Nebraska News

1870: The Burlington and Missouri River Railroad completed negotiations with the city of Lincoln for a depot site west of Eighth Street between O and Q streets, paying $5,000 to secure right of way through west Lincoln. The final site…

The jury awarded candidate Janet Palmtag of Nebraska City $500,000 in damages for the impact on her business and personal life from the mailers.

On Friday, jurors will be asked whether two Nebraska GOP flyers amounted to defamation and whether they'd acted knowing it wasn't true or with a reckless disregard for the truth.

At a jury trial Monday, the Nebraska Republican Party doubled down on the claims it made in two 2020 political flyers in a race for a state legislative seat.

1870: With an election approaching, the total number of registered voters in Lincoln was 298.

1870: Forty-eight Mormon emissaries left Omaha for Salt Lake City, their mission to convert Omahans to polygamy largely unsuccessful.

1870: A Lincoln editor saw a problem for the county commission: “For several days back the crossing of Stevens Creek bridge on the Ashland road has been at imminent risk of the lives of passengers and teams. We should wonder…