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The severe storms dealt damaging winds and deluges that flooded streets and roads, stalled cars, caused power outages, delayed or closed schools and postponed graduation ceremonies.

Settlement of the town on the west bank of the Elkhorn River began in the late 1860s, but it took three attempts before its incorporation in January 1883.

In an effort to be proactive to the state’s growing problem with high nitrate levels in groundwater, State Sen. Teresa Ibach introduced LB 1368, the Nitrogen Incentive Reduction Act, in

Ken Stinson, a former Kiewit chairman, co-led the effort to plan, design, raise money for and build Omahas new downtown parks. He is the Omaha World-Herald’s 2023 Midlander of the

Three years after the Benson band and the schools all-girl Bunny Brigade marched in the 1955 King Orange Jamboree parade in Miami, it was Omaha Westside parading in Miami while

A familiar name is linked to Eppley Airfield and a trans-continental airmail service.

A familiar name is linked to Eppley Airfield and a trans-continental airmail service.

The first outdoor Christmas trees in Omaha were in the wealthier neighborhoods of Omaha near Elmwood Park along Farnam Street, and in Fairacres.

Robert “Bob” G. Volk, age 85, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, at age 85. He was born in Norfolk, Neb., to John and Amelia Volk of Battle Creek. Bob was the youngest of 6. On the …

Monkey Island in the 1930s and an auto tourist camp in the 1920s were popular, but short-lived, draws for the park, as were a statue dedicated to Omaha amateur baseball