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The courthouse parking lot on Sarpy County’s main campus at 84th Street and Highway 370 has reopened following a construction project that demolished the old jail and expanded parking. Work began in April that included demolishing the old jail. With the building cleared, crews resurfaced the lot on the...

Bryan High senior Cristian Carrillo Narvaez describes his ideal relaxation room as having cool, ambient lighting, bean bags, and peace and quiet. “If I’m stressed, I want somewhere I can relax and just be myself,” he said. “And I really like bean bags.”. Carrillo Narvaez is a...

Leaders of Nebraska Medicine, including Dr. Michael Ash, the nonprofit's CEO, at right, and Lance Fritz, chair of the Nebraska Medicine Board of Directors, hosted a forum Thursday with dozens of state lawmakers ahead of a University of Nebraska Board of Regents vote to buy out the 50% share of Nebraska Medicine...

Charles Trimble and his wife, Rosa, listed the home as a Green Book site in 1939. A North Omaha castle that once provided safe accommodations for Black people during the Jim Crow era is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The three-story concrete-block house, now locally referred...

NODAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KCTV) - Local and state first responders were on the scene of a serious crash early Saturday that sent one man to the hospital. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, around 2:30 a.m. on Jan. 17, a 22-year-old man from Gretna, Nebraska, was driving west on US-136 through Junction City.

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Omaha, Nebraska – Communities along the Nebraska–Iowa border could see renewed winter travel disruptions as a late-January pattern increases the likelihood of accumulating snow across the central Plains....

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A crash involving at least three cars sent two people to the hospital early Saturday morning. Authorities responded to reports of a car crash with someone pinned inside one of the vehicles on 28th and Leavenworth just after 2 a.m. On scene, authorities blocked both sides...

Nebraska Public Service Commission (PSC) Chair Tim Schram of Gretna has been appointed to the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) board of directors. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr appointed him to the three-year term, which began Jan. 1 and runs through 2028. USAC is the...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Nebraska businesses providing a kind of therapy helping kids with autism are feeling the strain months after changes from the state. Back in August, the state decided to cut Medicaid reimbursement rates for ABA therapy by as much as 80%. That’s because the services were costing the state a lot of...

Fire erupts at abandoned Westmont Inn in west Omaha Thursday evening. The vacant hotel is caught in a legal battle over city demolition plans.