Our best Omaha staff photos & videos of July 2026
See our best Omaha staff photos & videos from July 2026
Heavy rain is seen falling over west Omaha, as viewed from the east on Thursday, July 16, 2026.
People set off fireworks in Omaha, on Saturday, July 4, 2026.
Kids reach for bubbles on Woolworth Ave. during the annual 4th of July parade held at Omaha’s Field Club neighborhood in Omaha, on Saturday, July 4, 2026.
People set off fireworks in Omaha, on Saturday, July 4, 2026.
People set off fireworks in Omaha, on Saturday, July 4, 2026.
People set off fireworks in Omaha, on Saturday, July 4, 2026.
People set off fireworks in Omaha, on Saturday, July 4, 2026.
Damages is seen after a vehicle hit Eyebrow Microblading Specialists at 5723 NW Radial Highway in Omaha, on Wednesday, July 1, 2026. The neighboring business in the same building, Benson Shoe Repair, was also recently hit by a vehicle and sustained heavy damage.
A Wednesday night storm knocked a tree onto 710 Donegal Drive in Papillion, as seen on Thursday, July 9, 2026.
A Wednesday night storm knocked a tree onto 710 Donegal Drive in Papillion, as seen on Thursday, July 9, 2026.
Participants walk down Woolworth Ave. during the annual 4th of July parade held at Omaha’s Field Club neighborhood in Omaha, on Saturday, July 4, 2026.
People arrive for The RiverFront Fourth of July Celebration featuring the Omaha Symphony at Gene Leahy Mall in Omaha on Saturday, July 4, 2026 .
From left, Alexis, 7, Ron Lewis, James, 6, and Jackie Lewis visit Edith German’s headstone in the Omaha National Cemetery in Papillion, on Friday, July 3, 2026. German was Jackie’s mother and the children’s great-grandmother. German’s husband, Kenneth, served in the Airforce, and she was a registered nurse, who worked in the Omaha V.A. hospital.
A lightning strike is seen near the Omaha National Cemetery and a Google AI Data-Center in Papillion on Friday, July 3, 2026.
Iris Herse, a former Rosie the Riveter who worked in a factory making bombs during World War II, displays her American Spirit Medallion at Lakeside retirement home in Omaha on Thursday, July 2, 2026.
Iris Herse, a former Rosie the Riveter who worked in a factory making bombs during World War II, stands for a portrait at Lakeside retirement home in Omaha on Thursday, July 2, 2026. She wears her American Spirit Medallion.
A peacock stands at the door of Diane Keane’s home in Omaha on Sunday, July 12, 2026. Keane believes the bird belongs to one of her neighbors, and says “it kind of just does whatever it wants.”
A peacock walks across Diane Keane’s porch as her dog, Biscuit, watches in Omaha on Sunday, July 12, 2026. Keane believes the bird belongs to one of her neighbors, and says “it kind of just does whatever it wants.”
Lincoln View principal Monica Thompson cuts the ribbon during a ceremony for the new elementary school in Papillion on Thursday, July 23, 2026. Lincoln View is Papillion La Vista Community Schools 17th elementary school to open.
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana and Brinker Harding, Republican candidate for Nebraska's second congressional district, talk with reporters during a campaign event at WheatFields Eatery and Bakery in Omaha on Saturday, July 18, 2026.
Attendees wave as 30 buses pass by along Q Street to launch an anti-child sex trafficking awareness campaign in Omaha on Tuesday, July 21, 2026.
Keyhden Ramirez stands for a portrait in her Papillion home on Friday, July 24, 2026. Ramirez is taking daraxonrasib in a clinical trial, which is Revolution Medicine's pancreatic cancer drug.
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.
Through the Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act, agricultural producers will see expedited aid.
Former Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert was among four Omahans recognized this week for contributions to the community by having streets named in their honor.
A memo from Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen calling for a spending cut of 5% or more across all state agencies has raised questions about the limits of his authority.
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.
Gov. Jim Pillen discusses his plans to address public concerns about Nebraska's property taxes, but he needs to win reelection first.
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.
About a dozen counties across Nebraska have enacted moratoria on new data centers to give planners time to develop regulations for the facilities.
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.
Lynne Walz said if elected governor of Nebraska her Day One actions would include hiring an independent auditor, revamping the Medical Cannabis Commission and rejecting school voucher funds.
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.
Ten Omaha census tracts were designated "Opportunity Zones" to promote investment in business and housing development.
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 lawmakers will likely have to contend with two separate budget deficits when they reconvene for the 2027 legislative session.
A new UNL survey shows support for medical cannabis has climbed to 84% in Nebraska, while more residents report using marijuana and THC products.
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.
Industrial mechanic Dan Osborn, a former Omaha union leader, visited a southeast Nebraska farm to highlight his rural policy approaches.
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.
A push in Congress to expand work permits for farm and ranch workers has drawn two Nebraska Republicans into a broader fight over immigration.
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.
Wehrspann Lake glittered in the background as 35 people gathered to honor Wyatt Bernal on Saturday night.
Some Omaha-area districts will allow suspensions for pre-K through second-grade students in more cases this fall following a change in state law.
Separately, the Nebraska Community Blood Bank said it has made progress addressing the blood emergency it issued earlier this month, but supply is still not where it needs to be.
Some 116 overseas Nebraska voters are registered to vote under a state law the Republican National Committee is challenging in court.
Walz is set Tuesday to announce her selection of Humboldt-area agribusinessman and agricultural policy advocate Ben Steffen.
The Douglas County Attorney's Office sought protective custody after a judge dismissed charges against a man who allegedly chased two young girls in a park.
Authorities allege that a woman was shot Monday by her ex-boyfriend as they both drove along Interstate 80 in Council Bluffs.
Ben Steffen, a corn and soybean farmer from southeast Nebraska, has joined Lynne Walz's Democratic ticket for governor.
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.
One person was taken to the Nebraska Medical Center after being hit by a vehicle Tuesday morning in North Omaha.
Thunderstorms are expected Thursday and Friday in Omaha as cooler weather returns to the area after the heat advisory.
The Police Department said Wednesday the man was crossing Ames Avenue near the North 31st Street intersection shortly before 11 a.m. Tuesday when he was hit.
An Omaha program is preparing 5,000 kits to make sure students have the hygiene products they need to feel confident as they return to the classroom.
The Omaha City Council unanimously approved a special use permit that will allow Aksarben Curling to build a dedicated curling facility on Irvington Road.
Nathan Dudley’s 43-to-50-year sentence came after he pleaded no contest to the Feb. 27, 2025, death of 34-year-old Milan Jones in southwest Omaha.
Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins approved another drought disaster declaration for 13 Nebraska counties, bringing the total to 86 of 93 counties.
U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., wants Congress to reform birthright citizenship, not the president or the courts. But it's unclear whether it can.
A 57-year-old Omaha man charged in Douglas County District Court for his alleged participation in a sex trafficking ring now faces a child porn charge in federal court.
Nebraska ag organizations seek to preserve what’s working after President Donald Trump chose not to renew the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
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.
Boys Town National Research Hospital is growing near 144th and Pacific Streets. In the works is a 254,000-square-foot expansion with two wings.
The Saunders County chair of the Nebraska Democratic Party is suing the state party over whether the party did enough to protect her from alleged sexual harassment.
Nebraska on Saturday became the first state to check whether certain Medicaid beneficiaries meet new federal work requirements. Advocates want more data.
Omaha police released camera footage of a May 24 shootout that wounded one man and left 34 shell casings, seeking public help to identify the four shooters.
Police are investigating a hit and run that left a man critically injured in central Omaha Friday night, the Omaha Police Department said.
Eastern Nebraska residents watching their water bills rise with use could get a break this week in the battle to keep gardens and lawns green.
A former Harvard, Nebraska, police chief is charged with lewd conduct and unlawful possession of a firearm while attending a sex trafficking seminar at UNO.
A Douglas County Court judge denied bail to a 21-year-old Omaha man accused of setting up the robbery that led to the May death of an 18-year-old man.
The Nebraska Farm Union president said the international trade missions promoting ethanol highlight the opportunity to expand its production and use domestically.
State Sen. Margo Juarez represents District 5 in South Omaha, the area she grew up in.
The Nebraska State Fair debate is back, eight years after Grand Island fairgoers last kicked tires on a crop of statewide candidates for U.S. Senate and governor.
Former State Sen. Brett Lindstrom spoke with The World-Herald about his ideas shortly before dropping off signatures to the Secretary of State's Office.
A 19-year-old Omaha man accused of shooting and killing a man he was trying to rob in the Benson neighborhood last year has taken a plea deal
Douglas County health officials said Tuesday that they believe cases of cyclospora infection in the county likely are tied to a multistate, national outbreak linked to contaminated iceberg lettuce.
An Arkansas flight instructor who briefly contracted with Omaha police’s ABLE-1 helicopter team has been arrested in a sexual assault case.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has, for the first time in two decades, identified a Nebraska House contest outside of Omaha as worthy of investment.
Nominations are now open for the fifth annual Coolest Thing Made in Nebraska competition. The public will vote on 16 Nebraska-made products in a bracket-style tournament
Several Omaha-area districts will head back to school next week, while others have a week or two left of summer vacation.
A man accused of chasing two young girls through a park has been ordered to undergo a risk evaluation as the county pushes to put him in protective custody.
Dog Gone Problems founder David Codr will present a free dog training event Saturday at 11 a.m. at The RiverFront’s Performance Pavilion in downtown Omaha.
New Nebraska political parties would have until Sept. 1 to nominate candidates for November races.
Enjoy the waterslides and a stargazing party at Heartwood Preserve this month.
Open Omaha returns Saturday with behind-the-scenes tours, architecture, rooftop views and nearly 50 places to explore for free.
The nation's top nuclear weapons official told military leaders in Omaha that the U.S. must modernize its nuclear weapons enterprise to keep pace with foreign adversaries.
The agency once spent hundreds of millions on lead remediation in Omaha. New soil tests by the Flatwater Free Press and ProPublica show yards still have harmful levels of lead.
With a judge's ruling on a lawsuit seeking to force Democrats to name a U.S. Senate candidate, the party appears on track to sit out of the heated race between Sen. Pete Ricketts and Dan Osborn.
Youths' artwork helps bolster the sister city bond between Omaha and Carlentini, Sicily. The mural project marks a step toward state designation of Little Italy as a creative district.
Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen announced that the Nebraska Working People Party and the America First Party met the state's signature requirements.
Nebraska’s all-GOP delegation in Congress urged the Trump administration to protect ag trade ties with Canada and Mexico, citing nearly $10B in state exports under the USMCA as trade talks loom.
The Nebraska State Board of Education delayed a vote to approve Identity Preparatory Academy after some board members expressed concerns that the school's website previously referenced an "abolitionist" framework.
Nebraska's teacher vacancy numbers are improving. But the gains mask uneven progress, questionable counting and a growing reliance on nontraditional hiring.
The Nebraska Republican Party has sued to stop the state from letting the fledgling America First Party form.
Tucked away between two highways, is La Platte, an unincorporated Sarpy County hamlet with origins dating to before Nebraska statehood.
Dr. Harold M. "Hal" Maurer, who served as the University of Nebraska Medical Center's chancellor for 15 years, died Saturday at age 89.
Omaha police and firefighters collected 80 guns and 16,000 rounds of ammunition Saturday during the city's amnesty event.
Nebraska’s education commissioner says a 5% spending cut Gov. Jim Pillen requested from all state agencies won’t apply to the state’s K-12 school funding formula.
Omaha's Buffett Institute hopes to demystify what it means to be kindergarten-ready as it works with school districts to start preparing for the transition earlier.
Omaha police officers issued more than 700 tickets during a recent two-week campaign targeting traffic scofflaws.
The Nebraska Democratic Party joined the legal fray on Monday, filing a lawsuit against Evnen to stop him from letting the fledgling Working People Party form.
A deadly online beef turned into a decades-long prison sentence for a 20-year-old Bellevue man.
Eight central Nebraska counties will be eligible for federal disaster assistance following a disaster declaration by President Donald Trump.
An umbrella could be a handy implement this week in Omaha with chances for thunderstorms and sunshine trading blows in the forecast.
The Elk Creek rare mineral project is one step closer to operation, with developer NioCorp entering a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday with Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest defense contractor.
Omahan Fred Hutchinson, 80, was a beloved Westside High School math teacher and coach of a championship track team. He died July 28 after a short battle with cancer.
Businesses and nonprofits affected by drought in 13 Nebraska counties may apply for a federal loan to help with operational expenses.
The Nebraska State Board of Education has voted to approve a Black-founded school in North Omaha after concerns over references of an "abolitionist framework" delayed the process.
From Sept. 1 through Sept. 11, officials urged Omaha-area residents to perform acts of service to honor of those who sacrificed on or after Sept. 11, 2001.
Resident of Cass County have through Thursday to dispose of unwanted tires for no cost at two recycling centers.
Students at Millard's Cody Elementary were greeted with band music and a confetti cannon Wednesday as they headed back to school.
Now-changed photos on the Douglas County Treasurer's Office's website and Facebook page depicted skylines that resembled but were not Omaha. The photos were replaced after a reporter's calls.
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled Saline County and its sheriff cannot be sued over a corrections officer's 2020 sexual assault of an inmate, citing qualified immunity.
No injuries were reported, but some parts of the state were picking up debris from high winds, particularly in central Nebraska's Valley and Greeley Counties.
A Republican National Committee lawsuit challenging a Nebraska law allowing certain overseas voters to vote in the Cornhusker State is over.
Former Nebraska State Sen. Brett Lindstrom submitted signatures Monday for his nonpartisan governor bid, making him likely to qualify for the November ballot.
Nebraska State Treasurer Joey Spellerberg is encouraging residents to search for unclaimed property, including forgotten bank accounts, gift cards and assets.
The Legal Marijuana NOW Party's U.S. Senate nominee in Nebraska, Mike Marvin, will stay on the November ballot after all.
An Omaha police dog bit and injured a bystander Thursday in pursuit of a suspect, leaving the bystander with bite marks that required dozens of stitches.
Having the union representing U.S. Border Patrol agents take sides in Nebraska's U.S. Senate race is new. But that's what happened on Wednesday.
The National Federation of Independent Business hosted a roundtable with about two dozen business owners and Sen. Pete Ricketts at an Elkhorn-area restaurant.
Visit Turner Park this weekend to see all sorts of colorful chalk works of art.
