Boys Town, Nebraska

Tysheema Brown may get the lifeline she was seeking when she drove 1,000 miles with her troubled 12-year-old to drop him off at a Nebraska safe haven last month.

Todd Landry, director of the Division of Children and Family Services for the Department of Health and Human Services , Nebraska, said an 11-year-old boy is returning to Florida and the custody of the Florida ...

An 11-year-old Florida boy was abandoned by his father Wednesday at an Omaha hospital, just days before lawmakers are scheduled to meet and change the state's much-criticized safe-haven law.

The boy whose mother took him to Nebraska to get the child help for behavioral problems is coming back, officials in Nebraska said Tuesday.

Lincoln Public Schools has announced the two principals who will lead two new schools set to open in the fall of the 2009-2010 school year.

Nebraska lawmakers will hold a special session next month to limit the scope of Nebraska's safe haven law to newborns.

The woman who dropped off her 12-year-old child in Lincoln over the weekend was raised in Nebraska.

Nebraska and Georgia authorities are conferring about what they'll do with a 12-year-old boy whose mother drove him to a Lincoln hospital and left him under provisions of the state's unique safe-haven law.

Gov. Dave Heineman and Yahoo officials announced Friday morning the company will open operations in Nebraska.

A majority of lawmakers have agreed to amend Nebraska's "safe haven" law. The change could come at the beginning of the next legislative session in January, or during a special session if one is required.

A little pooch famous for having her picture taken with Barbara Bush when the first lady visited Omaha several years ago is missing.

State Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha says he wants Gov. Dave Heineman to call a special session of the Legislature to address flaws in Nebraska's safe haven law.

Officials are urging parents to seek help if they are having trouble with their kids, and only use the safe haven law as a last resort.

Day after day, we are bombarded with stories of greedy corporate leaders, corrupt politicians, and sports stars using drugs.

Editor's note: Lavennia Coover, who left her 11-year-old son at Immanuel Medical Center under Nebraska's safe haven law, sent this letter to news media and the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services ...

Children continue to get left a local hospitals. It happened three separate times in less 12 hours Wednesday evening.

The 11 children dropped off Wednesday evening under Nebraska's unique safe haven law lent urgency to the message that state officials and private service providers tried to convey today.

Get involved When troubled boys and girls check into Boys Town, they get a nudge in the back.

"If we don't stand up for children, then we don't stand for much." - Marian Wright Edelman This year's election, just two short months away, has been called the most important of our time.