Our best Omaha staff photos & videos of July 2026

Local housing leaders celebrated a milestone Tuesday and discussed how federal legislation can help communities expand housing opportunities across the Omaha area.

While most of Nebraska's manufacturing job losses were in food processing, it's a particularly important sector for the state, with its vast acres of corn and soybeans and livestock production.

Both the American Red Cross and the Nebraska Community Blood Bank have declared blood emergencies and are asking donors to schedule appointments as soon as possible. 

A 41-year-old man has been charged with nine felonies stemming from a dispute and shooting at a bar before midnight Friday. 

None of the 23 cases of cyclosporiasis so far have been linked to a national outbreak of the illness, and most were acquired internationally. But state health officials are working to determine the origins of a small number of domestic infections. 

Omaha North High's stadium will be named after retired Principal Gene Haynes, a longtime advocate of the project. 

Approval of the ordinance may set the stage for a potential legal challenge from the state. Omaha's city attorney said he has already briefed outside attorneys. 

One nurse who was disciplined pushed back on the Nebraska Attorney General Office's findings.

Omaha will become the 11th U.S. location to launch Prime Air, allowing residents near Amazon's Papillion fulfillment center to get some deliveries within two hours of ordering — by drone.

Former Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert was among four Omahans recognized this week for contributions to the community by having streets named in their honor. 

Music bingo has become big around Nebraska and keeps people entertained on the weekdays while helping them discover new and old music.

Nonprofit restaurant Ooh De Lally opens participant housing for employees to help give them a second chance at life again. 

A 38-year-old man died after a 31-year-old woman allegedly failed to yield and the man’s motorcycle crashed into her SUV early Thursday in west Omaha.

Omaha's Durham Museum will host one of Nebraska's significant historical assets in their exhibit "In Search of the Signers," which includes documents from delegates that signed the Declaration of Independence.

The Omaha Police Department has identified the 54-year-old man who died Sunday after a car crash at 90th Street and Blair High Road.

Changes to the West Center Road and 114th Street intersection in Omaha come a week after a collision that eventually killed two boys.

Starting Sept. 24, United Airlines will fly between Omaha’s Eppley Airfield and Newark's Liberty International Airport. 

Potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidate Rahm Emanuel joined a beer picket line Monday alongside Democratic House nominee Denise Powell.

A federal judge sentenced a Venezuelan man to 20 years in prison after the man pleaded guilty to running a sex trafficking ring involving minors out of an Omaha hotel.

A Douglas County Court judge set bail of $1 million Monday against a 32-year-old man charged with threatening Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen’s family.

Omaha Mayor John Ewing said he signed the minimum wage ordinance into law after considering the importance of teen earnings to families.

The Omaha school districts is holding community meetings this week to discuss the district's proposed levy increase amid a $50.6 million budget shortfall. 

A fight over boundaries led to a grandmother’s death by suffocation in an Elkhorn area apartment last month, a Douglas County investigator testified Wednesday.

U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., paid tribute in a floor speech to the late Sen. Lindsay Graham by pressing Congress to pass legislation boosting Russian sanctions.

U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts aims to hold the Army Corps of Engineers accountable for any delays in issuing a construction permit for the Perkins County Canal by early 2028. 

Nebraska Cancer Specialists and the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center are participating in a expanded access program that allows them to offer a new pancreatic cancer drug to patients while it is under review by the FDA.

More than a month later, Jen Schmidt remains in recovery from multiple broken bones as her case becomes the first in Lincoln to result in a citation under Nebraska’s revised vulnerable road user law.

The Bellevue Police Department proposed the ordinance following a drastic uptick in complaints about children driving vehicles, especially electric motorcycles, on public roads.

The 11-year-old Bennington boy who collided with a pickup truck while on an electric scooter has died.

The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office hosted a training using a series of simulated active shooter scenarios to help deputies and medics practice response tactics and coordinated emergency protocols.

Three local orgs are teaming up to study electric mobility devices and how other communities regulate them to help governments address safety challenges posed by the growing use of e-scooters, e-bikes and e-motorcycles.

A growing number of traffic collisions involving electric bikes and scooters are prompting travel groups such as AAA to launch electric ride safety campaigns.

A Lincoln roundabout at 14th and Superior ranked as Nebraska's intersection with the most accidents last year, logging 37 crashes in new state data.

Work is beginning on a year-round, indoor public market at 8th and Farnam Streets in downtown Omaha near The RiverFront's Heartland of America Park.

The summer of 1934 in Omaha was characterized by extreme heat and dryness, leading to record-breaking temperatures, dust storms, and 38 heat-related deaths, mostly among the elderly.

Omaha police are investigating a shooting Saturday that sent a victim to a local hospital with critical but non-life-threatening injuries.

A 63-year-old woman was taken to Nebraska Medicine Friday after being pinned between two vehicles by a car that fled the scene near 38th and Q Streets.

Nebraska's only immigration court now runs 'mega master' hearings — sometimes more than 100 cases a day. Lawyers say people are being ordered deported without a fair chance.

Wehrspann Lake glittered in the background as 35 people gathered to honor Wyatt Bernal on Saturday night.