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Most Douglas, Sarpy County homeowners won't face big valuation hikes this year

Even as home prices climb up and up, the vast majority of homeowners won’t see a major jump this year.

 

Is your valuation too high? The Omaha World-Herald can help you find out

Our online app — Curbwise.com — has property valuation details for more than 200,000 homes in Douglas and Sarpy Counties.

 

Passers-by saw a pile of trees bound for the chipper. A college student saw an opportunity

In March 2017, Daniel Zavadil, then a sophomore at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, drove by the West Farm development near 144th Street and West Dodge Road and noticed a heaping pile of trees. To him, it looked like…

 

Street Closings, 6/2/18

Upcoming and ongoing Lincoln-area street closings.

 

Suspect in woman's death is killed in motorcycle crash on Interstate 80

Before the crash, Omaha police had issued an arrest warrant for Denberth Chavarria, 47, on charges of first-degree murder in the death of Joselyn Serrano-Albayero, 33. But he wasn't being pursued at the time of the crash, police said.

 

Cindy Lange-Kubick: Cowgirl singer says music helps her when she's happy, helps her when she's sad

The musician with cowgirl fringe on her blouse pulls out her daddy’s fiddle for a slow song.

 

At Elkhorn Days parade, several hundred celebrate area that's grown 'in leaps and bounds'

The combined effort of the Elkhorn and Elkhorn South bands embodied what the parade is all about — community spirit.

 

Lunch with Warren Buffett goes for more than $3.3 million

OMAHA — An anonymous bidder offered more than $3.3 million Friday for a private lunch with Warren Buffett, an amount just short of the record paid in 2016 and 2012 for the chance to pick the brain of the renowned…

 

From snakes and mice to new and nice: Habitat for Humanity building Lincoln family new home

Spiders, mice and snakes infest the home of Abdelkarim Yagoub, Sailwa Tibin and their four sons. Their basement has a hole in the wall letting the pests in, and the air conditioning doesn’t work in most areas of their house.

 

Man shot in back in Council Bluffs; investigation ongoing

Around 10 p.m. Friday, Council Bluffs police officers found Tony Hemiller, 45, shot once in the lower back at a residence at 1425 Avenue C.

 

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