On October 2, 2020, District 4A Specialized Probation Officers Angie Morehead, Patrick McNemar, and Zahra Sorensen-Snoza coordinated and supervised the Adams Park clean-up. Adams Park consists of 60 acres along John Creighton Blvd. at 30th & Bedford streets and includes a community center, a community garden, and a pond. The volunteers (nine probation clients and five probation staff) picked up trash, cleaned out the community garden, and helped beautify the park. Chief Probation Officer...Read more

With the onset of the pandemic, another threat immediately surfaced. Cyberattacks spiked, with attackers finding new ways to exploit the conditions brought on by widespread remote working and sending a rash of targeted COVID-19 phishing email attempts. Security Officer Chris Hepburn made it his singular mission to protect the Supreme Court's computer network, mitigating risks and chasing down any threats to the system. Thank you Chris Hepburn for your tenacity and talent, particularly during...Read more

During the month of September, Statewide Language Access Coordinator Jennifer Verhein, with outstanding clerical support from Ashtin Pawloski, administered Written Interpreter Exams in Grand Island, Omaha, Norfolk, and Lincoln. Twenty aspiring court interpreters who collectively speak six different languages took the 135-question multiple-choice test of English language, court-related vocabulary, and interpreter ethics. Eight who tested achieved a score qualifying them to sit for the Oral...Read more

District Six Probation Office located in Fremont hosts a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating an expansion to its Reporting Center. The event kicked off Friday, September 11. The expansion, announced earlier in March, allows for additional funding. Once a service center, this expansion now allows more opportunity to provide additional and more diverse classes to those in need. Since July 2019, more than 2,400 individuals attended classes at the Service Center. The Fremont Reporting Center is the...Read more