Crista Eggers, center, signs an affidavit pledging that the Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana campaign had gathered enough signatures for Nebraska’s fall election. Eggers is joined by her husband, Easton, and sons Carsten, 11, and Colton, 9, from left. July 3, 2024. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner) LINCOLN — Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana collected signatures “until the very […]
A Guatemalan family who was targeted by their neighbor in Nebraska told police that the man had tried to start a fight and “flipped them off” five weeks before he shot seven people at their home last weekend. The neighbor, Billy Booth, 74, was found dead of a self-inflected gunshot wound at the family’s home […]
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – A shooting on Friday in Crete, Nebraska, that wounded seven Guatemalan immigrants, including four children, may have been racially motivated, police said, adding that the suspect later killed himself. The suspect identified by police as Billy Booth opened fire from his house in Crete with a shotgun on Friday afternoon. […]
Tyler Roenz, who was 17 at the time of the killing, pleaded guilty to murder in connection with the 2022 death of his 49-year-old mother Michelle Roenz Harris County Sheriff’s Office (2) Michelle Roenz and Tyler Roenz A Texas teenager who strangled his mother to death and drove to Nebraska with her body stashed in […]
Seven people, including four children, were shot by a neighbor at a Nebraska home Friday evening, according to authorities, who said the crime could potentially be racially motivated. At about 4:33 p.m., multiple 911 calls were made to report an active shooter situation on the 1200 block of Crestline Drive in Crete, a town in […]
Attorney General Mike Hilgers speaks during a news conference in Lincoln. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner) LINCOLN — Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers announced settlements Wednesday with three of several owners targeted in 11 state lawsuits filed against vape shops selling legally murky variants of the THC-containing substance delta-8. Hilgers has prioritized closing legal loopholes around delta-8, […]
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — An attempted robbery at a highway rest area in eastern Nebraska left a 72-year-old man dead and a 71-year-old woman critically injured in a knife attack Wednesday, authorities said. The Hall County Sheriff’s office said deputies were called to an Interstate 80 rest area shortly after 7 a.m. Wednesday and […]
Omaha beekeeper Mark Welsch tests a beehive for American foulbrood on Saturday, April 29, 2023, in Omaha. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner) LINCOLN — There’s a “buzz” around the state this week because it is “Pollinator Week” in Nebraskas. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission and its partners have scheduled a series of events to celebrate the […]
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen greets attendees at one of his property tax town halls Friday, May 24, 2024, in Beatrice. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner) LINCOLN — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen offered one of the clearest timelines yet Monday for when he might call a special session on property tax relief this summer. “To any state senator reading […]
Gov. Jim Pillen leads his third property tax town hall Friday, May 24, 2024, in Beatrice as he seeks to launch a special session to lower taxes this summer. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner) NEBRASKA CITY, Nebraska — As Gov. Jim Pillen seeks to rally Nebraskans behind his property tax relief ideas, tensions are heating up, with […]
Attorney General Mike Hilgers speaks during a news conference in Lincoln. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner) Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers signed a letter with 20 of his Republican counterparts asking the American Bar Association to drop its diversity and inclusion standards for law schools. DEI efforts implemented in the schools directs their administrators to violate both […]
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen visits with members of the Nebraska National Guard on Wednesday at the Texas-Mexico border. Pillen deployed Guard members in April to help Texas patrol its border. (Courtesy of the Nebraska Governor’s Office) LINCOLN — Gov. Jim Pillen, Speaker of the Legislature John Arch and State Sen. Tom Brewer visited a 35-member […]