Omaha police search for suspect in cutting that injured one a man
One person was injured in a cutting on Sunday morning.
Bright and warm start to the week for Omaha area
Potential top 10 day Monday with warm temperatures and abundantly sunny skies. Meteorologist Caitlin Harvey has the forecast you trust from Omaha’s Weather Leader.
Motorcycle crash in Council Bluffs sends one person to hospital
Council Bluffs police investigate what caused a motorcycle crash that sent one person to the hospital Sunday night.
Counterprotester threw improvised explosive at anti-Islam event in NYC, police say
A device thrown by a counterprotester during an anti-Islam demonstration in New York City was an improvised explosive. Police say the object contained nuts, bolts and screws, plus a hobby fuse.
Nebraska braces for latest private school funding, vouchers fight, now eyeing $3.5M
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen, center, smiles with local private school students after ceremoniously signing a proclamation for “National School Choice Week” in the state. Jan. 28, 2026. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner) LINCOLN — A majority of Nebraska voters in 45 of 49 legislative districts repealed the state’s last program […]
Airports see hours-long delays due to TSA shortages as DHS shutdown shows no sign of ending
Lines at security checkpoints stretched more than an hour at airports across the country, as the partial government shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security continues.
Pillen: Nebraska’s ballot measure process ‘does not represent the people speaking’
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner State Sens. Lou Ann Linehan and Justin Wayne of Omaha flank Gov. Jim Pillen after he signed into law LB 753, the Opportunity Scholarships Act, on May 30, 2023. (Courtesy of the Nebraska Governor’s Office) LINCOLN — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen downplayed the mandate of ballot measures in […]
Omaha forum of experts and students to delve into online and digital media dangers, safety tools
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner OMAHA — Panelists including students and digital media and media health experts will lead a March 10 “community conversation” in Omaha to help demystify what Nebraska teens experience online. The event, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Elkhorn North High School, will be hosted by Elkhorn […]
Crude oil prices spike near $120 a barrel as the Iran war impedes production and shipping
Oil prices have briefly spiked near $120 a barrel as the Iran war disrupts oil production and shipping in the Middle East.
OPINION: Sin taxes raise money, old ideas
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner While bombs continued to burst in air far away, a proposal in the Nebraska Legislature to add a buck to a single pack of cigarettes went up in a cloud of filibustered smoke last week. The bill, LB 1124, failed to reach the magic number of 33 — […]