A Douglas County judge ordered a 14-year-old boy accused of shooting and critically injuring a 15-year-old boy at Omaha Northwest High School to be held on $275,000 bail.
A teenage boy was shot Tuesday at Omaha's Northwest High School, police said. The suspect was in custody within an hour of the initial report. The school was placed on lockdown for a time but now families are reunited with their students.
The Sarpy County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday to approve an $800,000 settlement to the family of Danielle Harbison, who died of alcohol poisoning at the county jail in 2018.
Will McDonald, who accidentally shot and killed his son last Thanksgiving, was sentenced to serve 10 to 16 years in prison for manslaughter and 7 to 13 years for possession of a deadly weapon by a prohibited person.
Stanger Enterprises, the Valley-based company that did business as Premier Pools, has been stripped of its business license, following a recent court ruling.
The Lancaster County Sheriff's Office seized more than 40 pounds of cocaine Tuesday after a traffic stop on Interstate 80, Chief Deputy Ben Houchin said.
Omaha Police Deputy Chief Scott Gray said the department is unlikely to do away with standard entry no-knock warrants entirely, but use of the method has been suspended pending a full review.
Omaha police believe the shooting at Omaha's Northwest High School stemmed from a dispute between two students. But for parents and students, the shooting's characterization as targeted was little comfort.