Trek Up the Tower, at the First National Tower in downtown Omaha, typically draws more than 1,000 participants. Athletes climb up the tower's 40 floors and 870 steps.Â
On Saturday morning, firefighters from across the region — including Council Bluffs Fire Captain Rob Schoening, and his son, Jack Schoening, a…
Numerous events are scheduled this weekend to mark the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.Â
A Lincoln man was arrested for burglary after police said he broke into a church, stole a desk and tried to drag it up the stairs of the State Capitol building.
Collecting her Nobel Prize for Literature in December 1993 was one of the most terrifying moments of Toni Morrison's entire life, she said later.
Last year, Mark Block was back in Omaha for the first time since suffering his second spinal cord injury. Trekking up Omaha's tallest building was a win for the Ankeny, Iowa, man.
What it boiled down to was this: I didn't speak up or stand up or even cry out because I was scared. So my suffering continued.
Some climbers huffed and puffed, while others appeared to barely break a sweat as they made their way around the stadium four times. But their efforts, several said, were nothing compared with the sacrifices of those being honored: the 343 firefighters who died trying to rescue victims of the 9/11 attacks at the World Trade Center.
A memorial stair climb, which is open to the public, will be held Saturday at Werner Park.
Slated for Sept. 9 at Werner Park, the 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb will be the first time the public can attend the event, organized by Matt Gibbons, fire inspector at Offutt Air Force Base Fire Department.
A stair climb at Werner Park and a separate march through Omaha will each commemorate the attacks.
An upcoming memorial stair climb will remember one of the biggest tragedies in American history.
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Jennifer Lienemann ran into a snag early in her jaunt up the city's tallest building: On the third-floor stairwell landing, one of her shoes c…
Now in its 11th year, the event is a fundraiser for Wellcom, a nonprofit dedicated to improving worksite wellness. Organizers estimated the event raised $50,000.
It has been an uphill battle filled with obstacles. This is one of the things that I am most grateful for: the ability to keep moving forward even when the odds were stacked against me.