Our best Omaha staff photos & videos of January 2023
Check out our best Omaha staff photos & videos of January 2023
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The Omaha New Year’s Eve fireworks are reflected in the Missouri River with the Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge in the foreground Saturday.
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Christine Lustgarten poses her dog, Murray, for a portrait after a walk in the snow at Elmwood Park on Tuesday. Lustgarten says her dog enjoys the snow.
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The Omaha New Year's Eve fireworks as viewed with the Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge in the foreground from Council Bluffs, Iowa on Saturday.
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Large blocks of ice rest on the shore of the Missouri River as an ice jam forms near N.P. Dodge Park.
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The sunrise illuminates the ice jam on the Missouri River near N.P. Dodge Park.
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An ice jam has started to form on the Missouri River near N.P. Dodge Park.
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A plane flies near a frozen Carter Lake early on Friday.
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Ice from melting snow also has a layer of rime ice on top at Kerrie Orozco Memorial Ball Field on Monday.
Inaugural Ball
Guests attend the inaugural ball for Gov. Jim Pillen in Omaha on Saturday.
Railroad snow
Snow falls over railroad tracks in South Omaha on Wednesday.
Danger-Closed: The Flora Apartments and Omaha's failure to ensure safe and livable housing
Omaha firefighters rescued a man Sunday at Standing Bear Lake after he became stuck waist-deep in mud while trying to rescue his dog from the muck.
Amazon has announced the opening of its first fulfillment center in Nebraska.
Benson High School will soon receive a face-lift in order to bring crucial health care services to students, staff and the community.
The Omaha Public Schools board is scheduled to approve a $675,000 settlement with the family of an Omaha South High School football player who died after practice in 2021.
The trial this week pits former Nebraska fullback Willie Miller against Jack Stark, a well-known psychologist who became an NU regent in 2020. Stark is charged with felony witness tampering.
There's usually no quick solution to deadlocked school board elections such as Bennington's, which took a week to be resolved. One Nebraska district used a coin toss.
The York County sheriff will pay a $1,000 penalty for wearing his uniform in a 2022 campaign advertisement for unsuccessful GOP gubernatorial candidate Charles W. Herbster.
An arbitrator has ruled that Omaha police mishandled an internal investigation that led to the firing of Capt. Kathy Belcastro-Gonzalez. Partially reinstated, she now is on paid administrative leave.
Pillen’s plan would increase Nebraska's K-12 education funding next year by $270 million, or 21%. And it would raise its 49th-in-the-nation ranking in state tax-dollar support for schools.
Employees of Papillion La Vista Community Schools who stick around through next school year will be eligible for a stipend up to $3,000, the school board decided Monday.
Omaha will partner with Portland, Oregon, in its search for a streetcar vehicle manufacturer.
The mother of Ryan Larsen, the La Vista boy who has been missing since May 2021, has filed a petition in court to have her son declared legally dead.
Construction plans for the $600 million skyscraper call for it to rise 677, 43 feet taller than First National Bank Tower.
Four Omaha chefs have been nominated as semifinalists for the James Beard Award, one of the most prestigious honors in the culinary world.
The Christ Child Society of Omaha donated a book vending machine to Westgate Elementary School. The machine is part of a pilot literacy program that could expand to more school districts.
A $915,000 grant will place 25 nurses across UNMC’s five campuses at K-12 schools later this semester through the newly created School Nurse Scholars program.
Omaha police are investigating the death of a woman found outside Sunday morning near 28th and T Streets.
Last year, about 25% of Nebraska's weather monitoring networks were shuttered or scheduled for closing.
Riley Royle, 26, of Monroe, died Jan. 17 after crashing into a piece of farm equipment. The incident occurred just before 6 p.m. on Nebraska 22 near Genoa.
Some teaching jobs are left vacant or filled with less-qualified candidates, a survey found. The number of unfilled jobs across the state is up nearly 60% over last year.
A burst pipe at Grover Ice Rink caused part of the ceiling to collapse onto the rink during a youth hockey practice Monday evening. Coaches evacuated the children from the area before the collapse.
A proposal to let Nebraska employers pay less than minimum wage to teenagers generates heated arguments over whether it would hurt or help young people.
One officer was shot through his upper leg and later released, an Omaha police spokesman said. The other officer suffered a wound near his knee and may need surgery.
A staff member at an Omaha alternative school was cut Monday by a student with a knife, according to a spokeswoman for Omaha Public Schools.
It's a bird! It's a plane! No, look, it's the “Hall of Heroes” exhibit at the Durham Museum.
An analysis shows that Gov. Pillen's plan to boost Nebraska's education funding could allow local property taxes to drop. But some districts would wind up better off than others.
The Omaha Police Department released body camera photos from the two officers who were shot during an attempted burglary at a storage facility..
On Feb. 7, 2020, some 57 Americans who had been in Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the outbreak, landed in Omaha and were shuttled to Camp Ashland.
A family sitting outside a house was approached by a few people who shot Roman candles at them. A fight ensued and two people were injured.
A Wisconsin man was arrested Monday in Dawson County after a pursuit that reached speeds of more than 100 mph.
The document, which replaces a previous statewide plan from 2016, has strategies to prevent suicide for individuals, businesses, schools, medical professionals, communities and more.
Nebraska recorded 14 COVID-related deaths during the past week, bringing the pandemic total to 4,746.
Gov. Jim Pillen's plan to cut the top income tax rate to 3.99% would save money for at least half of Nebraska filers but offer nothing for the rest.
COVID cases in Nebraska hit a nine-month low last week with the state apparently experiencing something it has never seen during the three-year pandemic — a winter lull.
Dozens of teachers and parents filled the halls of the Nebraska Capitol to speak for and against a bill centered around the amount of control parents should have over what their children are taught.
A former Omaha Public Schools security guard accused of sexually assaulting a child pleaded no contest to first-degree sexual assault in Sarpy County on Tuesday.
Someone recently caused considerable damage to the Central High School baseball field at Boyd Park in North Omaha by tearing out parts from the bleachers and ripping up turf with a vehicle.
