Plattsmouth News

Scott Patterson OMAHA - The first witnesses took the stand in the trial of 19-year-old Travis Meisinger.

Natural gas payments of 340,000 Nebraska and Iowa customers soon will go to the Black Hills, but the new owner of their local gas systems says no one will see a difference in rates or service.

A Plattsmouth woman learned at age 50 she can run. She also wrote a book about lessons learned along life's path.

PLATTSMOUTH, Neb. - A judge sentenced a repeat drunken driver to five years in prison Monday for killing a 57-year-old Elmwood, Neb., farmer known for helping others.

Plattsmouth gets a jump on the Fourth of July this weekend. The city is sponsoring its Rollin' on the River festival Saturday, featuring family activities and a fireworks show.

The littered streets of the Omaha Summer Arts Festival were evidence that Friday night's storm blew away dozens of vendor tents - and, in some cases, a lifetime of hard work.

After years of operating its economic development office with a skeleton staff and shoestring budget, Cass County wants to make use of the resources available through the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce.

The mother of the woman found dead in her Falls City home tells Channel 6 News the death was an accident, she choked on her own vomit.

' Officials continued an investigation Monday into the death of a University of Nebraska-Omaha graduate who recently took a job as a music teacher with the local school district.

A flood warning is in effect for Otoe and Cass counties in southeast Nebraska and Fremont County in southwest Iowa until 10:45 a.m. Sunday.

Seven tornadoes struck eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa Wednesday evening, but only one resulted in deaths and substantial damage, the National Weather Service said Thursday.

Bubbling clouds north of Lincoln signify the start of a deadly storm system. The cap in the atmosphere breaks, forcing moisture high in the atmosphere.

Rain of 2 1/2 to 5 inches north of Albion and extending through Elgin, Tilden, Pierce, Norfolk and Carroll caused extensive flooding of agricultural lowland and rural roads in northeast Nebraska on Sunday.

More than a half-dozen tornadoes reportedly swept through southwest Iowa and southeast Nebraska on Thursday, and for all their fury, surprisingly few buildings appeared to have been damaged.

PLATTSMOUTH, Neb. - Fuel efficiency vs. insurance costs and safety. That's at the heart of a debate over whether the Cass County Sheriff's Office should discontinue its motorcycle patrols.

Lowland flooding between Ashland, Plattsmouth; authorities evacuating people Authorities evacuated people Saturday because of lowland flooding in certain areas along the the Platte River between Ashland and ...

It's been more than five years since the murder of a young Plattsmouth boy. Today he's remembered by community members who are touched by his tragic story.

A Lincoln man who was killed in a motorcycle crash near Plattsmouth has been identified, the Cass County Sheriff's Office reported Saturday.

Humphrey St. Francis runner Susan Rollman is framed with another runner's legs in the third heat of the Class D 400 meter prelims.

A Lincoln man is dead following a motorcycle crash in Plattsmouth on Friday. Cass County Sheriff Wm.