Lori Pilger

A judge this week denied former Nebraska Congressman Jeff Fortenberry's request to push back his February trial to give the Department of Justice time to review the decision to retry him once new leadership is in place.

Two Lincoln men have filed a lawsuit against Bryan Health seeking to go forward as a class-action case on behalf of anyone who has visited the

A judge this week denied former Nebraska Rep. Jeff Fortenberry's request to push back his February trial to give the Department of Justice time to review the decision to retry him once new leadership is in place.

A judge has found probable cause to bind over an Omaha man's charges to district court in connection to a Sept. 5 shooting as a crowd let out at a Sexyy Red concert at Pinnacle Bank Arena.

"To this day, the state does not understand how this dispute resulted in a shooting, does not understand how this dispute resulted in Damien's death," the prosecutor, Ashley Bohnet, said.

"Something that would have been as simple as being escorted off the bus and probably let go turned into this," he said. "By the defendant's choice."

Chief Deputy Chris Turner said the state and Al-Rekabi had entered into a plea agreement where the office agreed to dismiss the charge if she paid $25,000 in restitution to the victim.

A 60-year-old man offered a tearful apology Friday before being sentenced to a year of incarceration for motor vehicle homicide of an unborn child.

Prosecutors on Friday dropped the criminal case against a Lincoln woman accused of helping convicted killer Aubrey Trail in a murder-for-hire scheme to extort money from a prison nurse.

Four and a half years after protests over George Floyd's killing resulted in clashes between marchers and law enforcement officers in Nebraska, lawsuits over injuries continue to work through court.