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The United Way of the Midlands Day of Action offered a relaxing form of action on Thursday: reading. Corporate and community volunteers read and gave books to kids at several Omaha-area locations, to reinforce the importance of summer reading.

Omaha National Cemetery and its support committee are asking veterans and the public to turn out Friday for a burial service for two Vietnam-era veterans who have no known local family attending.

After a preliminary hearing, Douglas County District Judge Horacio Wheelock ordered Short, DeVaughn Perkins and Laeshon Owen to stand trial on charges of jury and evidence tampering and conspiracy.

A Hancock, Iowa, man who operated a hunting dog training and breeding company was charged with 40 counts of animal neglect on Thursday. The charges stemmed from a May investigation when authorities found a number of abused dogs, four dead…

Relatives reunite with 23-year-old after realizing the error and contacting Bluffs police.

He watched two people steal his kids' pool. Within days, he'd gotten two replacements and a job opportunity.

When one customer said Gerda's reminded him of his grandma's, it was easy to see why: Bright lights, white Formica counter, cluttered shelves, newspaper clippings and photos tacked up everywhere. A ringing phone, a humming, sweet-smelling kitchen, a line of…

A 52-year-old man shot another man and then committed suicide in his Gretna apartment, authorities said.

Owner and founder Mike Draper said an Omaha store has been on the company’s radar for a while. Raygun has stores in Iowa in Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and in Kansas City, Missouri.

NU administrators in Varner Hall in Lincoln recommend a 3.2 percent increase in tuition for 2018-19.