Nebraska City News

Both the former Nebraska City brokers charged with securities fraud will be tried for improperly selling risky investments in several interrelated Florida companies.

Here is a sampling of the responses we received. Additional letters will be published in the Sunday World-Herald. Larry Carstenson was a student at the University of Nebraska.

The Arbor Day Foundation introduces a fun and easy-to-use tree-identification booklet for the tree curious.

Every young person's favorite time of the year has finally come - summer vacation.

Starting this fall, students from Nebraska City and New York City will pay the same price to attend Peru State College.

A former Nebraska City police officer will be sentenced July 27 for criminal trespassing.

A Nebraska City man accused of killing his girlfriend has been held without bail.

Father Sidney Bruggeman kneels before Bishops William J. Dendinger of Grand Island, Neb., during his June 5 ordination at St.

Associated Press - June 8, 2009 12:15 PM ET NEBRASKA CITY, Neb. - An autopsy has been ordered on the body of a 27-year-old Nebraska City woman who police say was shot and killed by her boyfriend.

Severe storms are revving up for another round, this time in southeast Nebraska.

A Nebraska City man has been arrested after telling police he killed his girlfriend, Nebraska City police said today.

The principals of an Overland Park investment firm have agreed to a $10.3 million settlement over claims the firm did not properly supervise two brokers who sold retirees risky investments.James M. Stanfield, chief executive of VSR Financial Services, and Donald J. Beary, its chairman, consented to the judgment before the Financial Industry ...

Are you one of those who prefer staying in a campground quiet enough to hear the insects chirping at night and no lights to block out the stars? While it would mean staying two hours south of Omaha, the very low camping fee would pay for your gas... by Richard Keenam Stats Are you one of those who prefer staying in a campground quiet enough to hear ...

A former employer of two ex-brokers who face fraud charges has agreed to pay $10.3 million in a settlement with 249 people over the improper selling of risky investments.

Nebraska City News Press, NE By Dan Swanson By Dan Swanson The level of the Missouri River at Nebraska City is expected to stay below 47000 cubic feet per second despite Monday's release of water from upstream dams to benefit the endangered pallid sturgeon.

The Army Corps of Engineers will send a surge of water down the Missouri River from Gavins Point Dam beginning at noon Tuesday to benefit the endangered pallid sturgeon.

Former Nebraska City stockbroker Brian Schuster is being held at the Otoe County Detention Center pending a hearing Thursday in Otoe County Court.

Rebecca L. Engle, 55, is charged in Otoe County with eight felony counts of fraudulent acts connected with sale of securities for the Florida-based Royal Palm Securities Group.

It is Nebraska's version of the Bernie Madoff investment scandal. Now, two former Nebraska City brokers face eight counts each of securities fraud.

Nebraska City police and Otoe County Sheriff's Office are competing with the Nebraska City Fire Division and Nebraska City Rescue Division to recruit blood donors for the American Red Cross.