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Lots of people arrived at the park before dawn to claim their spots.

For Saturday in the Omaha area, expect a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon and a high around 90.

A wooden bridge on Buffalo Road in Sarpy County was closed Wednesday afternoon for repairs after an overweight truck or piece of equipment went over it.

The boy’s parents allege that they had complained to school officials that their son was being bullied but Westside administrators didn’t separate the two before the May 2016 bike-pump incident.

The driver of the school bus that crashed into an electrical substation in west Omaha on Wednesday has been cited on suspicion of failure to yield.

The mayor is proposing shortening the fireworks season by five days around Independence Day and restricting the hours fireworks can be set off.

A head-on crash on Old Lincoln Highway between Council Bluffs and Crescent, Iowa, Thursday afternoon killed one man and put another in an Omaha hospital in critical condition.

There’s been a last-minute change to the music lineup for Friday night’s free concert and fireworks at Memorial Park.

Celebrate the Fourth of July with fireworks, live music and more. Here's a list of local festivities.

Local experts say they emerged about 10 days ago in the region and are popping up on trees, bushes and other plants.