Between 2021 and 2023, reports of fraud against seniors rose by 209%, and losses skyrocketed by 419%, surpassing all other types of scams.
By News Channel NebraskaOn Jan. 6, 2025, the Omaha Police Department received a report of a theft. Responding officers identified indicia of sex trafficking. The Omaha Police Department-Homeland Security Investigations Human Trafficking Task Force immediately began investigating. Officials recovered two females ages 15 and 16, who had been transported to the AmericInn hotel in Omaha from out of state to be sold for commercial sex.
Recent wildfires across Nebraska have left many ranchers facing difficult questions about forage recovery, grazing management, infrastructure repairs. The Nebraska Grazing Lands Coalition (NGLC) is launching a new Post-Wildfire Stewardship Resilience program, offering free, one-on-one consultations to Nebraska ranchers affected by wildfire in 2026.
More than 1,300 people from across the country are contributing to a unique art project in a small Sandhills community, one that brings the words of the Declaration of Independence to life in an unexpected way.
Nebraska State Patrol Troopers arrested two people after finding ten pounds of suspected cocaine during a traffic stop on Interstate 80. Chevonne Martin, 48, of Illinois, and Julius Sutton, 42, of Indiana, were arrested for possession of a controlled substance and possession with intent to deliver.
Federal judge partially blocks Nebraska transmission line project
Gov. Pillen Appoints Kovarik as 12th Judicial District County Court Judge