Douglas County News

Jealousy and anger could mean life in prison for an Omaha man who in September admitted killing his wife.

The Nebraska Humane Society has rescued four malnourished horses from a farm in rural Douglas County.

Car dealers must inspect used vehicles for safety defects and either make repairs or warn potential buyers before they are resold, the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday.

As thousands lined up for free H1N1 vaccinations in Douglas County on Thursday, a county health official stressed that doses of the vaccine are being sent to area physicians.

A man who killed a Regional Center doctor erupted in a rage this afternoon inside a Douglas County coutroom.

Dozens of volunteers will have their hands full today. They are providing the H1N1 vaccinations to thousands of men, women and children who are in the five high risk categories.

Douglas County will hold its first H1N1 clinic Thursday, November 5th from nine a.m. to eight p.m. at First United Methodist Church.

An Omaha man accused in the 2008 kidnapping and shooting of a woman is scheduled to make his first court appearance.

A Douglas County judge sentenced a man to 65 to 75 years in prison Monday for killing his estranged wife in front of their two children.

Monday, a Douglas County District Judge sentenced 44-year-old Wesley Williams for the 2003 murder.

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.

Authorities said a joint effort by the police and Douglas County Sheriff's Office to check up on sex offenders is working.

Family members of a slain Omaha man learned of arrests made in the case Friday morning just before another relative gave birth to a baby boy.

Douglas County schools and churches will transform into temporary health clinics next week as mass H1N1 vaccination clinics get under way.

This morning Omaha Police say 17 year old Trevelle Taylor was arrested and booked at the Douglas County Youth Center.

A man accused of helping former Nebraska football player Thunder Collins kill a suspected drug dealer has been found guilty of manslaughter and attempted murder, among other offenses.

An Omaha political consultant will run as a Democrat for secretary of state, the first Democrat to announce candidacy for a statewide office in the 2010 election.

No doubt, parents will be monitoring the forecast for Saturday. Thousands of ghosts and goblins and other characters will be flooding the sidewalks and overheating the doorbells.

The Douglas County Health Department has put in another order for H1N1 vaccines, but officials say they still do not have enough stockpiled for a clinic.

Nebraska officials say the newest cases involve a woman in her 60's from Lancaster County, a Sarpy County woman in her 50's, and a man in his 40's from south-central Nebraska.