Latest Nebraska Headlines
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Nebraska Fire Kills Two Boys, Critically Injures Mom
Jan 4 2022 // Two boys died and their mother remained in critical condition after a weekend apartment fire in Omaha. Omaha Police said Jan. 3 that Germani Pettis-Greyson, 7, and Gamani Pettis-Greyson, 5, died after being taken to an...
Nebraska Food Company, Insurer Sue for $423K over Spoiled Bacon Shipment
Dec 28 2021 // A Nebraska food company and its insurer want a warehouse company to pay them more then $400,000 because a shipment of bacon was destroyed inside one of its warehouses in Lincoln last year. Omaha food manufacturer Westin...
High Street Acquires Nebraska’s GTA Insurance Group
Dec 13 2021 // High Street Insurance Partners has acquired Nebraska-based GTA Insurance Group. GTA Insurance Group provides comprehensive insurance and risk management solutions across Nebraska. It has an extensive agricultural practice...
Nebraska Jury Awards $26 Million in Malpractice Lawsuit
Dec 2 2021 // A Douglas County jury has awarded $26.1 million to a Sarpy County family who sued Children’s Hospital and Medical Center in Omaha after their child was sent home following an accidental fall and then suffered...
Nebraska Garage Fire Destroys More than $1 Million in Vintage Cars, Motorcycles
Dec 1 2021 // A garage fire near Denton, Nebraska has caused more than $1 million in damage to several classic cars and motorcycles. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that the fire broke out Saturday, Nov. 27 in a detached garage....
Worker’s Death at Nebraska Manufacturing Plant Under Investigation
Nov 4 2021 // Officials are investigating the death of a worker injured in a crane accident at a Norfolk, Nebraska manufacturing plant over the weekend. Sheriff’s deputies and paramedics were called to the Continental Tire plant...
Mount Logan Capital Completes Acquisition of Nebraska’s Ability
Nov 2 2021 // Mount Logan Capital Inc. has completed its previously announced acquisition of 100% of the equity of Omaha, Nebraska-based Ability Insurance Company for a purchase price of $20 million comprised of the issuance of an...
BNSF Railway Sued for Sexual Harassment at Nebraska Railyard
Sep 27 2021 // A federal lawsuit alleges women working at a Nebraska railyard were subjected to sexual harassment and managers failed to do anything about it, in violation of federal law. BNSF Railway Company (BNSF), a major North...
Crews Battle Large Blaze at Nebraska Meatpacking Plant
Sep 14 2021 // Firefighters were still battling a blaze on Sept. 13 at a Grand Island meatpacking plant 12 hours after first arriving on the scene. Fire crews were first called to the JBS plant just before 10 p.m. on Sept. 12, Battalion...
Man Sues Nebraska Sheriff After Pepper Ball Blinded Him
Aug 24 2021 // An Iowa man is suing an eastern Nebraska county, its sheriff and several deputies, saying their lack of training led one of the deputies to shoot him in the eye with a pepper ball during a protest last year. Adam Keup, 24,...
Worker Crushed to Death in Accident at Nebraska Poultry Operation
Aug 5 2021 // A man has been killed at a poultry operation near the village of Lindsay in northeastern Nebraska, officials there said. Madison County Sheriff’s deputies were called Aug. 2 in the afternoon to an address for a...
295K Pounds of Raw Beef Recalled by Nebraska Meat Processor
Aug 3 2021 // An Omaha, Nebraska, meat processor has recalled more than 295,000 pounds of raw beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced...
Nebraska Company, Owners Plead Guilty in Deadly 2015 Railcar Explosion
Jul 16 2021 // A Nebraska railcar-cleaning company and its two owners have pleaded guilty to violating environmental and worker safety laws after an explosion killed two employees in 2015. Adrian LaPour, 44, and Dallas Fouls, 40, were...
People Moves: Omaha National in Nebraska Announces Two New Hires, Promotion
Jul 2 2021 // Omaha National Insurance Company has added Jim Hempel as general counsel and David Bird vice president, accounting. Additionally, Derrald Farnsworth-Livingston has been promoted to vice president, IT infrastructure. Hempel...
EPA Orders Rancher, County to Clean Up Sand-Deluged Nebraska River
Jun 30 2021 // Federal regulators have ordered a Nebraska rancher and county officials to clean up a remote stream after it was deluged with enough sand and sediment to change the shape of the waterway. The rancher and county will share...
Nebraska Restaurant, Owner Ordered to Pay Overtime, Comply with Wage Laws
Jun 24 2021 // A Kearney, Neb., pizza and burger restaurant and its owner have been ordered to pay $17,216 – $8,608 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages — to 13 workers after the U.S. Department of Labor found...
Nebraska to Offer Additional Payments for 2019 Flood Recovery
Jun 21 2021 // Nebraska will pay out public assistance beyond what it normally offers to local governments hit by the 2019 floods, a state agency announced. The Nebraska Emergency Management Agency said Gov. Pete Ricketts has approved...
Parents of 3 Nebraska Girls Killed in Crash Sue Sarpy County
Jun 14 2021 // The families of three Gretna, Nebraska, girls who died in a crash in Sarpy County are suing the county, which they said did not correct a deficient design of the road where the girls died. The lawsuit also asks a judge to...
Nebraska Lawmakers Say ‘No’ to Mandated Virus Protections for Meat Workers
May 19 2021 // Nebraska lawmakers have rejected state-mandated coronavirus protections for meatpacking workers, with opponents arguing that slaughterhouses have already taken precautions and that the pandemic is nearly over. Lawmakers...
Nebraska Medical Marijuana Legalization Bill Meets Resistance
May 14 2021 // A bill to legalize and tightly regulate medical marijuana hit a wall of resistance in the Nebraska Legislature on May 12, even though some opponents acknowledged that rejecting it will pave the way for a much less...
