Sarpy County sheriff's deputies have issued criminal mischief citations to nine juveniles who they say destroyed fences in various neighborhoods around the county.
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The Sarpy County Sheriff's Office said witnesses heard a man calling for help on the north side of the lake. Other witnesses said the capsized boat was near the dock, and the man went under the water but did not come back up.
Ulises Pantoja, 24, pleaded guilty to motor vehicle homicide while driving under the influence, according to the Sarpy County Attorney's Office. He will be sentenced at a later date.
Because Hector Guardado-Alfaro was in jail for more than two years while awaiting trial, he was awarded credit for the time he already had served and was released after sentencing.
If Roberto Silva Jr. is convicted, it will be up to a jury or three-judge panel to determine whether any of the aggravators are present. If so, a three-judge panel will decide if the death penalty is warranted.
U.S. District Judge Brian Buescher dismissed the 14th Amendment and negligence claims while upholding the First Amendment claim. Sarpy County did not seek to dismiss a claim related to the Fourth Amendment.
"Our goal is to create a powerhouse to compete with three Iowa casinos" just across the Missouri River, Lance Morgan, president and CEO of Ho-Chunk Inc., told the Legislature's General Affairs Committee.
Sarpy County Attorney Lee Polikov plans to file a "notice of aggravators" that will explain why he thinks Roberto Silva's alleged crimes merit the death penalty.
"Our goal is to create a powerhouse to compete with three Iowa casinos" just across the Missouri River, Lance Morgan, president and CEO of Ho-Chunk Inc., told the Legislature's General Affairs Committee.
A federal indictment accuses a dispatcher and a truck driver of submitting more than $112,000 in phony maintenance bills to a company formerly known as Roadrunner Temperature Controlled Systems.
State Sen. Tony Vargas on Wednesday made official his bid to unseat U.S. Rep. Don Bacon in the race for Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District.
The Omaha, Millard, Gretna and Springfield Platteview school districts are suing interim Sarpy County Treasurer Trace Jones for allegedly refusing to pay $6.5 million for missed tax payments.
Already facing trial on two felonies, the Rev. Michael Gutgsell was charged with felony theft by deception after allegedly taking more than $100,000 from a church in Sarpy County.
Ulises Pantoja, 24, also was charged with first-offense drunken driving.
"Our clients were told, 'Don't worry about it, she'll be OK.' She suffered profound seizures and will never be the same," attorney Joe Cullan said.
Nebraska is a worker-starved state, and Sarpy County has some of the priciest housing around. So how, Streck CEO Connie Ryan wondered, was the La Vista-based company going to attract enough workers?
The bonuses were described as hazard pay for the 50 or so employees of Morrill County in the Nebraska Panhandle. Residents had mixed views on whether the bonuses were a good way to spend the relief funds.
Don Kelly, chairman of the Sarpy County Board, said he hadn’t met Emily Ethington but he wished Ricketts would’ve consulted local elected officials.
The Legislature's latest redistricting plan still would have provided Democrat Joe Biden with an Electoral College vote from the 2nd Congressional District if it had been in place during the 2020 election.
Big Elk Lake and Portal Lake Recreation Areas are Papillion's newest flood-mitigation reservoirs. They're designed to provide flood protection as well as offer recreational benefits and green space.
Lawmakers on the Nebraska Legislature's Redistricting Committee voted along party lines to advance a congressional district map that splits Douglas County.
Adam Keup, who was at a May 2020 Omaha protest, says he has been left with permanent damage to his right eye, rendering it “functionally blind and effectively useless.”
With no state directive, student quarantining decisions will depend on the specific circumstances of the COVID contact and the spread of the disease, officials say.
Douglas, Lancaster and Sarpy counties added more people than the state as a whole over the past 10 years, according to census figures released Thursday.
The Rev. Michael F. Gutgsell, 72, of St. Joseph Parish in Springfield is suspected of stealing from his parish and an estate.
