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1 killed in 2-vehicle crash in central Nebraska
Investigators say one person has died in a two-vehicle fiery crash in central Nebraska's Custer County. Television station KSNB reports the crash happened Tuesday evening on state Highway 70 about 7 m...
Jul 07, 2021
Woman sues Omaha police officer accused of excessive force
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A civil rights organization has filed a lawsuit on behalf of an Omaha woman who says a police officer wrongfully and violently arrested her on Thanksgiving Day nearly two years ago....
Jul 07, 2021 Deep Owl / CC
Nebraska woman begs judges to not give her the death penalty
WILBER, Neb. (AP) - A woman who could become Nebraska's first female death row inmate has pleaded for her life with the judges who will sentence her. The Lincoln Journal Star reported that Bailey Bosw...
Jul 07, 2021 GPA Photo Archive
1 killed, 4 wounded at shooting in North Omaha parking lot
A 19-year-old woman was fatally shot early and four others were wounded Sunday at a parking lot in North Omaha. Police say Jazsmine Washington was found suffering from gunshot wounds at 3:20 a.m. and ...
Jul 07, 2021 Raymond Bucko, SJ / CC
Man killed in head-on crash with semitrailer near Bennet
BENNET, Neb. (AP) - Officials in southeastern Nebraska have identified a man fatally injured last week in a head-on crash near Bennett. The Lancaster County Sheriff's Office reports that the crash hap...
Jul 07, 2021 David Wilson / CC
Nearly 1 dozen hurt in Nebraska deck collapse during party
SUTTON, Neb. (AP) - Nearly a dozen people were taken to a hospital early Monday when a second-story deck on a Sutton home collapsed during a Fourth of July pool party. The Lincoln Journal Star reports...
Jul 07, 2021 Drew Tarvin / CC
Nebraska man killed, woman hurt when UTV hit by train
SALEM, Neb. (AP) - A man has died and woman has been hospitalized after the utility vehicle they were in was hit by a train in southeastern Nebraska. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that the crash ha...
Jul 07, 2021 civilengtiger / CC
Officials say man drowned in Nebraska lake on July Fourth
ALMA, Neb. (AP) - Authorities say a man drowned in a southern Nebraska lake on the July Fourth holiday. The Harlan County Sheriff's Office says a 23-year-old man died Sunday in Harlan County Lake. She...
Jul 07, 2021 Jo Naylor / CC
Omaha therapist announces run for Nebraska's 2nd District
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - An Omaha therapist and mental health advocate announced that she will run in the Democratic primary for Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District. Alisha Shelton says she will seek the ...
Jul 07, 2021 Raymond Bucko, SJ / CC
Harvard returning Standing Bear's tomahawk to Nebraska tribe
BOSTON (AP) - A tomahawk once owned by Chief Standing Bear, a pioneering Native American civil rights leader, is returning to his Nebraska tribe after decades in a museum at Harvard. The university's ...
Jul 07, 2021 m01229 / CC
