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The school was evacuated around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday and students and staff were allowed back inside around 11:45 a.m.

Also, North 30th Street is restricted to one lane northbound at Webster Street for three days for fiber-optic installation.

The river sites had been open since Thursday.

The thief also unsuccessfully attempted to steal money from the store before fleeing, police said.

The small "for sale" sign that popped up in the past couple of weeks on the vacant lot at 905 S. 27th St. probably confirmed what many people already suspected.

The weekend forecast includes a chance of showers and thunderstorms, with a high Saturday in the mid- to upper 70s and a high Sunday around 70.

The estimated $45,700 home sustained $7,000 in damage, fire officials said, and $5,000 in contents were lost.

This week Hughes, chairwoman of Washington, D.C.-based Urban One — the nation’s largest distributer of radio, TV and digital programming for black audiences — returns home. Hughes will take part in events Thursday and Friday — an honorary street-naming, a…

Orr will start July 1 and replace Principal Dania Freudenburg, who is taking a job with the Council Bluffs Community School District. Freudenburg became principal in 2016.

The suspect, Jess J. Karch, 31, underwent surgery Monday for his wound. The Omaha Police Department's Officer Involved Investigations Team will look into the circumstances surrounding the arrest. The team was dispatched "out of due caution," a police news release…