Springfield News

Flames engulfed the roof of a Springfield home Wednesday morning in the Meadow Oaks subdivision.

Community leaders called for cooperation between cities at the Sarpy County Chamber of Commerce's "State of the County" breakfast presentation this morning.

Take that, you stinkin' mint. Moneywort wins with a chokehold. In your garden, one aggressive plant can sometimes win a smackdown with another - and mint and moneywort are two prime examples.

An explosion Saturday burned an Omaha man who was taken to a hospital with critical injuries.

An Omaha man who was caught in an explosion got help from a neighbor that may have saved his life.

A man was hospitalized in critical condition today after a fire. The blaze was reported at 11:48 a.m. near Springfield in Sarpy County.

Edward Palczynski was stunned. The tax valuation of the land under his Sarpy County farmhouse was raised ninefold this spring.

After nearly two years of waiting for a new archbishop, the 220,000 Roman Catholics of northeast Nebraska learned today that they have a new leader - and that the force will be with them.

The HIV Alliance's needle exchange program collects used needles from drug users at different anonymous drop off sites around Eugene and provides clean needles to those who sign up confidentially in their program.

The American Sprint Car Series Midwest Region gets a jump start on the upcoming Memorial Day weekend festivities with a pair of events in Nebraska on Thursday and Friday.

Capping a day of tax-related protests across the Midlands, an estimated 1,500 people filled the grounds outside the Douglas County Courthouse in Omaha Wednesday evening.

Carrying signs with slogans such as "Taxed Enough Already," and "Income Tax . . . Show Me the Law," about 150 people gathered for a tax protest Wednesday outside the Papillion Library.

The Sarpy County Board unanimously agreed Tuesday to hire Blue Source/CII, a Utah-based company, to install and operate a landfill-gas-collection system at the Sarpy County Landfill, likely consisting of vertical wells and flares.

Today's World-Herald features a couple of interesting articles with background information on the ongoing feud between Sarpy County and the cities of Sarpy County, as well as MECA's reaction to criticism of their dealings with the Royals .

Talk about a curve ball. Sarpy County's five cities, known as the United Cities of Sarpy County, oppose three legislative bills that would support the county's ability to fund a new suburban home for the AAA ...

Tavariyan Garvin, a student at Springfield Elementary School, takes his turn at the microphone during Friday's countywide spelling bee in Springfield.

Springfield Volunteer Fire Department assisted in controlling an apartment fire last Sunday night in Gretna.

Springfield Elementary School parents were shocked before Christmas break when they heard their school was listed for closure.

Vehicle auction The Sarpy County Sheriff will conduct a vehicle impound auction at 1 p.m. on Jan.

The Minuteman Civil Defense Corps invites everyone to a public meeting at the Springfield Memorial Library, 665 Main St., in Springfield on Saturday, Jan.