The 87-year-old woman has written long, newsy, honest letters for almost 50 years, making connections with others and creating a family history.
You don't have to have the respiratory virus or know someone who does to feel the pandemic's beginning and widespread effects: No parade for the Irish on Saturday. No holy water at church this morning. No school Monday or maybe for weeks. No office work for Mutual of Omaha and Conagra.
The Omaha team, which had a deaf coach, was undefeated in 1931.
The truck-driving couple won a national award for their rescue efforts.
The U.S. Army's seizure of the famed 'Bridge at Remagen' 75 years ago made 2nd Lt. Karl Timmermann of West Point, Nebraska, famous. But the young man who was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross wasn't honored in his hometown until years later, long after his death.
Read about the epic Odyssey of a beloved Honda minivan.
At the center of the tussle are Nebraska Democratic Party chairwoman Jane Kleeb and Douglas County Democratic Party chairwoman Crystal Rhoades.
Staff and families of teens tell of troubles at Kearney juvenile center. "I'm scared," one mom said, and the current situation has led to frustration and turnover among staff.
The ultimate goal of LeadDIVERSITY is to not only help workplaces become more inclusive, but also train a network of advocates who can help lead a broader community drive for equity.
Christina Portwine's story has been a driver behind Rep. Don Bacon's efforts to change the law to make it easier for people who allege sexual assault in the military to come forward.
Former Fontenelle Elementary Principal Eric Nelson pleaded no contest this week to a misdemeanor charge of failure to report child abuse. He faces up to three months in jail or one year of probation when he is sentenced in April.
The plan targets trouble spots known to local drivers, calls for wholesale interchange redesigns to improve traffic flow and opens the door to signaled on-ramps and driving on the Interstate shoulder.
Under a bill in the Legislature, by June 30, 2021, the school board of each school district and the governing authority of each private, denominational or parochial school would have to adopt a policy regarding appropriate relationships between a student and a school employee or a student teacher or intern. The policy would have to prohibit any school employee, student teacher or intern from engaging in grooming.
The Nebraska Indian Education Association praised the standards for including pre-Columbian history, the centuries when indigenous people thrived in the Americas before the arrival of Christopher Columbus.
Read through the obituaries published today in Omaha World-Herald.
Omaha leaders, along with Rep. Don Bacon, announced Friday that millions of dollars in city and federal funding would be dedicated to the North 24th Street Streetscape Master Plan.
The four resident orangutans at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium are about to have new digs that immerse the animals into a more natural habitat mimicking the rainforests of southeast Asia.
Our weekly round-up of letters published in the Omaha World-Herald.
A U.S. District Court judge will likely decide next week whether or not to freeze assets of AltEn's parent company at the request of seed companies cleaning up the site.
Proponents and opponents alike raised concerns Friday about Gov. Jim Pillen's proposal to change how farm and ranch land is valued for property taxes in Nebraska.
A bill in the Nebraska Legislature would create income tax credits for donations to organizations that provide scholarships to attend private and parochial schools.
The teacher shortage has given new life to the effort to junk basic-skills testing for Nebraska teachers.
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An attempted drug robbery, then a fatal shooting of a teen outside Omaha's Westroads Mall in 2021. The first-degree murder trial of J'Maun Haynie began with emotional testimony and dramatic audio.
In a span of just 10 minutes, 32-year-old Joseph Jones entered a west Omaha Target store with an AR-15 style rifle, fired multiple shots and was killed by a responding police officer.
Seven people have been arrested in connection with a Jan. 8 robbery-turned-slaying of a 19-year-old Fremont man in Council Bluffs.
Still numb from the trauma of Tuesday's active shooter, customers of a west Omaha Target returned to the store Wednesday to pick up belongings they had left behind the day before.
Proponents and opponents alike raised concerns Friday about Gov. Jim Pillen's proposal to change how farm and ranch land is valued for property taxes in Nebraska.
A bill in the Nebraska Legislature would create income tax credits for donations to organizations that provide scholarships to attend private and parochial schools.
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen appointed Jim Scheer to the University of Nebraska Board of Regents to replace himself.
Gov. Jim Pillen made the case for key pieces of his tax package this week but ran into stiff opposition on capping school revenues and taking away community college property tax authority.