LORI PILGER Lincoln Journal Star | Oct 2, 2018 Updated Oct 2, 2018 The Department of Justice has awarded Nebraska more than $1.3 million in grant money to combat the opioid crisis. It comes as part of $320 million the Justice Department awarded nationally to help...
LAUREN WAGNER For the Lincoln Journal Star, Sep 16, 2018 When Megan Johnson escaped sex trafficking 10 years ago, there was hardly anyone who could help her. “I remember thinking to myself, ‘I don’t have that much money,’” said Johnson, who is now...
Omaha World Herald Editorial September 9, 2018 The American legal system has an all-important obligation to deliver justice. When a defendant is found guilty of a heinous crime and of inflicting terrible suffering, for example, society needs to mete out serious...
By Todd Cooper / World-Herald staff writer Sept 6, 2018 By noon Wednesday, State Sen. Justin Wayne had received a handful of phone calls from constituents disheartened by the dismissal of murder charges against the man accused of killing decorated Army Sgt. Kyle...
By Joe Duggan / World-Herald Bureau The 56-year-old registered sex offender spent the past 18 months in the Red Cloud jail, staring at a possible life sentence on charges that he violently raped a 15-year-old girl. On Friday, he walked out a free man. Webster County...
RILEY JOHNSON Lincoln Journal Star Posing as a young woman on Facebook, a 26-year-old man from Lincoln duped five teenage boys from Nebraska, Kansas and Iowa into sharing explicit photos and videos of themselves. In another recent case, after meeting a 12-year-old...
