In a win for proponents of medical marijuana, a U.S. district judge ruled Monday to temporarily suspend enforcement of a multi-county signature requirement that likely would have kept the initiative off the ballot in November.

An automatic fire alarm at Nox-Crete alerted firefighters shortly before 7 p.m. Nobody was at the warehouse at the time, Fitzpatrick said. The fire quickly accelerated to a three-alarm blaze. At its

Outfitted in a neon yellow safety vest with “Legal Observer” written in bold black letters, Riley Wilson arrived at the corner of 29th and Farnam streets at around 7:30 p.m. Friday.

Ruling in the employee’s favor, the court in an opinion published Friday also clarified what had only been implied in prior rulings: In a disputed claim for unemployment benefits where an employer says that an employee was fired for misconduct, the employer bears the burden of proving misconduct

Two Omaha business owners were sentenced to prison on Friday for violating worker safety standards before a 2015 explosion that left two of their employees dead.

In an opinion published Friday, the Supreme Court affirmed the lower court’s sentence and denied a new trial for Jon Worthman, who served as the elected public defender in Box Butte County for nearly two decades. Worthman was convicted in 2021 of cocaine possession with intent to distribute.

On the afternoon of June 20, 2002, the 44-year-old minister was on the lookout for carp along the banks of the Missouri River in Fremont County, Iowa — a common activity for the avid fisherman — when he was shot and killed. Twenty years later, there has been little movement in the case.

Hundreds more marched in the procession, which ran from Lake to Sprague Streets. Participants ranged from political candidates to dance teams to health clinics. Members of Omaha’s Shriner Temple, a fraternal organization, drove tiny cars in zigzags as kids rushed to high-five them from the sidewalks.

The website Playtime Scheduler was created to allow people to schedule pickleball playing times in over 100 localities. It’s also where interested people can sign up for an open pickleball session or lesson. But you have to be quick — by 8:05 p.m., nearly every session is booked.

Pickleball, a fast-paced game that is something of a combination of tennis and pingpong, has been declared the fastest-growing sport in the United States. According to a 2022 report from the Sports and Fitness Industry

See Change, the organization’s latest program which intends on tackling gender-based inequities within the industry, was announced this week by Film Streams leadership. By the end of 2021, they aim to reach gender equality among directors of all programmed films. This encompasses educational series, new releases, and restorations alike.

“I’ve benefited from a lot of great mentorship,” Blackwell said. “I think all of us owe it to those who came before us to do something for those who are going to come after us.”

Previously, Medicaid coverage in Nebraska only offered the basic tier of benefits, including visits to the doctor’s office, hospital, and prescription drugs. The new benefits include what were previously known as prime benefits: dental, vision and over-the-counter medicat