Jan 17, 2022
Located in Hall County and the fourth largest City in Nebraska, the City of Grand Island is a growing and vibrant community of approximately 50,000 residents. The City of Grand Island is a First-Class City. The City operates under a Mayor-Council form of government. A...
Jan 12, 2021
Monday, January 11, 2021 Attorney General Doug Peterson joined Governor Ricketts in recognizing National Human Trafficking Awareness Day and January as awareness month. Attorney General Peterson announced the release of new hotline posters, updated educational videos,...
Oct 6, 2020
Media Release Nebraska County Attorneys Association October 5, 2020 Statement by Nebraska County Attorneys Association Board of Directors on Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine has been an active and invaluable member of the Nebraska...
Jun 4, 2020
By David D. Begley, Omaha Attorney The duty of the Douglas County attorney is to seek justice, not vengeance. Those are two different things. I wish everyone could have seen the one-hour press conference that Don Kleine conducted on Monday. He dispassionately...
Apr 14, 2020
Channel 8 ABC April 10, 2020 12:38 pm Brent BonFleur Officials say they are not testing for COVID-19 during death investigations in Lancaster County. Pat Lopez, Interim Director of the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department, said Thursday she was not aware of...
Mar 18, 2020
Anna Reed | Omaha World Herald Cindy Paredez paced Tuesday near the doors to a Douglas County courtroom, resigned to having to stand outside while her 19-year-old daughter awaited her fate for a misdemeanor. The signs on the courtroom doors were as conflicting as the...
Mar 16, 2020
LINCOLN – This morning, Governor Pete Ricketts met with cabinet members at the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC), as he unveiled new guidance further limiting public events and gatherings. “We are updating Nebraska’s guidance for closures and event sizes to...
Mar 13, 2020
In North Platte, about 80 folks, including court personnel, sheriff’s deputies, defendants and spectators crammed into a Lincoln County courtroom for routine hearings. But two folks had everyone’s attention, said Debra McCarthy, clerk of the district court. Read...
Mar 11, 2020
March 10, 2020 Sen. Tony Vargas, Senators advanced a bill from general file March 10 that would make several changes to existing juvenile justice practices. LB1148 LB458 LB906 LB969 LB975 LB1148, sponsored by Omaha Sen. Tony Vargas, would require the juvenile court...
Mar 11, 2020
By Joseph Morton World-Herald Bureau WASHINGTON — Sen. Ben Sasse is going after one of the world’s largest porn sites over allegations that it profits from sex trafficking and the exploitation of underage teens. The Nebraska Republican wrote to Attorney General...
