OFFUTT AFB, Nebraska, Nov. 4 -- The U.S. Air Force Offutt Air Force Base (55th Air Wing) issued the following news: Bellevue Public Schools recently announced they were awarded a $2 million Department of Defense Education Activity competitive grant. The five-year award will be used for Operation Taking Flight, whose goal will be to increase math proficiency for all students and initiate a new BPS Aviation Academy. "Bellevue Public Schools is honored to once again partner with DoDEA to support  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Nov. 2 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on Nov. 1, 2023: Director Jeffrey Lusk of the U.S. Small Business Administration's Disaster Field Operations Center-West today reminded small nonfarm businesses in nine Iowa counties and neighboring counties in Nebraska and South Dakota of the Dec. 1 deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-interest loans are to offset eco  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Nov. 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release: Acting United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Jade Wondercheck, 44, of Holdrege, Nebraska, was sentenced October 27, 2023, in federal court in Lincoln, Nebraska for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Senior United States District Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Wondercheck to 140 months' imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system.  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Nov. 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release: Acting United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Sarah N. Baldwin, 31, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced on October 27, 2023, in federal court in Lincoln for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine actual (pure). Senior United States District Court Judge M. John Gerrard sentenced Baldwin to 120 months' imprisonment. There is no paro  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Nov. 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release: Acting United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Rafael Hernandez, 30, of Norfolk, Nebraska, was sentenced on November 1, 2023, in federal court in Omaha for possession with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine. United States District Court Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Hernandez to 140 months' imprisonment. There is no parole in the federa  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Nov. 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release: Acting United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Baldemar Rodriguez Baldwin, 47, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced in Omaha on October 27, 2023, in federal court for Conspiracy to Distribute and Possession with Intent to Distribute more than 50 grams of Methamphetamine (actual). Chief United States District Court Judge Robert F. Rossiter Jr. sentenced Baldwin to 147   more