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Omaha Public Schools is projecting nearly 700 teachers to leave the district. The departures follow a national staff shortage in public schools around the U.S.
In the hard-fought race Republican voters Tuesday gave the edge to Gov. Ricketts’ preferred candidate: University of Nebraska Regent and Columbus hog producer Jim Pillen.
After losing her shoe, Talaya Crawford hollered for officials to stop the race. Despite the other girls having about a 20-meter lead, she kept running and overtook the other runners to win the heat.
Mayor Jean Stothert is proposing to annex three areas near city limits that would add 177 acres to Omaha.
Sarpy County sheriff's deputies have issued criminal mischief citations to nine juveniles who they say destroyed fences in various neighborhoods around the county.
An Omaha teenager was pronounced dead at the scene of two-vehicle crash on Interstate 29 Saturday near Missouri Valley, Iowa.
Poll workers reported that Bellevue Mayor Rusty Hike was shaking hands with voters at polling sites during Tuesday's election. Hike denied that he was shaking hands or otherwise electioneering.
A man has sued former Dodge County Attorney Oliver Glass, the county, the City of Fremont and others over his confinement in a mental-health unit following badgering phone calls and texts from Glass.
The price tag of Mutual of Omaha's planned skyscraper has gone up. Mutual's new headquarters, originally estimated at $443 million, is now expected to cost about $600 million.
Nearly two weeks after a leaked draft suggested the Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade, hundreds gathered in Omaha to denounce the anticipated decision.
