Lancaster County News

The award recognizes outstanding service in election administration. Gale cited Shively for his efforts to promote the voting process through registration, education and participation.

By NATE JENKINS Associated Press Writer LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nebraska has been wrongfully denying Medicaid coverage to hundreds of low-income residents whom state officials argued did not work enough to comply with a welfare-to-work program, a judge has ruled.

State attorneys have asked a Lancaster County district court to reject an Omaha pool hall's request to declare Nebraska's new smoking ban unconstitutional.

Officials say two Molotov cocktails were left in a shed in Lancaster County. Captain Don Young said two bottles with an accelerant inside and a rag were lit and left inside a playhouse near 4560 W. Blue Stem Road.

Grand Island officials said Monday that they expected to meet their deadline to pay their share of the $42 million needed to move the Nebraska State Fair from Lincoln to Grand Island.

Several members of the Sigma Chi fraternity at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln who were cited in connection with a hazing incident last fall appeared in Lancaster County Court Monday.

Two cousins on a Sunday morning fishing trip at Branched Oak Lake died when they fell out of the speedboat, then hit by that boat.

A Lancaster County judge has dismissed a lawsuit meant to stop the State Fair's move from Lincoln to Grand Island.

Lancaster Manor supporters rallied for the nursing home Tuesday morning. Then, they moved their fight inside to a public hearing in front of the Lancaster County Board.

Chris Wozniak pleaded no contest Wednesday to a charge of procuring or selling alcohol to a minor.

A Lancaster County judge has denied an Omaha pool hall's request to suspend a state law that bans smoking in most indoor places.

A Chicago woman who has been living in Lincoln with an aunt was given 60 days in jail for her role in an attack after a traffic incident last year.

A plea agreement has been made in the murder-case involving Eric Brox, who is accused of killing his mother last October in her Lincoln home.

Families and fishermen who want to learn all aspects of carp fishing are invited to Carp-O-Rama on Saturday, June 27, at Pawnee State Recreation Area in Lancaster County.

President Barack Obama is trying to sell the nation's doctors on his prescription for health care reform Monday in Chicago.

A judge has ordered a former University of Nebraska regent to pay more than $3,500 to a state campaign finance commission.

One of the founders of a Lincoln marketing company has been accused of embezzling nearly $155,000. Police say 36-year-old Tammy Schomaker is suspected of felony theft by deception.

The Nebraska Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction and $250 fine for a man who sent profanity-laced e-mails to a former Nebraska professor.

Land-line phone service provided by Windstream is out in southern Lancaster and northern Gage counties.

A Nebraska family is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the return of their stolen quarter horse, Star.