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Assisted-Living Center For Combat Veterans Could Come To Omaha

Assisted-Living Center For Combat Veterans Could Come To Omaha

Learfield Wire Services October 15, 2019

OMAHA  --  A new assisted-living center for wounded combat veterans could be coming to Omaha.  The Omaha World Herald reports the city council unanimously approved early plans for the 40-acre military-focused...

Western, northern Nebraska Sees First Snowfall

Western, northern Nebraska Sees First Snowfall

Learfield Wire Services October 10, 2019

NEBRASKA  --  Western and northern Nebraska are seeing their first snowfall of the season.  Snow started to fall late last night.  Areas near Whitney in far northwest Nebraska saw up to nine inches...

Prosecutors Argue Against New Trial

Prosecutors Argue Against New Trial

Learfield Wire Services September 12, 2019

WILBER-- Prosecutors are trying to prevent a convicted killer from getting a new trial.  The Omaha World-Herald reports that Michael Guinan of the Nebraska Attorney General's Office told a judge yesterday...

Spin Making It Harder For Kids To Access Scooters

Spin Making It Harder For Kids To Access Scooters

Learfield Wire Services September 12, 2019

OMAHA-- The public scooter company that operates in Omaha is making it harder for kids to gain access to electric scooters.  The Omaha World Herald reports Spin is now requiring people who rent scooters...

Nebraska Giving Property Owners 100-Plus Dollar Tax Break

Nebraska Giving Property Owners 100-Plus Dollar Tax Break

Learfield Wire Services September 12, 2019

LINCOLN--  Nebraska is giving property owners a slight property tax break this year.  According to the state Department of Revenue, this year's Property Tax Credit Act will give non-agriculture land...

Omaha Police Investigating Convenience Store Robberies

Omaha Police Investigating Convenience Store Robberies

Learfield Wire Services September 12, 2019

OMAHA --  Police are investigating two early morning robberies at Omaha convenience stores.  Police say an employee at the Bucky's at 40th and Dodge says someone entered the store with a gun around 12:40,...

Committees Hold Hearing On Taxes

Committees Hold Hearing On Taxes

Learfield Wire Services April 25, 2019

LINCOLN-  Nebraska lawmakers are debating tax options.  Three legislative committees held a public hearing yesterday over a plan to use state aid to schools in order to reduce property taxes.  The...

Governor Unveils Tax Plan

Governor Unveils Tax Plan

Learfield Wire Service April 18, 2019

LINCOLN --  Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts is promoting his tax proposal.  The governor's plan would increase the state property tax credit program by 51-million-dollars per year.  The measure would...

Suspect Accused Of Striking Officer With Car

Suspect Accused Of Striking Officer With Car

Learfield Wire Services March 28, 2019

LINCOLN--A man is accused of striking a Lincoln police officer with his car.  Thirty-six-year-old Kirt Pelowski allegedly struck a police officer with his car as he sped out of a parking stall near 32nd...

Lincoln limits city water

Lincoln limits city water

Learfield Wire Services, Reporter March 19, 2019

LINCOLN-  Lincoln police have responded to multiple calls of people violating the city's water restrictions.  Mayor Chris Beutler ordered the restrictions on Sunday, forcing residents to restrict the...

State prisons experiencing historic overcrowding

State prisons experiencing historic overcrowding

Learfield Wire Services March 19, 2019

LINCOLN --  Nebraska state prisons are currently as crowded as they have ever been.  The Omaha World-Herald reported that there were over 55-hundred inmates in state prisons as of Monday March 18, over...

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