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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — In Wheeler County, Nebraska, if you want a divorce, attorneys who can help you are nearly 50 miles away.

There's only one attorney, James McNally, in the north-central county, and he is its sole prosecutor. He's been there for 50 years and was at one point one of five attorneys. He has a side practice handling probate and estate services, but obviously can't take criminal defense cases.

There's a reason more lawyers don't land in places like Wheeler County, one of 11 counties that have no attorneys outside of elected prosecutors, he said. With so few people to serve and rece...