Jul 20, 2018
Most young people who land in Lancaster County’s juvenile detention center do so because they violated probation or conditions of their release during court proceedings — not for suspected felonies or violent crimes, according to a recent study. The study, conducted...
Jul 15, 2018
By Joe Duggan / World-Herald staff writer HASTINGS, Neb. — The young woman told a story of a rape so brutal it would motivate any criminal investigator to act. Visiting family in Red Cloud, Nebraska, five years ago when she was 15, the Colorado woman said an older...
Jun 27, 2018
A proposal for a new Douglas County Juvenile Court, office and youth detention complex received a warm welcome from the Douglas County Board on Tuesday in its debut appearance in public. Six County Board members spoke favorably about the $120 million proposal, though...
Jun 26, 2018
WASHINGTON — In a victory for privacy in the digital era, the Supreme Court ruled Friday that the Constitution protects tracking data from a cellphone, requiring police to have a search warrant to obtain cell tower records that show a person’s movement for days or...
Apr 25, 2018
RILEY JOHNSON Lincoln Journal Star | Apr 24, 2018 A certification issue with the breath tests used on suspected drunk drivers across Nebraska has led several counties, including Lancaster, to pursue blood samples in all DUI cases. The issue — which applies to breath...
Apr 23, 2018
By Paul Hammel / World-Herald staff writer In the end, it was about the law, not “agape” love or whether a Weeping Water man was justified in assisting the suicide of a girlfriend who insisted, falsely it turns out, that she was about to die from cancer. On Friday,...