LINCOLN – Gov. Pete Ricketts appointed Richard “Rick” R. Smith of Cook to the county court for the first district of Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson, Saline and Thayer counties.
The primary place of office for the judgeship will be either Richardson County, Nemaha County, or Pawnee County, to be determined by the Nebraska Supreme Court in consultation with Judge Smith.
Smith fil…