The grand jury was convened for the case of James Scurlock who died after being shot by Jake Gardner. Over the weekend, barricades were placed in front of and around the Douglas County District Courthouse and Civic Center, while anticipation builds for a decision by the grand jury.
Read MoreOver 100 people were detained in a mass arrest in Omaha Nebraska last weekend while professing Justice for James Scurlock and solidarity with the Protests in Portland. It is believed the mass arrest violated state law, and the violent treatment protesters say they experienced at the hands of police raises bigger questions of civil rights violations. Hear what the protesters experienced in their own words in The Protestors' Diary: Farnam Street Bridge.
Read MoreDr. Susan Swindells, M.B.B.S. has been working as a part of an expert panel that has discovered treatment guidelines for the Coronavirus. She was invited to join the panel by Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, as one of twenty-seven institutes that encompass the National Institute of Health.
Read MoreDr. Ali Khan, Dean of the College of Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center offered his perspective in a press release earlier this month, “I would like to remind people that even though we are in a global pandemic – there’s multiple different epidemics in different regions of the country, even in the United States.”
Read MoreTwo new cases of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, have been confirmed in Douglas County residents, including one that was announced Saturday, March 14, as being under investigation. The Douglas County Health Department has continued an extensive contact investigation and determined there also are additional public exposures.
Read MoreBy Luis E. Jimenez | At a town hall meeting Cavanaugh aimed to persuade participants of his “Alternative 2.0” proposal April 22 at North High School.
Read MoreBy Luis E. Jimenez | Latest on Douglas County justice reform and juvenile detention center.
Read More“I wish we would spend more time helping these young people instead of building jails or detention centers,” said Portia Cavitt, when asked what she knew about the Douglas County Board of Commissioners’ plan to build a juvenile justice center at 18th and Harney Streets.
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