The tracks Omaha paved over: How the 20th-century streetcar shaped a growing city
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3 teens arrested after gunpoint robbery on ORBT bus along its route in Central Omaha
Read the full article on KMTV 3 Two people told OPD they were robbed at gunpoint on Saturday night This took place on an ORBT bus Three teens were arrested by OPD BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT: OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) – OPD responded to 90th and Dodge after 8 p.m. Saturday after two people reported being robbed at […]
JUST REVEALED: New season of Voices AMPLIFIED! is announced, with return of Choose-What-You-Pay
Read the full article on KMTV 3 Connect with Omaha Performing Arts, as a KMTV 3 series, is built on neighborhood events and efforts to ensure access to the arts. Voices AMPLIFIED! represents access in a few forms, and the schedule for an all-new season is now out. 26/27 begins with From Page to Stage: […]
Omaha police issue 715 citations, make 100 arrests during special street enforcement
Read the full article on KMTV 3 OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — Omaha police made 100 arrests and issued 715 citations for street racing and reckless driving between March 1 and April 30. Among the highlights of the operation: 68 careless, reckless, drag racing and sideshow arrests, 239 speeding citations, 24 DUI and DUI drug arrests, 6 seatbelt violations. Lt. […]
Omaha-area tourism groups announce 2026 standouts as state celebrates national travel week
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha recently underwent a major expansion and overhaul. It was one of the winners in this year’s Omaha Metropolitan Area Tourism Awards contest. (Courtesy of Visit Omaha) OMAHA — Nearly 14,000 votes cast in this year’s Omaha Metropolitan Area Tourism Awards contest led to a […]
April 24: Capitol Environs Commission approves LPS parking lot landscaping plan
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April 23: Metro Transit Board approves facility upgrades and clean audit
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Former nurse who drew public attention to victims of Whiteclay needs help
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner LINCOLN — For years, the saga of the never-ending flow of alcohol from the tiny Nebraska village of Whiteclay to the adjacent Pine Ridge Indian Reservation focused on drunken people on the street. They were a group of a dozen or more people without homes who drank openly along […]
Future of Nebraska Broadband Office unclear following reduction in federal BEAD funds
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner LINCOLN — In the wake of federal pressure for states to use less in allocated funds, and now without a permanent director, the future of Nebraska’s Broadband Office is murky. Gov. Jim Pillen established the office as one of his first acts as governor in January 2023, which […]
OPINION: Ignoring another chance to be safer
Read the full article on Nebraska Examiner The elephant, or, more to the point, the large-caliber weapon in the room, is once again being ignored. Whatever the metaphor, we witnessed another burst of public gunfire, this time in the nation’s capital, in what is being called an assassination attempt. Gratefully, no one was killed. Crime […]