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City of Omaha/Douglas County Notice Inviting Bids 8/21/2024
Sealed bids are invited and will be received on or before the closing date/time. Bidding documents may be found on the new Douglas County Ionwave electronic bidding website: douglascountypurchasing.ionwave.net. Electronic bid submission: Douglas County requires all bidders to submit their bids electronically. Each respondent is responsible for taking the necessary...
'Very Brazen': Driveway attack of Northwest Omaha woman shocks neighborhood
The three suspects were last seen in the neighborhood near 190th and Maple where the attack happened. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office shared video hoping to help locate them as fast as possible.
Highest number of severe weather warnings in years for Omaha area
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - If you’ve felt like there’s been more severe weather than normal in Omaha this year, you would be correct! In Douglas, Pottawattamie, and Sarpy County there has been an exceptionally high amount of Severe Thunderstorm and Tornado Warnings issued so far in 2024. In...
Supreme Court affirms Omaha man's sentence for fatal shooting outside Westroads Mall in 2021
The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday upheld an Omaha man's convictions and life sentence for shooting two people, one fatally, in an attempted drug robbery in the Westroads Mall parking lot in 2021. Last year, a Douglas County jury found J’Maun Haynie guilty of the first-degree murder of 18-year-old Franco...
Douglas County Public Notices 8/19/2024
The North Omaha “Turnback Tax” Grant Committee will hold a public hearing on Monday, August 26, 2024 at 5:30 pm at Metropolitan Community College, Fort Omaha Campus, 5300 N 30th St, Building 21, Room 112 Omaha, NE 68111. The event can also be accessed virtually via Zoom (link and instructions below).
Westside Community Schools Public Notices 8/19/2024
Notice is hereby given of a Budget Amendment Public Hearing and Board of Education Meeting for the Westside Community School District 66, Douglas County, in the State of Nebraska, to be held August 19, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. at Westside High School, 8701 Pacific St., Omaha, NE. The Public Hearing will begin at 6:00 p.m.; the regular Board Meeting will begin immediately following adjournment of the Public Hearing. The agendas, continually kept current, are available at the District Office. The meeting is open to the public.
4 boys taken to Douglas County Youth Center in connection to Tuesday homicide
Four boys have been taken to the Douglas County Youth Center on suspicion of homicide. The arrest of the boys, who range in age from 11 to 17 years old, stems from the shooting death of 64-year-old Mursa Jama in west-central Omaha late Tuesday night. Jama, who lived near the Camelot Community Center southwest of the 90th and Maple Streets intersection, died after being taken by medics to Creighton University Medical Center-Bergan Mercy.
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