The parents of the 5-month-old who died Tuesday had been the subject of at least three previous child abuse and neglect complaints prior to the infant's death, records show.
"This is critical to protect them to make sure that they're being protected on the inside," Omaha Sen. Justin Wayne said during final-reading debate on LB50.
A school employee filed a belated report at around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday after discovering the burned portable toilet, which was set on fire at around 1 a.m. Saturday.
Newly appointed Correctional Services Director Rob Jeffreys said such violence toward staff "will not be tolerated" in the state's prison system after seven staff members were taken to the hospital.
A fire early Monday morning at The Lodge apartments near South 48th Street and Nebraska Parkway caused fire damage to three garages and smoke damage to seven others.
Two more teens still are being sought in the unrelated burglaries at Fresh 'N Save Market and Super C, Lincoln Police say.
A high-speed chase down I-80 that spanned across several southeast Nebraska counties ended in a fire and the arrest of a 31-year-old Washington woman in northeast Lincoln Friday night.
Lincoln Police Department is investigating a shooting that injured a 31-year-old man Friday night, according to police.
Izia Rodriguez, 19, will face the possibility of up to three years in prison in July on the felony charge involving reckless driving for causing Bryshawn Williams' death.
The 30-year-old first tried to rob a woman of her GMC Yukon as she waited in the Taco Bell drive thru Thursday night, police alleged.
The case involves the arrest of Jesse Sierra, a South Dakota man who had been arrested on sexual assault and kidnapping allegations for which he's now serving a life sentence.
The ruling dealt with how Tawhyne Patterson Sr.'s and Damon Williams Jr.'s cases were charged for Jessica Brandon's killing, and a U.S. Supreme Court decision in a similar case.
Firefighters quickly contained the blaze, which forced the relocation of the home's residents, who had self-evacuated by the time rescue crews arrived.
A 12-year-old girl who was reported missing Thursday morning has been located, the police department said.
Jesse Burianek and Riley Bader were each charged Tuesday with animal neglect resulting in death, a class four felony punishable by up to two years of incarceration.
In exchange, Lancaster County Attorney Pat Condon dismissed five other felonies, including aiding and abetting first-degree murder. Now, Ross will face up to 24 years at his sentencing in July.
The student told investigators that he was instructed to stop speaking about 23-year-old Lillie Bowman's relationship with the student athlete or risk a suspension, according to court filings.
Adrian Lott, who had evaded police custody for more than a month after the shooting, was booked into the Lancaster County jail Tuesday.
"The parties involved in this could have easily stopped distributing the drugs once an individual they were aware of had overdosed and lived," Assistant U.S. Attorney Kimberly Bunjer said.
The Norris High School athlete who Lillie Bowman is accused of abusing told deputies he had been in a dating relationship with the 23-year-old since March, authorities alleged.
Lincoln Fire and Rescue responded to an apartment fire in south Lincoln that caused an estimated $200,000 in total damages on Monday morning, the department said.
An 88-year-old woman died Sunday and another woman was taken to a hospital following a two-vehicle collision just south of Greenwood.
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Over the course of two months, the woman made $52,000 in withdrawals from her bank account and 401(k) savings to purchase bitcoin, police said.
The 21-year-old man told police that the man assaulted him and took his watch and gold chain, worth a combined $125, according to police.
The four major law enforcement agencies that police parts of Lincoln largely tout more racially diverse ranks than they did in 2020, but have watched those forces shrink, data shows.
Before Nebraska lawmakers gave their final approval Friday to the controversial bill, the State Patrol arrested six protesters at the statehouse.
Rondale King is alleged to have used another man's stolen U.S. Passport card and forged check to get a $3,000 cash advance at WarHorse Casino on Nov. 22.
Lillie Bowman, a 23-year-old English teacher at Norris High School, was arrested on suspicion of sexual abuse by a school employee, the sheriff's office said.
Though police believe Chief Deputy Ben Houchin looked down at his truck's radio before crashing into Janiece Moton, investigators determined there was not evidence to ticket him, LPD said.
The pair of assaults started sometime Thursday, when an inmate at the Reception and Treatment Center punched a staff member in the head, officials alleged.