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“Those women took the action to jump in and help her,’’ Jackie Nelson said. “They are heroes to Hazel.”

In town this weekend for the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting? Looking for something else to do? Check out these weekend events, including the Omaha Farmers Market, Cinco de Mayo or a Durham Museum tour.

America’s most widely celebrated Mexican holiday is treated quite differently in Mexico than it is here in the U.S. Most notably: It’s not nearly such a big deal in Mexico.

The Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium is helping move another elephant across the country, only this time, the elephant isn’t headed to Omaha.

The first hearing in what could become a constitutional battle between two branches of state government is now scheduled for June 18 in Lancaster County District Court.

Omaha’s first Latino police officer and two other Latinos known for grass-roots organizing and leadership development were honored as local Cinco de Mayo activities kicked off.

The only hitch in a decent weekend weather forecast is a slight chance of showers and isolated thunderstorms late Saturday night, according to the National Weather Service office in Valley.

Kano Aono — an exchange student from Shizuoka, Japan, studying at the University of Nebraska at Omaha — performed a traditional Japanese tea ceremony Thursday at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts.

Chabad of Omaha is offering religious and social events in the Dodge Room of the new downtown Marriott Hotel during Berkshire Hathaway weekend.

The Omaha Public Schools' Budget Committee met Thursday evening to prioritize recommendations of how the district's budget should further be cut.