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• David Cross Comes To The Holland Performing Arts Center 4/26

  24-04-2018 06:54 via Omaha News
  Omaha Performing Arts presents award winning comedian, David Cross , coming to the Holland Performing Arts Center Sunday August 26, 2018 at 8:00 PM. Omaha is a stop on Cross' 46-city North American theater tour, " David Cross : Oh Come On," kicking off June 1 at The Chicago Theatre.
  
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• County considers juvenile justice center in downtown Omaha

  22-04-2018 18:20 via Omaha News
  The Omaha World-Herald reports that the Douglas County Board is expected to deliberate resolutions April 24 for making formal offers to purchase two buildings and a parking lot.
  
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• Lots of bills, less trust, in frustrating legislative session, Nebraska senators say

  22-04-2018 13:49 via Omaha News
  Gov. Pete Ricketts speaks on the final day of the legislative session last Wednesday.
  
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• New management team takes over CRMC emergency department

  22-04-2018 07:31 via Omaha News
  Dr. Sullivan Smith is stepping back from a position he has been in since 1994 and taking on new challenges.He handed the reins of emergency department director over to Dr. Ken Colaric." I'm still a Dr. Sullivan Smith is stepping back from a position he has been in since 1994 and taking on new challenges.
  
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• Ricketts turns attention to winning legislative races

  22-04-2018 01:05 via Omaha News
  Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts speaks to senators Wednesday on the Legislature's last day.
  
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• Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits (BOJA) Lifted to "Buy" at BidaskClub

  21-04-2018 13:41 via Omaha News
  A number of other research firms also recently issued reports on BOJA. Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Friday, January 5th.
  
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• Redevelopment spreads in downtown Omaha

  21-04-2018 09:09 via Omaha News
  He's chiseled limestone lion heads off a downtown theater, scraped fancy stonework from riverfront warehouses, picked out cherubs from remains of historic churches. Now the local collector is rescuing an entire 125-year-old building previously headed for demolition, the Omaha World-Herald reported.
  
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• More Details on Sixteen's Replacement

  21-04-2018 04:39 via Omaha News
  Hotel Management shares a few details on future plans. Construction for Sixteen's replacement begins May 1, and the team is planning to reopen later this year.
  
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• Hundreds of Omaha high school students protest gun violence

  21-04-2018 00:01 via Omaha News
  Students from Central and Burke high schools in Omaha walked out of class as part of a national movement on the anniversary of the 1999 Columbine High School massacre in Colorado.
  
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• Attorney calls for Omaha case dismissal amid police issues

  20-04-2018 21:38 via Omaha News
  A public defender has asked a judge to dismiss a man's murder charges because Omaha police haven't filed critical reports related to the case.
  
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• Green Plains Partners (GPP) Downgraded by Zacks Investment Research

  20-04-2018 05:31 via Omaha News
  According to Zacks, "Green Plains Partners LP provide ethanol and fuel storage, terminal and transportation services by owning, operating, developing and acquiring storage tanks, terminals, transportation assets and other related assets and businesses. Green Plains Partners LP is based in Omaha, Nebraska.
  
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• Nebraska Legislature adjourns with straight talk and emotional speeches from departing senators

  19-04-2018 06:21 via Omaha News
  Sena. Patty Pansing Brooks of Lincoln and Jim Smith of Papillion visit on the last day of the legislative session on Wednesday at the Capitol.
  
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• Woman to stand trial for shaking death of infant daughter

  19-04-2018 01:55 via Omaha News
  A judge has ruled prosecutors have enough evidence to try a 28-year-old Omaha woman accused of killing her 5-month-old daughter.
  
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• High cost of taking away prisoners' Medicaid coverage

  18-04-2018 16:36 via Omaha News
  She's been in and out of jail since she was 18. Every time she's been released, she's lost her disability benefits and her Medicaid coverage. That meant she couldn't afford her rent or her medication for her bipolar disorder until she was able to re-enroll, which could take weeks or months -- even if she went to all her appointments on time.
  
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• 2 Missing Teens From Douglas County

  18-04-2018 14:00 via Omaha News
  Omaha authorities are asking for assistance locating two teenage girls, Electra Stokes and Farrah Rauch, that walked away from the Utta Halee Academy in rural Douglas County. Stokes is a 17-year-old white female, 5'4" tall, weighing 120 pounds; she has hazel eyes and brown hair.
  
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• Ricketts signs bill designed to shield Nebraska taxpayers

  18-04-2018 02:09 via Omaha News
  On this year's deadline day for filing federal income tax returns, Gov. Pete Ricketts on Tuesday signed into law a bill that he said will protect Nebraska taxpayers from an inadvertent increase of nearly $200 million in state income taxes.
  
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• Nebraska death orw inmate Moore denied Pardons Board hearing

  17-04-2018 21:02 via Omaha News
  Carey Dean Moore arrived on death row June 20, 1980. Moore killed two Omaha cab drivers five days apart, Reuel Van Ness Jr. and Maynard Helgeland.
  
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• Dad helps deliver baby daughter along Interstate 80 in Omaha

  13-04-2018 16:11 via Omaha News
  Brent Kool and his wife, Cassie, live in the Omaha suburb of Papillion and were headed to Methodist Women's Hospital early Monday morning when her water broke as they entered the westbound interstate.
  
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• Five Below (FIVE) Upgraded to "Buy" at BidaskClub

  13-04-2018 06:35 via Omaha News
  A number of other research firms have also recently commented on FIVE. Jefferies Group upped their target price on shares of Five Below from $55.00 to $62.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 9th.
  
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• Barry's found guilty of overserving, allowed to remain open

  11-04-2018 23:01 via Omaha News
  State regulators have spared Barry's Bar and Grill in the Haymarket from being closed after finding the bar guilty of repeated liquor license violations in recent years.
  
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• Research Analysts' Recent Ratings Updates for Green Plains Partners

  11-04-2018 07:27 via Omaha News
  According to Zacks, "Green Plains Partners LP provide ethanol and fuel storage, terminal and transportation services by owning, operating, developing and acquiring storage tanks, terminals, transportation assets and other related assets and businesses. Green Plains Partners LP is based in Omaha, Nebraska.
  
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• Bellevue teen set to stand trial in school threat case

  11-04-2018 03:17 via Omaha News
  A Bellevue teen accused of threatening fellow students earlier this year at his high school has had his case moved to trial court.
  
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• Person of Interest in Wichita Murder May Be in Lincoln

  10-04-2018 22:34 via Omaha News
  Lincoln Police said a person of interest in a Kansas murder may be in Lincoln. 30-year-old Donnell Stafford's phone was pinged near the Lincoln airport Monday.
  
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• LFR battles fire near 16th and C

  10-04-2018 22:34 via Omaha News
  Lincoln Fire and Rescue was called to a home near 16th and C streets around 3:30 this afternoon. Flames were coming out of the roof and were on all three levels.
  
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• Mother forgives bus driver who accidentally hit and killed her 8-year-old son

  10-04-2018 18:09 via Omaha News
  'It was his time to go': Mother forgives bus driver who accidentally hit and killed her 8-year-old son and credits her Muslim faith for not holding grudge Haji Mohamed, 8, was struck by a bus on Monday afternoon as he was crossing a street near his home in Omaha, Nebraska The mother of an eight-year-old boy who was struck and killed by a school bus that dropped him off moments earlier near his home has forgiven the driver. Her son, Haji Mohamed, 8, was struck by a bus on Monday afternoon as he w
  
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• Police say school bus hit boy running across street

  10-04-2018 13:48 via Omaha News
  Authorities say an 8-year-old boy was struck and killed by a school bus that had dropped him off not far from his northeast Omaha home.
  
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• Observer-Reporter

  10-04-2018 09:32 via Omaha News
  A South Strabane Township police detective said he is working with a police department outside Erie to try and figure out who may have stolen a food delivery truck earlier this year and then abandoned it in a motel parking lot.
  
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• As end of session nears, Murante's redistricting proposal slips off agenda

  10-04-2018 05:08 via Omaha News
  Sen. John Murante's plan requiring lawmakers to adhere to the Nebraska Constitution in redrawing legislative boundaries in 2021 slid off the Legislature's agenda Monday after minimal debate.
  
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• Don Walton: Legislature winding down; not much has changed

  08-04-2018 23:31 via Omaha News
  OK, they're down to a precious few and it looks like it's gonna be a brief highlight film.
  
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• Democrats even in GOP country shift toward gun restrictions

  07-04-2018 20:50 via Omaha News
  Just 18 months after declaring his opposition to banning assault weapons, Nebraska Democrat Brad Ashford has changed his mind. The former one-term congressman, now trying to win back an Omaha-area seat he lost in 2016, used to consider it futile to push for a ban while Republicans held power on Capitol Hill.
  
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• Speaker summons senators to rare meeting as Legislature approaches tax meltdown

  07-04-2018 02:16 via Omaha News
  With the Legislature divided and on course to taking no action on property tax reform, Speaker Jim Scheer on Friday scheduled an extraordinary Saturday morning meeting with sponsors of competing bills in a final effort to obtain agreement on a plan before the 2018 session adjourns.
  
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• Retired UNO math professor focused on debt in U.S. Senate bid

  06-04-2018 02:44 via Omaha News
  By increasing government spending at the same time it is cutting taxes for most Americans, the U.S. Congress will cause budget deficits and the national debt to surge, not shrink.
  
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• Consolidated Grain and Barge Co. Acquires Four Grain Elevator Facilities From The Scoular Co.

  05-04-2018 22:32 via Omaha News
  Consolidated Grain and Barge Co. , a leader in the grain and transportation industries since 1970, is pleased to announce the acquisition of four facilities located in the heart of the Mississippi Delta from The Scoular Company of Omaha, NE.
  
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• Omaha residents oppose plan for cell tower disguised as tree

  05-04-2018 00:55 via Omaha News
  The 92-foot tower would be placed at the main entrance to Omaha's Memorial Park, according to the plan proposed by the cellphone provider and the Brownell Talbot School.
  
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• For ag bankers, fear and loathing over China's tariffs

  05-04-2018 00:55 via Omaha News
  China's decision to impose hefty tariffs on imports of U.S. soybeans and other agricultural products is creating a sense of unease among farmers and ranchers and the banks that lend to them. Farmers, who have been increasing production for years to meet demand from China, are worried that exports to the world's second-largest economy will slow as the tariffs take hold, leaving them stuck with more product than they can sell.
  
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• 80-year-old retired Methodist minister used Grindr to sexually assault 14-year-old boy: report

  04-04-2018 22:40 via Omaha News
  According to KETV, two men from Council Bluffs, Iowa and one man from Bellevue, Nebraska are accused of using the gay app Grindr . The first arrest was Samuel Morris of Logan, who met the teen in December for sex.
  
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• Craig Willeke Named Member of Million Dollar Round Table

  01-04-2018 16:41 via Omaha News
  Craig Willeke , an agent for New York Life in Nebraska , has earned membership in the Million Dollar Round Table for 2018. Achieving membership in MDRT is a distinguishing life insurance career milestone, attained only by those who have demonstrated superior professional knowledge, experience and client service.
  
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• Omaha considers collecting fee on plastic bags

  31-03-2018 09:24 via Omaha News
  Any proposal requiring Omaha retailers to charge shoppers a fee for plastic grocery bags would be a nonstarter for some of the largest grocery retailers in town.
  
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• TKC Breaking and Exclusive News!!! Kansas City Zoo Celebrates Coupling of Lesbian Polar Bears

  30-03-2018 03:41 via Omaha News
  There's an important subtext pushed front and center in today's reporting of the latest development in Kansas City animal captivity. Take a peek: The zoo is welcoming a second polar bear named Bam Bam to Kansas City next month .
  
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• Kansas City Zoo to welcome second polar bear

  29-03-2018 20:46 via Omaha News
  Flood Warning issued March 29 at 9:45AM CDT expiring April 1 at 7:40AM CDT in effect for: Cooper, Saline Flood Warning issued March 28 at 8:49PM CDT expiring April 1 at 3:09AM CDT in effect for: Cooper, Saline Flood Warning issued March 28 at 8:49PM CDT expiring April 1 at 3:09AM CDT in effect for: Cooper, Saline Flood Warning issued March 28 at 7:15PM CDT expiring March 30 at 3:15AM CDT in effect for: Cass, Henry, Johnson Flood Warning issued March 28 at 9:20AM CDT expiring March 31 at 3:38AM C
  
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• Officials say 2 students injured in school bus-car collision 2 hours ago

  28-03-2018 00:54 via Omaha News
  Authorities say two students were taken to a hospital after the school bus they were in collided with a car in northwest Omaha. The crash occurred around 6:55 a.m. Tuesday as about 20 students on board headed for Millard North Middle School.
  
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• NE Senators Advance Protections For Jail Phone Calls

  27-03-2018 15:04 via Omaha News
  Nebraska lawmakers have advanced a bill designed to shield jail inmates from having to pay excessive charges to make phone or video calls while incarcerated. The measure won first-round approval on Monday on a 28-2 vote.
  
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• ACLU of Nebraska challenges execution protocol in lawsuit

  27-03-2018 01:29 via Omaha News
  The lawsuit announced Monday alleges that state officials approved a flawed lethal injection protocol without adequate public review and in violation of the state constitution's due process clause. The lawsuit was filed in Lancaster County District Court on behalf of state Sen. Ernie Chambers, of Omaha, and the Rev.
  
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• Glenmede Trust Co. NA Sells 7,632 Shares of Methode Electronics Inc.

  26-03-2018 14:09 via Omaha News
  Glenmede Trust Co. NA lessened its stake in shares of Methode Electronics Inc. by 9.9% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
  
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• Malik Newman, Kansas Outlast Marvin Bagley III, Duke in Epic OT Thriller

  26-03-2018 02:50 via Omaha News
  No. 1 Kansas and No. 2 Duke traded haymakers throughout a thrilling Midwest Regional final Sunday at CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska, but the Jayhawks In a back-and-forth affair between blue-blood programs, Malik Newman saved the day for Kansas and scored all Duke's Grayson Allen had a clean look to win it on the ensuing possession, but his shot rimmed out, and opened the door for the Jayhawks to set up a national semifinal showdown with the Villanova Wildcats.
  
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• Thousands turn out for gun violence protest in Omaha

  25-03-2018 01:02 via Omaha News
  Several thousand people braved freezing wind chills and light snow Saturday to participate in the "March for Our Lives" rally near downtown Omaha. Marian High School freshman Callie Cavanaugh says she's tired of school gun violence across the country, noting that she has cousins who live close to Parkland, Florida, where 17 people were shot and killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14. Also among the crowd was 14-year-old Melina Piperis, an eighth-grader at St. Vincent de Paul i
  
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• Spain charges 13 Catalan separatist leaders with rebellion

  24-03-2018 00:08 via Omaha News
  Oregon's attorney general says she is reviewing whether to launch a full-scale investigation of Facebook, including whether it violated a state law that protects online customers' private information. . FILE - In this July 13, 1992 file photo, Georgia Gov. Zell Miller waves to delegates at the Democratic Convention in New York.
  
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• Nebraska homeless shelter raises concerns about Iowa casino

  23-03-2018 19:30 via Omaha News
  An official for an Omaha homeless shelter says a casino proposed nearby in Iowa would be a problem for people the shelter serves.
  
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• Northeast Nebraska officials find pilot dead after crash

  23-03-2018 14:48 via Omaha News
  The small, single-engine aircraft went down Wednesday a little after 6:15 p.m., about 5 miles northwest of Pierce. The Pierce County Sheriff's Office hasn't yet released the man's name or information about where he took off or was headed.
  
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• Arrest made in accident that killed 8 year old boy

  23-03-2018 14:48 via Omaha News
  Update: Lincoln Police have arrested the driver of the pickup in an accident that resulted in the death of 8 year old Camden King. Officers say the investigation determined Brandon Valentine, 22, of Lincoln was traveling 85 miles an hour before the accident and 67 miles per hour at the time of impact.
  
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