Crime and Public Safety

1+ hour, 51+ min ago   (137+ words) An Elba man pulled over in a routine traffic stop in Grand Island wound up going to jail on drug charges. Grand Island Police Chief Kevin Denney and Office Manager Cindy Wampole address the Grand Island Rotary Club on Sept....

6+ hour, 6+ min ago   (167+ words) A 23-year-old woman was booked into the Douglas County Jail on Sunday after allegedly attacking her mother and 13-year-old brother at their central Omaha home. Javascript is required to use this website. A 23-year-old woman was booked into the Douglas…...

8+ hour, 51+ min ago   (95+ words) Investigators believe a 16-year-old was driving about 70 mph in a 55 mph zone before a fatal crash near Roca. Nebraska students once flocked to North Bottoms parties before football games. Now they gather at the university-sanctioned student tailgate o… A 17-year-old…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (172+ words) Investigators believe a 16-year-old was driving about 70 mph in a 55 mph zone before a fatal crash near Roca. Shortly before noon Sunday, two vehicles collided at the intersection of South 82nd Street and Roca Road, according to a news release from…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1286+ words) A 15-year-old is facing four felony charges, including first-degree murder, in connection with the June shooting that killed one teenager and injured another on a day marked by multiple fatal incidents across Omaha. A fan salutes during the national anthem…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (146+ words) This story originally ran in the June 21, 2015 edition of the Journal Star. Historian Jim McKee, who still writes with a fountain pen, invites comments or questions. Write to him in care of the Journal Star or at [email protected]. Investigators believe…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (657+ words) Keith R. Hansen Marlene Mily Loo Pansing Hogan Ernst & Buser LLP is pleased to announce that Keith R. Hansen and Marlene Mily Loo have joined the firm as associate attorneys. Mr. Hansen was admitted to the Nebraska Bar in 2026 after graduating from…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (222+ words) A former Nebraska Medicine surgeon will serve anywhere from 10 to 14 years in prison after a jury convicted him of causing a high-speed car crash that killed a 22-year-old South Dakota woman in midtown Omaha in September 2023. Police have made a…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (113+ words) It took fewer than three hours of deliberations for a Douglas County jury to find an Omaha surgeon guilty of manslaughter in a fatal high-speed crash. Meet the Douglas County Court Judges The Douglas County judge's sentence against Mark Carlson…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (177+ words) Scottsbluff Mayor Betsy Vidlak read a proclamation declaring October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in the city during the Monday, Oct. 5, council meeting. Investigators believe a 16-year-old was driving about 70 mph in a 55 mph zone before a fatal crash near…...