Kids give out free lemonade at Millard Days parade
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - What started as a backyard barbecue over 60 years ago has turned into a weeklong festival celebrated by hundreds. The Millard Days parade started with hard work from some small entrepreneurs. “First we have to build the stand, and then we had to buy all of...
Omaha City Council agenda notes for September 1
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Here are a few items on the agenda for Tuesday’s Omaha City Council meeting. No. 43: A public hearing and vote on making a policy to incentivize or require affordable housing in development projects seeking TIF funds. Nos. 44-50: Public hearings on various School Resource...
Ben Doody on the Future of Omaha News
Ben Doody, executive editor at Omaha World Herald, joins Grow Omaha to discuss the paper’s strategic partnership with Grow Omaha and a broader expansion of local business coverage. Grow Omaha content is already appearing on Omaha.com, with plans for Grow Omaha contributions to a revived standalone Sunday business secti
A World-Class Omakase in America’s Most Landlocked State
Many of the commercial strips in Omaha, a city of about half a million people, have the air of a nineties college town, with low-slung blocks of row houses punctuated by dive bars and cafés, thrift stores and record shops. If the city is known for anything, food-wise, it’s beef; from the mid-nineteenth century to the m
Omaha Streetcar name announced with renderings
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The name and renderings of the Omaha Streetcar were revealed by Mayor John Ewing and the Streetcar team on Friday. “Oscar” will be the official nickname for the Streetcar as it tested well with focus groups, per a city release, and that it carries “personality.”
Grand jury finds no wrongdoing in 8 in-custody deaths, recommends more mental health resources
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A Douglas County grand jury found no criminal wrongdoing by law enforcement in the deaths of eight people who died while in custody this past year. A recommendation came out of one case that was the focus of a First Alert 6 investigation earlier this year.
Baby found in alley in Omaha with umbilical cord still attached
OMAHA, Neb. (KLKN) — Around 8 a.m., officers with Omaha Police Department (OPD) responded to a fire station for a child welfare check. Omaha Fire Department reported an infant had been found in an alley and was brought to the fire station. The infant girl had been wrapped in...
Scooter’s CEO Keeps Focus On Profitable Expansion as System Evolves
For our Top CEOs in Franchising feature in the September issue, we identified notable leaders who are guiding their brands through periods of growth, change and, of course, challenges. Check out more stories. As just the third CEO in the 28-year history of Scooter’s Coffee, Joe Thornton knows an essential...
Take a look at the branding, design and name of Omaha’s streetcar
The Omaha Streetcar has a name: Oscar. Mayor John Ewing and the city’s streetcar team rolled out the branding, design and name of the upcoming streetcar system at the Kiewit Luminarium Friday afternoon. Five focus groups and more than 1,200 surveys contributed to the final branding. “We were receiving...
The Bay launches fundraising campaign for new Omaha facility
Organizers of The Bay announced a fundraising campaign Friday to equip a new 40,000-square-foot facility in Omaha. The nonprofit serves youth ages 4-24 in Omaha and Lincoln, and is launching a new hub currently under construction at 6120 Military Ave. in Omaha’s Benson neighborhood. A press release stated the...
