Douglas County News

After 12 years in New York, he must woo moderate swing voters to win in a more conservative Nebraska.

Copple, 14, raised $4,000 for the new Douglas County Korean War Memorial, unveiled Sunday at Prospect Hill Cemetery near 216th Street and West Maple Road in the Elkhorn area.

Jake Peter's two-run single Saturday night capped a four-run seventh inning that carried Creighton into the NCAA tournament.

Former Nebraska wrestler Jordan Burroughs rolled hardship into two national titles and an ongoing pursuit of an Olympic gold medal.

Organizations from around the metro came together Friday night at Salem Baptist Church to ask the community to stop violence.

A lawyer for Douglas County says it was legal for Election Commissioner Dave Phipps to keep the public out of a meeting designed to provide Phipps feedback about changes in polling places.

A man accused of having sex with a 10-year-old girl in the back of his pickup appeared in court Friday afternoon.

On this sunny afternoon, Bayliss Park is nearly silent. A preschool-aged boy splashes in water on one side of the large fountain.

Hope Brown holds Beckett Anthony Brown in their Omaha home Thursday, four days after Beckett entered this world via the family minivan.

Warren Buffett said he does not use Berkshire's resources to speak on behalf of the company's 600,000-plus shareholders.

More people are ready to hit the road for the coming Memorial Day weekend because it's more affordable at the pump.

An Omaha man hired to monitor programs that receive money from Omaha billionaire Warren Buffett's charitable foundation has been charged with stealing from the organization.

Replay the the "Husker Talk Live chat with World-Herald staff writer Sam McKewon to get the latest Nebraska athletics news and analysis.

The Douglas County Board has a long way to go if it hopes to trim at least $5.8 million in expenses to avoid a significant property tax increase this summer.

A panel has selected seven nominees to Gov. Dave Heineman to fill a district judge vacancy in the 4th Judicial District.

Bob Boozer used to say an open 15-foot jumper was like a layup. Omaha's brightest basketball star, who died Saturday at age 75, outplayed Wilt at Allen Fieldhouse.

The Big Ten announced its football schedules for the 2015 and 2016 seasons on Monday morning.

The Lincoln Journal Star reports that the Lower Platte South Natural Resources District on Wednesday approved an agreement allowing for a research station on the Lied Platte River Bridge.

The time to bring the whole state of Nebraska into the 21st century in the area of voting is here.

An expensive remote sewer camera system is worth $95,000. That's what a St. Louis company told Douglas County detectives.