Police found Anhil David Mirabal Hernandez, 42, from Columbus, lying on the ground with an apparent gunshot wound to the chest, Columbus Police Captain Doug Molczyk said in a statement Wednesday.

A 43-year-old Lincoln woman has been charged with felony theft for allegedly embezzling from the Nebraska Sports Council, the nonprofit organization where she worked.

The Nebraska Department of Corrections did not release details on the death of the inmate, Michael Becker, 25. Becker was serving a 15- to 20-year sentence on charges out of Buffalo County that ...