Last August, Levi Blake left his senior-living apartment in North Omaha.
Blake was last seen by a neighbor on foot near 33rd and Lake Streets on Aug. 17.
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Omaha Police Sgt. Brett Schrage stands for a portrait outside Project Harmony in Omaha. Schrage is the lead investigator in the disappearance of Levi Blake.
CHRIS MACHIAN, THE WORLD-HERALD
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One of the places Levi Blake was seen was by the stop sign at the intersection of 34th Avenue and Miami Street.
CHRIS MACHIAN, THE WORLD-HERALD
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Levi Blake, who has been missing since August, had been living at JC Wade Senior Villa, 3464 Ohio St.
CHRIS MACHIAN, THE WORLD-HERALD
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A 63-year-old Valley man faces up to one year in jail after being found guilty of misdemeanor motor vehicle homicide in connection with the death of an Omaha doctor who was riding his bicycle.
Three teenagers were injured by gunfire late Saturday at a large gathering of juveniles near St. Mary's Cemetery in South Omaha.
"The idea that people are removing things from a grave is always disturbing," one victim said of the rash of plaque thefts across Omaha.
Jury selection will begin Monday in the trial of Aldrick Scott, who is accused of killing his ex-girlfriend in her Omaha home before burying her body and fleeing to Belize.
One of the people wanted for the thefts of historical plaques from Omaha's Central High School has been arrested.
"Ultimately, you are bringing justice for someone who can't speak for himself anymore," Mellissa Helligso, Human DNA Identification Lab at UNMC manager, technical lead and forensic DNA analyst.
A disturbance in a kick ball game led to the fatal shooting of man Sunday at a North Omaha Park and the arrests of two other men.
A 24-year-old man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to shooting a police officer in the face and head at Westroads Mall in 2021 as the officer attempted to arrest him for shoplifting.
A Council Bluffs man on Tuesday pleaded no contest and was found guilty of manslaughter for his role in a fatal shooting at an Omaha car show last summer.
An argument about misplaced car keys led to the fatal stabbing of an Omaha man at his own home in January, according to testimony from an Omaha police detective.
A federal appeals court on affirmed the judgment in favor of a former Omaha Police Department captain who successfully sued the city for retaliating against her after she filed a discrimination complaint.
A 17-year-old Omaha boy ticketed for driving 117 mph and a 40-year-old Iowa man "cutting cookies" in an intersection were two examples of disturbing driving behavior reported by Douglas County deputies.
Omaha police have issued arrest warrants for two people allegedly involved in the thefts of historic plaques from Central High School.
Three arrests were made in connection with a shooting Sunday night near Fontenelle Park in North Omaha that sparked a police chase into Iowa. The shooting victim later died.
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