Nebraska News by JournalStar.com

A 77-year-old Oklahoma man was arrested Monday for the murder of Mary Kay Heese, who was found dead in a roadside ditch near Wahoo in 1969.

1869: A feud between Lincoln and Omaha over whether the Bellevue & Lincoln Railroad or the Omaha & Southwestern Railroad would build the line that would connect the two cities ended in a compromise: consolidation of the two. The Burlington…

1869: Gov. David Butler and other state leaders were fighting to gain money and prestige for the Nebraska Board of Immigration, which was established to promote emigration to Nebraska from Europe and the eastern United States.

Students got a lesson in the law Wednesday when the Wahoo High School's theater transformed into an official courtroom for oral arguments before the Nebraska Supreme Court.

1869: A U.S. Army paymaster journeyed to a Pawnee Indian reservation near Columbus to pay 164 Pawnee who had worked for the Army during the spring and summer. The scouts were to be mustered out of service for the winter.

Two Nebraska-based businesses lost more than $530,000 before realizing they'd been scammed. The investigation revealed over 70 U.S.-based business had been victimized at a loss exceeding $6 million.

1869: Pawnee Indian scouts employed by the U.S. Army fled from hostile Sioux to Plum Creek in Dawson County to get help. A detachment from Company C of the 5th Cavalry started out in pursuit of the Sioux.