Lancaster County News

A Lincoln Police officer shot a fleeing driver in the arm after the driver tried to run the officer over Saturday evening.

According to court records, 23-year old Chance Paap was formally charged with manslaughter Thursday in Lancaster County Court.

A 34-year-old Lincoln man has been given four-to-five years in prison for sexually assaulting a teenage girl.

Deputies say almost $300 in cash from a local Boyscout group was stolen in a burglary this weekend.

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission has announced that the Hedgefield Wildlife Management Area is temporarily closed to public access because of dam and lake rehabilitation projects.

State senators are taking the budget debate to the people, discussing what to cut and what to keep.

Senators are getting ready for a special session next month to deal with a budget shortfall.

Metropolitan Community College in Omaha intends to file a lawsuit against all the other community colleges in the state.

Current Conditions available on our Weather Page . Font Size: A one vehicle rollover crash occurred in Lancaster Country Tuesday afternoon.

A traffic stop on Interstate 80 near the Lincoln Airport Interchange in Lancaster County, Nebraska led to the seizure of over a half pound of crack cocaine and the arrest of three individuals traveling in two separate vehicles.

Norm Agena announced his intention to seek re-election for Assessor/Register of Deeds.

Three more Nebraskans have died from the H1N1 flu. That brings the total number so far in the state to seven.

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.

Nebraska officials say three more people who had the swine flu have died. That brings to seven the total number of such deaths reported.

A court order restricts a Lincoln couple's speech so much they could violate it by putting out a yard sign for their son's birthday with his name and age on it, the Nebraska Court of Appeals was told Wednesday.

Two men from Silver Spring, Md., have been sentenced to several years in a Nebraska prison for delivering more than 92 pounds of marijuana through the state.

Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning's office says a new video game sweeping across the state should be stopped because it amounts to illegal gambling.

Cassalina Lacy, 25, holds her daughter A'nijha, 4. Lacy lives at the People's City Mission and volunteers at the clinic two or three times a week, where her daughter often comes to visit.

Lancaster County Sheriff Deputies are looking into another Canadian scam attempt.

Dallas Huston,28, the Lincoln man who was arrested for assisted suicide in the death of his roommate, Ryan Johnson, is now charged with second degree murder.