Sarpy County News

The economic outlook for the Omaha area looks to be improving for 2010, according to a Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce survey.

The American Cancer Society, in conjunction with Alegent Health, Methodist Estabrook Cancer Center and the Nebraska Medical Center, will offer support groups to help people who are going through a cancer diagnosis cope with the emotional stress of the holidays.

This year's Best of Sarpy Expo will be open to the public. The expo had been a business-to-business trade show, but this year, the eighth, everyone is invited to take part in the festivities without charge.

The decision to demote -- not fire -- two Papillion firefighters who cheated has sparked a fierce debate.

A Sarpy County man in his 20's health officials say was in a high-risk group for contracting swine flu has died.

Sarpy County Attorney Lee Polikov said Wednesday that he might have probable cause to bring misdemeanor charges of official misconduct against two Papillion firefighters punished in a cheating scandal.

An Omaha woman tells police she endured a night of robbery and sexual assault at the hands of two men who got into her car.

Health officials acknowledged long lines Thursday at Douglas County's mass vaccination clinic, saying there's no easy way to vaccinate so many people.

The Sarpy-Cass Health Department is giving people in high-risk groups for the H1N1 flu virus a chance to get vaccinations on Saturday.

Cabela's unveiled plans today to invest $10 million to $15 million in constructing a 16,000-square-foot data center that will create up to 20 new jobs at the Papillion Business and Technology Park.

A dog that attacked a Bellevue woman gets a reprieve for now. Its owner appeared in court Wednesday to answer charges that the animal is dangerous.

Motorists, be warned. Three car-deer collisions in Sarpy County this morning were expected to be the first of a surge of such accidents in coming weeks.

The days of healthy pay raises might seem like a distant memory to workers who have seen their pay drop or their jobs disappear.

Phone calls to Bellevue's City Hall are recorded, without the knowledge of the callers or city employees.

Rarely have vaccinations been so alluring. Several hundred people lined up Saturday at a Papillion clinic for the privilege of getting a needle in the arm or mist up the nose.

A 23-year-old man charged in connection with the sexual assault of a 16-year-old boy pleaded no contest to a lesser charge Monday.

A judge has dismissed a motor-vehicle homicide charge facing an Omaha woman accused of driving and crashing a golf cart while drunk, killing a friend.

A missionary from Chile has pleaded no contest to a reduced charge of sexual assault of a 16-year-old boy.

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 Nebraska Supreme Court has honored two judges for exceptional service. Chief Justice Mike Heavican recently presented awards to Sarpy County Judge Robert Wester and Adams County Judge Michael Offner.