A unanimous Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday upheld a Lincoln judge's rejection of a legal challenge to the ballot measures that put medical marijuana before the state's voters in 2024.

The AG's Office quoted then-Secretary of State John Gale, who said: "They’re American citizens, they’re not second class because they live overseas."

Two Lincoln men, one a local real estate agent, are facing felony charges for their alleged roles in a plot to make and sell steroids and deliver them by mail

A former Palmyra teacher who had been nearing an August trial date pleaded guilty to sexual abuse by a school employee Tuesday in a deal with prosecutors.

A year after a German court found him guilty, a Nebraska man has been granted a new trial for a 1978 killing where he was stationed in the U.S. Army.

A Lincoln attorney has been disbarred for lying to a client, fabricating legal documents, and providing false information in a case involving disability income benefits.

Formal charges against a Bellevue attorney accuse him of misconduct, alleging he had a relationship with a client and that he charged an unreasonable $25,000 fee to another.

"Nebraska’s new Digital ID law makes a mockery of the First Amendment," said Paul Taske, codirector of the NetChoice Litigation Center.

"When you know you used to be the bailiff up standing by the judge, and now I'm the attorney," Laura Bolton said. "I don't know it's just pretty surreal."

Nebraska needs more judges, but fewer lawyers are applying. A new survey sheds light on why — from politics to pay — as vacancies are expected to grow.

"A number of issues exist there that are problematic," Kashuan McCree's attorney said Thursday, arguing for a new trial.

"This is an incredible milestone. But this is not the finish line," Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare said at a news conference Friday.

A 64-year-old man has been arrested in Lincoln for the 1990 killing of a Texas couple, known as the Lovers' Lane Murders.

A judge ruled longtime Lincoln police officer Melissa Ripley's discrimination lawsuit can move forward, rejecting the city’s bid to end the case before trial.

To one side, what happened outside The Office was a "cold, callous, calculated double murder" caught on video. To the other, it was sudden, over just 2 minutes.

Jurors deliberated three hours before acquitting a former deputy who fired 35 shots during a 2023 I-80 pursuit.

Trial began Monday for a former Seward County Sheriff's deputy indicted for manslaughter for shooting a man to death along Interstate 80 in 2023.

Prosecutors and defense sparred over witness credibility before a jury began deliberations Friday in a child abuse case involving a former Beattie teacher.

"The elephant in the room is whether or not you used artificial intelligence. Did you?" Justice Stephanie Stacy asked Omaha attorney Gary Lake point blank.

An 82-year-old man imprisoned for a notorious 1965 bank robbery is challenging Nebraska’s geriatric parole law, arguing it unfairly excludes people serving life sentences.

TikTok has sued Nebraska's Attorney General accusing him of violating state law by redacting and withholding public records concerning his office retaining private law firms in a lawsuit against them.

Courtgoers sat quietly as the judge walked out and sheriff's deputies moved to handcuff Tony Pierce.

A Sandhills area midwife is seeking review of the dismissal of her challenge to Nebraska statutes that prohibit certified nurse-midwives from attending home births and bar working without "practice ag...

Daniel Holmberg, 62, appeared by video from the Lancaster County jail for the hearing that lasted less than 5 minutes in the case that broke with his arrest a day

In court records, the newly charged suspects were identified only as Sealed Defendant #3 and #4 as of Friday morning.

"Bank employees trusted me. I broke that trust. As a result, their institutions lost millions of dollars," Jesse Hill said, reading from a statement at his sentencing Thursday in Lincoln.

A Lincoln man has entered a no-contest plea to motor vehicle homicide for a crash last year that took the life of Ceresco Officer Ross Bartlett.

A district judge Monday denied an injunction that would have kept the so-called "Cornhusker Clink" from opening. But he also refused to dismiss the case as the state had asked.

"At the end of the day, your honor, the department has the authority to do exactly what it's doing," Assistant Nebraska Solicitor General Lincoln Korell argued.

Property owners near the site of a proposed eight-barn poultry operation are seeking judicial review of a Seward County Board's approval of a conditional-use permit.

Christopher Johnson's attorney, Tim Noerrlinger of the Nebraska Commission on Public Advocacy, argued footage from the so-called "pole cameras" shouldn't be allowed to go before the jury.

Sterling Jordan and Jennifer McCarther, both 51, were found dead from gunshot wounds in a bedroom at a home near South 14th and Sumner streets on Friday morning, police said.

A Lancaster County judge ordered the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services to answer why they turned away a sheriff's deputy who brought a man there to serve his sentence.

Lancaster County District Judge Lori Maret sentenced Rachel Pageler to the max she could — five years in prison — saying a young woman lost her life.

A defense attorney filed a motion challenging Thompson's extradition based on a competency evaluation by a Lincoln Regional Center doctor who was of the opinion he isn't competent for trial.

"We're definitely seeing an increase in that activity," Mark Stephenson, director of the state's Law Enforcement Training Center, said last week, speaking generally about an increase in police certifi...

"No one enters this field perfect, but it's how we learn, adapt and contribute that defines us," Lincoln Officer Fatima Ayal wrote in a letter of support.

The death led to report that called that state correctional system's double-bunking in restrictive housing at the prison "dangerous" and recommending an end to it.

Lincoln Police have identified the 37-year-old man struck by a pickup and killed Sunday morning while out for a run in south Lincoln as Anthony Miller of Omaha.

The Nebraska Supreme Court last week took up a question that rarely comes up in the state. When can a confession to a priest be used against someone at trial?

The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday said a legal challenge brought against the city of Lincoln over its ban on guns in public places could go forward in part.

Amber Summers was gifted a Lincoln MKZ from A1 Automotive and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, which will help her finish the veterans court program, she said.

Days after the sudden announcement that a state prison in McCook would be transformed into an ICE detention center, the community in the small town is still searching for answers.

Lancaster County officials are working to figure out why the amount it pays in legal fees for indigent clients facing criminal charges has skyrocketed in recent years.

At a preliminary hearing this week, Timothy Washington's attorney argued the state hadn't proven that Washington was acting with intent on Feb. 16.

"It's been a long four years of heartbreak, trauma, waiting, fighting for justice," Carly Schaaf's aunt said.

Addison Hejl's application was denied because she admitted to taking a single pill she believed to be Adderall that a friend gave her in April 2023.

Rachel Pageler pleaded guilty to two felony charges Thursday for her part in helping to dump Carly Schaaf's body at Pawnee Lake in 2021 and concealing evidence.

"Some of what may have happened may be against their (LPD) policy," Lancaster County Sheriff Terry Wagner said. "But it wasn't necessarily against the law."