Claire Burnett

3 weeks ago | kfab.iheart.com | Terry Leahy |Claire Burnett

Photo: Douglas Sacha / Moment / Getty Images(Omaha, NE) -- Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine has ruled that a sheriff's sergeant’s use of deadly force in the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Janidi Ibrahim was justified. “Because he wasn’t the initiator of the deadly force—the individual who had the gun pointed at him when he drove past—he got out to intervene, and the gun was pointed at him again. That’s the initiator of deadly force,” said Kleine during Thursday’s press conference.

3 weeks ago | kfab.iheart.com | Terry Leahy |Claire Burnett

Photo: zimmytws / iStock / Getty Images(Omaha, NE) -- Mayor-elect John Ewing Junior is calling for better coordination between federal immigration authorities and local officials following a widely circulated video showing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arresting a man at a West Omaha restaurant. The incident occurred Sunday at the Early Bird restaurant’s West Omaha location, where ICE agents detained an employee.

3 weeks ago | whoradio.iheart.com | JD Snover |Craig Michaels |Claire Burnett

Photo: zimmytws / iStock / Getty Images(Des Moines, IA) -- As the U.S. Senate continues to consider President Trump's proposed "Big Beautiful Bill," the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projects it would cut $625 billion in Medicaid funding over the next 10 years. Some are concerned about what that could mean for Iowa communities.

3 weeks ago | kfab.iheart.com | Terry Leahy |Claire Burnett

(Omaha, NE) --Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine is ruling a deputy's use of deadly force in the shooting of 19-year-old Janidi Ibrahim was justified. Sgt. Jessie Ronk shot and killed Ibrahim on May 22 during a firearms investigation. Authorities say Ibrahim pointed a loaded handgun at Ronk at least once. The Douglas County Sheriff's Office will hold a press conference with more details on the shooting this afternoon.

1 month ago | kfab.iheart.com | Terry Leahy |Claire Burnett

Photo: Jeremy Poland / iStock / Getty Images(Omaha, NE) — The canvassing is complete, and the results of the Omaha City Election are now certified and official. “We make sure that the number of voters who signed into the polling place equals the number of ballots we ran through the machine for each polling place or each precinct, and we do that for both in-person voting and early voting,” said Douglas County Election Commissioner Brian Kruse.