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Armed woman who was threatening suicide Friday leads authorities to block access to Bellevue Walmart

Authorities went to check on the woman in the parking lot of the store near 25th Street and Capehart Road just before 2:45 p.m., said Sarpy County Chief Deputy Greg London. She was sitting in a vehicle with a pistol…

 

North 56th Street resurfacing project begins Monday

Construction on North 56th Street from Vine to Adams streets begins Monday and will continue through August.

 

Flags to fly at half-staff for Texas school shooting victims

All U.S. and Nebraska flags are to be flown at half-staff in honor of the victims of Friday's school shooting in Texas.

 

UNO pillar B.J. Reed plans to retire after 36 years of giving '150 percent'

B.J. Reed, an institution within an institution, will retire from the University of Nebraska at Omaha a year from now.

 

Flags to fly at half-staff to honor Santa Fe shooting victims

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts and Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced that flags in their states are to be flown at half-staff to honor the victims of Friday morning's school shooting in Santa Fe, Texas.

 

Inmate who claimed his circadian rhythms were disturbed loses appeal

Thomas “Red” Nesbitt, a 71-year-old former Hell’s Angel, is serving life in prison for the murder of Mary Kay Harmer, whose body was found in a manhole in 1984, about nine years after she disappeared following a party at Nesbitt’s…

 

Lightning in Omaha could bring delays in state track meet Saturday

Nate Neuhaus, director of track and field for the Nebraska School Activities Association, said events will continue if there is just rain.

 

Building along Gene Leahy mall will house trucking company — oh, and maybe a beer tap room

A three-year stretch of uncertainty for a storied 127-year-old office building along downtown Omaha’s Gene Leahy Mall has taken a positive turn. The twist involves a new owner, renovations — and, possibly, a cold beer for those passing by in…

 

A new corporate headquarters is up and running in north downtown; it includes apartments, too

It was tough, even for the owners, to imagine a mixed-use building rising five stories on a north downtown patch of land wedged between Interstate bridges, railroad tracks and city roads.

 

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