OMAHA — The Omaha City Council gave the nod Tuesday to a measure that empowers the city to force acquisition of private property, if necessary, to build out the multimillion-dollar streetcar route.

The city’s Public Works director said, however, that the city does not see any need to use the often-controversial power of eminent domain.

LINCOLN — The 911 outages that slammed eastern Nebraska in late 2023 and early 2024 led the Nebraska Public Service Commission this month to file a formal complaint against Windstream, the telecommunications company whose systems failed.

LINCOLN — The former city clerk in Ponca, Nebraska, now stands charged with three criminal offenses for allegedly destroying years of city financial records just prior to her dismissal 16 months ago.

Denise Peterson, 59, was charged recently in Dixon County Court with one count each of abuse of public records and official misconduct, and one count of violation of the state records act.