A Bellevue elementary school principal is on paid leave after being charged with drunken driving in connection with a crash that critically injured a motorcyclist.
A letter from Chief Disciplinary Counsel Alan Pratzel, who is in charge of attorney discipline in Missouri, said the McCloskeys “admitted committing a criminal act that shows indifference to public safety and involved moral turpitude.”
The Rev. Michael F. Gutgsell, former chancellor of the Archdiocese of Omaha, is accused of stealing $179,000 from another priest and $96,000 from a parish in Springfield.
Asked whether leadership would implement the recommendations, Gov. Pete Ricketts' spokesperson, Taylor Gage, said only that the Governor’s Office and Department of Corrections are aware of the “note with his suggestions.”
162 personnel are reported to still be battling the blaze, but pre-evacuation notices for some homes were canceled.
The fight seemed to be prompted by the social media platform that has recently inspired teens across the country — and in Lincoln — to perform "devious licks" by vandalizing school bathrooms and stealing school property.
The first tagging, targeting the Husker Legacy Statue on the east side of the stadium, yielded around $2,000 in damage after vandals sprayed several smiley faces in white paint on the backs of the football players depicted.
A former Bellevue police officer awaiting trial on charges of felony assault and evidence tampering after the death of his girlfriend was himself found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
"We conclude that ... amounted to a violation of the protections provided by the Fourth Amendment," the judge wrote.
Real estate heir Robert Durst was convicted of murdering Susan Berman, shot point-blank in the back of the head in December 2000 as she prepared to tell police how she helped cover up Durst's wife's killing.
The 24-year-old was arrested in July -- 12 days after he offered a 17-year-old girl $500 for sex in his University Suites dorm room, according to court records.
Multiple wildfires in the Panhandle prompted evacuations late Thursday night and early Friday morning.
A 58-year-old man died and his older brother was seriously injured after a fire at their home. Five cats, including three 6-month-old kittens, also died, the men's sister said.
The former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd pleaded not guilty to violating the civil rights of a 14-year-old in a separate case.
“Decreases in staff have always led to violence, they’ve always led to death," said Jeff Seeley, a lieutenant at the prison in Tecumseh. "We have to do something about it.”
A report released by the Office of the Inspector General lays out the staffing situation in Nebraska's Department of Correctional Services: it has been bad for years, and it has gotten more dire.
Authorities are seeking to have a 14-year-old youth charged with the murder of 13-year-old Lucia Bremer in Henrico County last March transferred from juvenile court to Circuit Court for trial as an adult.
Based on the average daily population in fiscal year 2021, according to the Nebraska Department of Corrections.
Butler County Attorney Julie Reiter charged Matthew French, 35, with sex trafficking of a minor, attempted creation/distribution of child pornography and felony child abuse.
The five-alarm fire kept firefighters at the plant all night and into late Monday morning as the fire spread in concealed spots within the plant’s ceiling and walls.
A person was fatally shot in a parking lot at Westroads Mall late Sunday night, and another person was taken to the hospital in critical condition.
The ATV, which was being driven by the boy, had driven over an embankment and flipped over onto him.
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