OMAHA - People came out in force this week to support Parnell Matthews, a Nebraska State Patrol trooper. Matthews, 35, fell into a coma Feb. 23 after what may have been a stroke. His fellow troopers organized a benefit spaghetti feed to pay medical and other expenses. The event, held Wednesday at Omaha North High School, drew an estimated 800 people. ...

ST. PETERSBURG — Goliath Davis III, whose rise to the top of his hometown Police Department and City Hall made him the city's most influential African-American official, was fired by Mayor Bill Foster this week. Davis said the mayor wanted him out because he did not attend Tuesday's funeral for the third officer killed in the city in 28 days. Yet ...

SEVEN SPRINGS — An 11-year-old girl scared off a man who had entered her hotel room early Sunday and forced her into the bathroom, state police said. The suspect, identified as Justin Louis Weber, 23, of Pittsburgh, was later arrested by state police after he had been apprehended by Seven Springs Resort security. Police said the man had carried the girl ...