Richardson County News

A joyride in a stolen pickup truck lands a 21-year-old Falls City, Nebraska man in the Richardson County Jail.

A former Richardson County chief deputy sheriff will be paid thousands of dollars in a deal with county officials over his dismissal earlier this year.

A 28-year-old Nebraska man has been given 21 years in prison for manslaughter in one county, domestic assault in another.

A man convicted in a 2006 murder wants the Nebraska Supreme Court to throw out his life sentence, saying his confession to police was obtained illegally.

A 19-year-old Falls City man accused of breaking into a police chief's home will be sentenced next month after pleading guilty to an attempted burglary charge.

A former deputy has won back pay to his February firing, but a county grievance board won't give him back his job.

Preliminary hearings are set for Aug. 3 for two Falls City men accused of breaking into the police chief's home.

A convicted murderer who was part of the survivalist cult known as a oePosse Comitatusa in Richardson County, Neb., was paroled last week.

Next year the U-S government will take a national census, and they're asking city leaders to help out.

A federal indictment was filed this week accusing Denise Schawang of misrepresenting payments on a series of federal loans she and her husband had obtained.

A federal grant of more than $61,000 will help the Richardson County Historical Society build a museum in southeast Nebraska's Falls City.

And the award for best performance in a weather drama goes to . . . Mother Nature.