Sarpy County News

Former Papillion Mayor James Blinn said that despite swirling rumors, he won't respond to speculation about why he unexpectedly resigned on Tuesday.

An Army Reservist from Papillion faces additional charges in connection with child pornography found on his computer.

KETV has learned that a man has temporarily replaced Bellevue Mayor Ed Babbitt, prompting questions about the health of the Bellevue mayor.

A vote scheduled for today may reveal the Sarpy County Board's leanings on a potential constitutional challenge of the Douglas-Sarpy learning community.

The Sarpy County Board took action Tuesday that could position the county for a legal challenge against the Douglas-Sarpy County learning community.

Sixty pounds of hallucinogenic mushrooms have been seized by a Sarpy County K-9 Unit.

Omaha Royals president Alan Stein announced today the Royals are moving to their new ballpark in Sarpy County.

A Nebraska judge has rejected an appeal in a Kansas woman's case that questions whether Nebraska's flag-desecration law violates free speech.

An Omaha man who was critcally injured in an early morning crash in Bellevue has been cited for traffic violations.

Community leaders called for cooperation between cities at the Sarpy County Chamber of Commerce's "State of the County" breakfast presentation this morning.

The driver involved in a serious crash Thursday in Sarpy County had to be flown by LifeNet to an Omaha hospital.

On Tuesday, Sarpy County Assessor Dan Pittman stood his ground. He refused to back off his recent decision to increase from several thousand dollars to $64,000 the valuations of the first acre of land under about 800 rural homes.

The La Vista mother who submitted a plea for help for her baby in a Craigslist ad will not face criminal charges for placing the online ad, the Sarpy County attorney said Monday.

A Sarpy County judge on Friday set no timetable for a ruling in a case that questions whether Nebraska's flag-desecration law violates the free speech rights of a woman who let her child stand on the flag during the funeral of a soldier.

The chapter has already begun distributing the fans, which were bought with money from the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services.

An explosion Saturday burned an Omaha man who was taken to a hospital with critical injuries.

A woman who posted an online ad that offered her child for sale will not be charged.

Sarpy County authorities are investigating a La Vista mom who is accused of posting an ad on Craigslist, offering to give away her toddler Monday, June 15, 2009 The 18 month old is now in state custody, after being tipped off to the online posting.

A man was hospitalized in critical condition today after a fire. The blaze was reported at 11:48 a.m. near Springfield in Sarpy County.

A woman charged in a warrant for the golf cart death of a friend has turned herself in to police.