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Samantha Nieman began visiting the cannabis store Plant’d Farma and its next-door cocktail lounge, The Garden, after gravitating away from alcohol. She still wanted to enjoy the social scene and events she often found centered on drinking. Here, at a sleek bar counter in Omaha’s Old Market, she can...

A fire at Stella's Bar and Grill Wednesday morning has forced the beloved Bellevue restaurant to close indefinitely.

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Omaha, Nebraska – Nebraska sits in the center of the nation’s most active tornado corridor, giving residents only minutes to act when an alert is issued. According to the National Weather Service, tornadoes...

In a post on Facebook today, I found the story of a couple of remarkable. women…Helga and Clara Estby. Helga and her husband Ole had emigrated from Norway to Minnesota and then on to Spokane, Washington. In 1893 the economy crashed and the Estbys were on the verge of losing the family farm. So Helga decided to save...

Omaha Downtown Improvement District and what they're doing to help keep Omaha's downtown clean, green, safe, and active. Special thanks to Holly Barrett for sharing the work that the Omaha Downtown Improvement District does. David first started broadcasting at his hometown radio station in Holdrege, Nebraska while...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - An Omaha man who has a history of advocating for the poor and underserved in our community took his concerns on the road. Paul Feilmann recently returned from Minneapolis. He’s back home now hoping to spread the word of religious leaders on how immigrants should be treated in our country.

Council Bluffs addresses housing needs with new senior development approval. The project is expected to generate $200K+ in annual property taxes once TIF expires, but neighbors worry about traffic.

The Omaha Planning Board last week considered plans for development of the abandoned Salvation Army property near 26th & Center Street. The current plan would raze all current structures on the 3-acre site. The primary site would have two 4-story apartment buildings with 160 units total. Each building will have...

OMAHA, Neb. — A man identified as Jackson Monydeng was arrested on Oct. 4 after being stopped by Officer Zumaya for failing to signal properly while driving a silver Ford F150 in Nebraska. Officer Zumaya reported detecting the odor of alcohol and observing Monydeng's bloodshot, watery eyes. Monydeng consented...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Omaha Police arrested a 23-year-old man during the course of the investigation into a bank robbery on Tuesday afternoon. Deron Lewis-Payne was arrested Wednesday morning, after a foot pursuit that started near 33rd and Decatur streets, OPD said in an update. He was booked into Douglas...