A rendering unveiled Sunday shows the future Food Bank for the Heartland headquarters at 84th and L Streets in Omaha. Work on clearing the site and construction is to begin this summer, with a move expected in 2026. (Courtesy of HDR and Project Advocates) OMAHA — Rising demand for food assistance across the 93 counties […]
Nebraska’s congressional delegation, from left, U.S. Pete Ricketts, U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, U.S. Rep. Adrian Smith, U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer and U.S. Rep. Mike Flood on Monday, June 19, 2023, in Lincoln, Neb. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner) LINCOLN — Nebraska’s U.S. senators are celebrating a pause in a plan to move Nebraska’s mail processing operations from North […]
It remains too close to determine the top two candidates for the Nebraska Legislature’s north-central Omaha District 13 seat. Nick Batter, left, had a significant lead at about 38%. The next two in the race were separated by five votes as of the end of Tuesday, May 14, with about 23% each: Ashlei Spivey, center, […]
For the Legislature’s 25 seats up for election in 2024, 15 races have more than two candidates this election cycle. Of those 54 candidates, 30 will advance to November. Not pictured: Bob Holman of Auburn and Christopher Geary of Omaha, who declined to provide photos. (Photos courtesy of the candidates and the Unicameral Information Office) […]
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — In one of the most closely watched congressional races this year, U.S. Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska is looking to defeat a fellow Republican in Tuesday’s primary election in his quest for reelection. He’ll have to do it without the support of the state Republican Party, which has endorsed his primary […]
FILE – Bailey Boswell walks into the courtroom for the sentencing hearing of the 2017 murder of Sydney Loofe, Monday, Nov. 8, 2021, in Wilber, Neb. The Nebraska Supreme Court has upheld the murder conviction and life sentence of Boswell, Friday, May 10, 2024, in the 2017 death and dismemberment of a Nebraska hardware store […]
Bill Gates Harvests $113 Million In Nebraska Farmland, Takes Out $700 Million In Loans Over the past six years, billionaire Bill Gates has spent more than $113 million purchasing Nebraska farmland and has taken out two loans totaling $700 million against it. Gates owns about 20,000 acres of farmland in Nebraska, where longtime friend and […]
LINCOLN, Neb. – A powerful tornado tore through Lincoln, Nebraska, on April 26 during the deadly Plains tornado outbreak, and a camera caught winds demolishing a manufacturing plant for Garner Industries. A dash cam in a car parked just three rows away from where the EF-3 tornado captured walls, roofs and even cars flying in […]
Two people killed in Friday’s shooting near a convenience store on Nebraska Avenue in Tampa have been identified. According to an arrest affidavit for Whitney Rashad Newsome made public on Monday, Newsome shot Fredrick J. Russell, 41, and Breanna L. Jones, 23, during an argument. Officers responded about 10:30 a.m. to the 900 block of […]
Karime’s Child Care is a home child care provider in Grand Island, NE. We Care for Kids is a campaign in the state that is raising awareness of the importance of quality early childhood education across the state. (Courtesy of We Care for Kids) LINCOLN — More than 80% of respondents in a new statewide […]
WAVERLY, Neb. – A train conductor was caught in the direct path of an EF-3 tornado in Nebraska, part of a severe weather outbreak over the weekend responsible for more than 100 tornadoes across the Plains and Midwest. On April 26, a violent supercell produced dozens of tornadoes over eastern Nebraska in Elkhorn, Waverly, Blair […]
Weather officials urged residents in eastern Nebraska to seek shelter “immediately” as tornadoes moved through the Lincoln and Omaha metro areas on Friday, April 26. On Friday afternoon, the National Weather Service confirmed a tornado touched down in the Lincoln area. Footage filmed by Clint Hendricks shows the massive tornado swirl as he drove on […]