of her headstone monument business has been found not competent to stand trial.
The judge says he won't allow the Ohio man to represent himself in the case accusing him of murdering a man at a rest stop near Grand Island.
This year was the first hunting season for the Wildcat Hills unit, which encompasses parts of the Panhandle, including Scotts Bluff County.
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Gov. Jim Pillen and Nebraska law enforcement officials back a proposed law that would allow the state to jail children as young as 11 and file adult charges against 12-year-olds.
An investigation by the Scottsbluff Police Department has now transitioned to a homicide investigation, police released Wednesday.
Omaha Sen. Kathleen Kauth said the change would provide more transparency and accountability to the Legislature, but opponents said it was "a creep of partisanship into our process."
In exchange, Ashlen Zitel, 28, agreed to testify against another individual also charged in the case.
The couple, who rose to stardom on "The Hills," filed the lawsuit Tuesday along with more than 20 other property owners and residents who were affected by the Palisades Fire.
After decades of fighting to overturn Roe v. Wade, organizers are seeking to focus on the multiple state-by-state battles taking place over abortion rights.
Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt, along with over 20 other property owners, have filed a lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles and the LA Department of Water and Power. They allege that the city's decision to "drain" a local reservoir deprived firefighters of sufficient water to combat the d…
President Donald Trump's pardons of those convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol is raising concern among attorneys, former federal investigators and experts who follow extremism.
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Gov. Jim Pillen and Nebraska law enforcement officials back a proposed law that would allow the state to jail children as young as 11 and file adult charges against 12-year-olds.
Omaha Sen. Kathleen Kauth said the change would provide more transparency and accountability to the Legislature, but opponents said it was "a creep of partisanship into our process."
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Nebraska Sen. Rick Holdcroft proposed a law Wednesday that would end "no-excuse" mail-in voting in a move that he said is meant to "build up people's confidence" in elections.