Plattsmouth News

Gov. Dave Heineman lashed out at federal highway officials today for delaying the start of local roads projects funded with federal stimulus dollars.

Millions of dollars worth of Nebraska road projects meant to stimulate the economy won't start this year.

Lincoln-Nebraska is seeking federal dollars from the stimulus package to complete five road projects including two in the Omaha area.

Dave Heineman has announced that the state is applying for more federal-stimulus dollars for five roads' projects.

A "Patriotic Evening" will be presented at 7 p.m. Thursday in the theater at Maple Ridge Resort Lifestyle Communities, 3525 N. 167th Circle.

It was a little before 9 o'clock Wednesday morning, and 21-year-old Paul Neumiller - a security guard at the Holland Performing Arts Center - had just finished a patrol and returned to his office to read the morning's e-mails. A woman walked past his window along Dodge Street, carrying her laptop bag on one shoulder and holding a small leather ...

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for much of south-central and southeastern Nebraska into southwestern Iowa, including the Omaha metro area.

Some might consider Plattsmouth a river town, but nobody expected to see a boat rolling through town on Monday.

Most, if not all of the 28 cats rescued from a Plattsmouth home last Friday should eventually be healthy enough to be adopted.

A 35 year old Plattsmouth man died after being airlifted to an Omaha trauma center Friday night.

Plattsmouth authorities are investigating possible charges after finding a house uninhabitable with more than thirty animals found inside.

Plattsmouth Animal Control Officers invaded a home Friday, finding 33 cats, two dogs, and two ferrets.

Iowa Governor Chet Culver just finished signing the last of the Legislature's bills into law this week.

Douglas Countya s top crime scene investigator was arraigned on one charge of evidence tampering Wednesday afternoon in Cass County Court in Plattsmouth.

The Junction City Spartans will open their second season of football on Saturday against the Cass County Renegades of Plattsmouth, Neb.

If they want to be triple-hitters in Class A today, Kelli Budd of Omaha Marian and Mitch Hunt of Fremont have to kick it in gear for the 800 meters.

The Tern and Plover Conservation Partnership is seeking volunteers to monitor tern and plover colonies along the Platte River from Columbus to Plattsmouth.

The Nebraska Attorney General's Office has asked a judge to reject a petition seeking an immediate release from prison for a convicted child killer who alleges that Douglas County's CSI director planted blood evidence against him.

Three years after an upscale housing development was announced, developers of a $40 million marina project say that substantial construction is finally under way.

The KETV NewsWatch 7 I-team unraveled a case of mistaken identity that began when a red-light camera in Council Bluffs caught a white truck breaking the law, but sent a ticket to the driver of a brown truck.