Gretna News

Emily Koesters squirmed uncomfortably in her hospital bed at Nebraska Medical Center as her young classmate rallied to support her and her family through a number of serious illnesses.

Despite the recession, the Sarpy County Board had an easy time Tuesday setting 2.5 percent annual pay raises for six county officeholders whose jobs are on the ballot next November.

Motorists, be warned. Three car-deer collisions in Sarpy County this morning were expected to be the first of a surge of such accidents in coming weeks.

The days of healthy pay raises might seem like a distant memory to workers who have seen their pay drop or their jobs disappear.

A few visitors were turned away from The Holy Family Shrine on Friday so the Douglas County crime lab could investigate a burglary.

For the first time, we are hearing the 911 call after a deadly golf cart accident.

A judge has dismissed a motor-vehicle homicide charge facing an Omaha woman accused of driving and crashing a golf cart while drunk, killing a friend.

Vala's stretches over 152 acres with pumpkins seeds planted each June for harvest in late September.

A lawsuit challenges the way 11 metro-area school districts are being funded. The claim says property tax levies within the new Douglas-Sarpy Learning Community are unconstitutional, and asks the Nebraska Supreme Court to keep millions of dollars from being collected and distributed.

Steve Ryan worries his million dollar view wona t be worth a dime if the City of Gretna, Nebraska builds soccer and ball fields on farmland that his home overlooks.

In 1990, Mary Hines was looking for a way to handle the stress of a busy life at a successful Omaha advertising agency where she was a partner.

Two men are being sought for a Sarpy County gas station robbery Tuesday night. Investigators say the armed men entered the BP station on Highway 6 in Gretna just before 11 p.m., getting away with more than $300. The suspects kept their faces covered with hooded shirts and towels.

Sarpy County authorities are investigating a gas station robbery in Gretna in which one of the robbers was armed with a gun.

Dolls, toys and bears, oh my! Collectible dolls and toys will be displayed and be for sale at the Omaha Doll, Toy and Bear Show Sunday From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., the show will be at the Firefighters Union Hall, 60th and Grover Streets.

With the woman's 13-year-old daughter in tow, a Detroit couple robbed and burglarized their way across the eastern half of Nebraska this week before being captured in Kearney, authorities say.

Ashford pitches plan for counties to ... The Sarpy County Board voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt the county's 2010 budget, and landowners who did not see a change in their property values stand to pay about the same in county property taxes.

Betsy Newman was 26 years old and in love with a cat named Harlequin. Harlequin was black and white with gold eyes and a charm that swept Newman right off her feet.

It's not the first time a president has addressed the country's school students, but President Obama's speech has generated a lot of political debate.

It's one of those recurring nightmares. It's the first day of school, and everything you need to know for the whole year, you need to learn on day one.

"Ask yourself, if you are ever tempted to drink alcohol, . . . is it worth it?" That's what Mathew D. Robinson told a group of junior high students in Council Bluffs last year when he shared his story of drinking and driving and rolling his car, killing two of his friends.