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The Navy recruit works two part-time jobs, buys all her own clothes and says she's always been frugal.

Westbound traffic was diverted off Dodge a few blocks east of 28th.

Wednesday through Friday in the Omaha area should be mostly sunny with highs in the upper 80s to mid-90s.

Still recovering from a heart transplant, Rick Ganem wouldn't be able to make her wedding. So she brought the ceremony to his hospital room at the Nebraska Medical Center.

Persistent mechanical problems may plague the 55th Wing's half-century-old fleet of reconnaissance jets, but the Air Force is in no hurry to buy new ones. It plans to squeeze 30 more years out of the Offutt-based C-135s.

Omaha police said a fight had broken out on the grocery side of the store and spilled out into the parking lot.

The meeting was a chance to go over goals and their respective roles in governing and managing the district and make sure that they are on the same page when Cheryl Logan takes over next week for retiring Superintendent Mark…

An adult male driver and an adult female passenger in the front seat of a 2007 Buick Terraza were pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

Omaha's N.P. Dodge Park will close Monday evening due to rising levels on the Missouri River. The closure is effective at 8 p.m., according to the city Parks Department.

There have been a few daring escapes at the zoo over the years, some of them quite adorable.