Omaha News

A fourth person has pleaded guilty to playing some part in the beating death of a west Omaha man or the cover-up attempt earlier this year.

Metropolitan Community College has sued Nebraska's five other community colleges in an effort to collect millions in state aid dollars.

Omaha police said a man is in custody and accused in connection with the homicide of Laura Pierce in an convenience store last January.

A 61-year-old Omaha man under house arrest died this morning, according to authorities from the Douglas County Department of Corrections.

An innocent bystander jumped in and helped to foil an attempted robbery at an Omaha grocery store on Thursday.

Omaha- A late night shooting sends an Omaha teen to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the right leg.

The budget cuts that got second-round approval Wednesday in the Nebraska Legislature included a measure allowing the legislative branch to keep more than $1 million.

A judge has dismissed terroristic threat charges against an Omaha high school student accused of making a hit list of classmates and relatives.

Some people who lost electricity during Monday's snowstorm in southeast Nebraska could remain in the dark for another couple days.

Another former resident of the troubled Beatrice State Developmental Center has died.

State judicial officials are scheduled to hold their annual meeting to determine whether changes are needed to balance court caseloads.

Nebraska officials say two related Omaha companies have been improperly selling unregistered investments promising as much as a 1,000 percent annual return.

Nebraska utilities are working to restore power to the southeast corner of the state after as much as eight inches of heavy, wet snow fell Monday.

Authorities say the rate of tobacco sales to underage youths has risen. The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services says it conducts tests with the help of teenage volunteers, the Nebraska State Patrol and Omaha Police.

An Omaha, Nebraska man is hoping police can catch up with the thieves who stole his prosthetic arm.

Police are investigating at least two attempted home burglaries Monday in west Omaha.

This morning the railroad employees cut down a 40 foot blue spruce from the yard of Eileen Simonsen near 161st and Cornhusker Road.

A report from the Nebraska state auditor says psychiatrists and college officials are the highest-paid state government employees.

A clash over embryonic stem cell research appears to be brewing among members of the University of Nebraska Board of Regents and could come to a head at the board's next meeting.

A child pornography suspect died Sunday morning while in custody at Douglas County Corrections.