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South 135th Street between Q and Riggs Streets is closed for seven days for street repair.

The fires occurred Saturday near South 13th and Vinton Streets at 1:35 p.m., and near Fontenelle Boulevard and Maple Street at 5 p.m.

The holiday weekend in the Omaha area is forecast to be mostly sunny with highs in the mid- to upper 80s, the weather service said.

In February, I wrote about a Nepalese man hoping to get tumors removed. Five years ago, I wrote about a couple celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary. And in 2014, I wrote about a college student over 60.

The school, part of the Omaha Public Schools system, educates students from across Omaha and the surrounding area with a variety of complex needs, often multiple cognitive and physical disabilities. There are 60 students today, ranging in age from 5…

Omaha-based Metonic Real Estate Solutions helped refine a project it thinks will target an unmet demand in the west Omaha area, said Metonic’s Eric Rodawig. Ravello 192, as it’s called, is planned as a sprawling 11-building town house development offering…

The Democrat blazed a trail from South Omaha to Benson, sweeping the high-turnout midtown area while winning nearly half of the precincts even in suburban parts of the district to edge Brad Ashford.

When she founded the senior center in 2009, Executive Director Carolina Padilla wanted to provide services to elderly Latino immigrants. Four years later, the organization welcomed refugee seniors from Sudan, Somalia, Bhutan, Nepal and Burma. Now, between 50 and 100…

Looking for something to do this week? Learn about the life of a rock climber, see a Broadway musical or take a night hike with a biologist.

Anton Linear was shot about 8:10 p.m. in the vicinity of 43rd and Emmet Streets, according to police spokesman Officer Phil Anson. He is expected to survive.