Melvin L. Wilson, 40, of Omaha was sentenced in a federal court on Oct. 19 for his role in an armed bank robbery back in 2019.

Skye Parde, 38, of Nebraska City was sentenced on Oct. 20 for acquiring a controlled substance by fraud - a felony.

Two northeast Oklahoma cities, state law enforcement and business groups and the states of Texas, Kansas, Louisiana and Nebraska have filed briefs supporting the state’s request that the U.S. Supreme Court overturn its decision that some tribal reservations were never disestablished.