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Hurricane-strength straight-line winds were reported with the storm, downing power lines and tree limbs, and damaging some structures. At various points Monday evening, the Omaha Public Power District reported about 1,800 customers without power.

An Uber driver became uber upset after being robbed early Sunday, so he chased the suspect until police arrived to make an arrest.

The line was struck around 11:45 a.m., and roads were shut near the Best Buy store at the northeast end of Village Pointe shopping mall.

Today’s decision by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals further vindicates members of the so-called Beatrice Six, who collectively spent more than 70 years locked away for the killing of 68-year-old Helen Wilson in Beatrice.

Allison Baird, 20, Miss Star City, was first runner-up and will step in to serve as Miss Nebraska if Shultis is unable to fulfill her duties.

Bluffs officials are conducting an investigation into the fire, police said.

Temperatures on Tuesday and Wednesday will be in the mid-80s after the front moves through the region.

For almost 40 years, the public slides near the intersection of 11th and Farnam Streets have served as a nostalgic enclave for many Omaha families, attracting generation after generation for speedy trips down to the crushed rocks below. Earlier this…

Beth Stone planted the flowers last month on the patio of Omaha’s Methodist Estabrook Cancer Center, where the two Nebraska women received treatment.

On June 11, 2008, tragedy struck at the 1,800-acre camp about an hour north of downtown Omaha. An EF3 tornado, with 145-mph winds, descended, striking and leveling a cabin where campers had sought shelter as warnings of the storm circulated…