Cass County News

We've seen just how seriously people in the community are taking the threat of the swine flu.

Plattsmouth city leaders must soon decide whether to continue using a private ambulance service or resume their volunteer rescue squad.

The Sarpy-Cass Health Department is giving people in high-risk groups for the H1N1 flu virus a chance to get vaccinations on Saturday.

Four young Greenwood residents thought they could get away with vandalizing their village park.

Found non-guilty of federal charges surrounding his work on the Murdock murder case, C.S.I. David Kofoed is headed to trial in Cass County on state charges.

An Omaha-based crime-scene investigator has pleaded not guilty to tampering with evidence in a 2006 case in which two innocent men were wrongly charged in a double murder.

A Louisville, Neb., man has been charged in Cass County Court with two counts of motor vehicle homicide in the June deaths of two brothers.

Rolling Hills Ranch retirement community, 4324 N. 132nd St., will offer Trick-or-Treat Halloween Safe House from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Children accompanied by an adult are invited to trick-or-treat throughout the building as they show off their costumes and Halloween spirit to the senior residents.

The Cass County Attorney said a man's speed and reckless driving caused the deaths of two Louisville brothers.

Cass County, Neb., authorities have released the tapes of a 911 call from the pilot of a small plane that went down in a cornfield near Weeping Water, Neb.

Thieves are making their way across rural Cass County with homes and businesses alike burglarized.

The FAA continues to investigate what caused an Omaha pilot to crash seconds after take-off on Sunday.

An Omaha man was hurt when the small plane he was piloting crashed after taking off from an airport east of Weeping Water.

"Taps'' and musket fire will sound Saturday over the grave of the only black Civil War veteran known to be buried in Cass County.

The Ashland Police Department says they seized approximately 150 pounds of marijuana late Wednesday night.

Interstate 80 through Nebraska has become infamous as a drug pipeline. However, a highway which runs parallel with I-80 proved to be a pretty good catch for law enforcement Thursday night.

Two guilty pleas on sexual assault cases the Cassgram reports. Both pleas came through plea agreements in which Class II Felony charges had first been filed.

Completing the last segment of a long-planned hike-bike trail to connect Omaha and Lincoln now appears back on track.

The Mecklenberg County Sheriffa s Department in West Virginia requested local authorities to serve an arrest warrant on 34-year-old Troy L. Crump for three felony counts of sexual child abuse.

The Cass County Board has become the first Nebraska county to ban smoking and the use of tobacco products on all of its property - including outdoors.