Omaha NE

Shopping trips usually begin with one thing on the list. They rarely end that way. A few stores turn into ten, someone spots an unexpected deal, lunch becomes part of the itinerary, and the car feels much fuller on the drive home. Finding everything in one place feels especially satisfying...

Carl's at Mahoney, the restaurant in Eugene T. Mahoney State Park's Peter Kiewit Lodge, will close on Aug. 7, continuing a pattern of turnover in the dining space that has outlasted three different operators and every payment structure Nebraska Game and Parks has tried. Owners Carl and Diane Kucera opened...

Overnight thundershowers and Thursday wildfire risk (7/15)

Kevin Cole – Omaha World-Herald, Neb. An 11-year-old boy went to an Omaha hospital in extremely critical condition Tuesday afternoon after the electric scooter he was riding collided with a pickup truck near Bennington. The boy, whose name was not released, was taken by a Bennington Fire Department ambulance...

The 64-bed residential treatment center was recently renovated, and the improvements carry personal meaning for one of the project’s major donors.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Renovations of a North Omaha landmark are well underway. The Omaha Star is undergoing significant changes — and facing significant challenges to see them through. The newsroom is being transformed and will eventually become a museum. The park outside the building has also been redesigned.

Bob Pierce, the Hall of Fame Dirt Late Model driver, chassis builder and crew chief for his son Bobby, underwent successful surgery today at an Omaha, Neb., hospital, the team announced. In an evening Facebook update of the 74-year-old’s condition, the younger Pierce said he had a morning “health scare”...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Students with children at the University of Nebraska Omaha are unsure of their future as fall classes approach, still dealing with the loss of the only daycare center on campus. University officials closed the facility at the start of the summer, saying it was operating at...

Bobo’s Noodles and Dumplings opened in April on the corner of 14th & Cuming Street, a block west of Charles Schwab Field. Its owners are Jian “Peter” Pan and his wife Maomao. Peter and Maomao also own Bo Bo China in Millard and Blue Hawaii in Aksarben.

Officers with the Omaha Police Department were called to the crash near 144th and Corby streets just before 12:30 a.m. Thursday.