Washington County News

A 37-year-old woman is dead following a single-car crash near the Blair Airport.

There will be no testing on June 29 to allow the driver's testing station to be moved to a different part of the courthouse.

An Omaha motorcyclist was arrested in Iowa after trying to avoid Nebraska State Patrol troopers.

Edward Palczynski was stunned. The tax valuation of the land under his Sarpy County farmhouse was raised ninefold this spring.

Blair, NEa ' Cargill announced April 28 plans to occupy a new 30,000 square foot, one-story office to be built in the Hayden Place development along U.S. Highway 30 in Blair, close to the company's biorefinery.

The Washington County Sheriff's Office, a bomb squad and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives raided a suspected marijuana grow operation on Wednesday.

By Jan Goff Managing Editor A A A The Nebraska Press has shared with state newspapers yet another way readers can be scammed.

A flood-control project near Blair is in line for more than $1 million in federal stimulus funding.

Tornado sirens will sound Wednesday morning in Nebraska and Iowa as part of Severe Weather Awareness Week.

A tornado warning is in effect for Douglas County , southeastern Washington County, northwestern Pottawattamie County and Harrison County.

Three metro area teenagers were hurt tuesday night when the car they were riding in crashed north of Omaha.

A 27-year-old man from Blair has been convicted of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl and transporting her 400 miles to live with him in an abandoned school bus in southwestern Missouri.

Johnny Ray Schroeder is seen in this security camera photo from First National Bank in North Platte.

LINCOLN, Neb. -- A strong version of the Golden Rule comes into play when farmers decide to engage in soil conservation tillage practices, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension study suggests.

BLAIR, Neb. - The man in line to become Blair's next superintendent of schools is fighting a charge accusing him of drunken driving - at nearly twice the legal blood-alcohol limit.

A 27-year-old man is back in Nebraska, accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl from Blair and transporting her 400 miles to live with him in an abandoned school bus in southwestern Missouri.

Bob Missel became chairman of the Dodge County Board of Supervisors one year ago.

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension in Washington County will offer its winter Horticultural Paradise educational series beginning at 7 p.m. Jan.

Law enforcement and other emergency response agencies in the Omaha area have established a Terrorism Early Warning Group to share information about possible terrorism threats.

The Sumtur Amphitheater at Walnut Park in Papillion has received a state grant of $300,000 for development and improvement of the facility.