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Fourth teen arrested in shooting death of 64-year-old man charged as an adult
OMAHA, Neb. — A 16-year-old who was arrested for criminal homicide in the death of a 64-year-old man has been charged as an adult. He faces criminal homicide, robbery, and weapons charges in the shooting death of Mursal Jama. Also charged as adults in the case are 17-year-old Trenton...
Minority-owned Omaha businesses growing beyond Nebraska border
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Donald McPherson’s North Omaha clothing store Styles of Evolution was inspired by a blouse once worn by his mother. “Things just evolve. Clothing evolves. What goes out of style, five years later is coming back. So Styles of Evolution was born.”. What’s also evolving is...
Siemion era kicks off with upset of #25 Ottawa, split on day one in Bellevue
Bellevue, Neb. – Dickinson State opened up their 2024 season with a bang, knocking off #25 Ottawa (Kan.), 3-1 (27-25, 22-25, 25-19, 25-23), in game one before falling in game two to RV Benedictine (Kan.) 3-0 (25-19, 25-14, 25-15). The win in game one was the first for new head coach Stormy Siemion who enters her first year as a college coach.
From little league to the big leagues: Nebraska's pipeline of baseball talent thrives
Scott Servais is one of hundreds of players to play professional baseball with ties to Nebraska. Servais made it to the Major Leagues as a player and managed the Seattle Mariners before being let go on Thursday. He says he likes seeing the Nebraska pipeline. "Certainly. You see more players...
Fremont High School adds skills labs to improve employment opportunities
Fremont High School started the school year with a new building after a $123 million bond issue passed in the district. The Career and Technical Education Center (CTE) has six state-of-the-art laboratories to teach job skills and trades including auto mechanics, welding, construction drafting, mechatronics, robotics and health sciences. The construction of the building accounted for $28 million of the bond issue.
New report provides insight to help address NE workforce woes, brain drain puzzle
Nebraska college graduates who grew up in the state are about twice as likely to stay and work there compared to their out-of-state peers, according to new research on what keeps talent in Cornhusker territory, the Nebraska Examiner reports.
Nebraskans to vote on competing abortion ballot initiatives in November, bringing the total of abortion-related measures in 2024 to 11
Voters in Nebraska will decide on two abortion-related ballot measures on Nov. 5. The ballot initiatives would contradict. One, the Right to Abortion Initiative, would amend the Nebraska Constitution to provide for a state constitutional right to abortion until fetal viability. The other ballot measure, the Prohibit Abortions After the First Trimester Initiative, would prohibit abortion in the second and third trimesters, except for medical emergencies or when a pregnancy results from sexual assault or incest.
'Some accountability': Nebraska law on juvenile detention faces scrutiny after crime spree
OMAHA, Neb. — Nebraska's juvenile detention law is under scrutiny after a series of crimes involving minors, including an 11-year-old now facing a murder charge. "It depends on if you speak to a particular judge or county attorney on how they read that statute. It does say detention. It doesn't specify secure or staff secure," said Sarpy County's Youth Facility Director Tami Steensma. "The age is also a concern too. It doesn't even give us any leeway for a very heinous crime to place a youth under the age of 12 in detention."
Saturday Forecast: The heat is approaching...
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Well say goodbye to seasonable temperatures for a couple of days, as hot and humid weather looks to come into the region. Showers and thunderstorms are possible (20%-30%) Saturday morning. The National Weather Service has put out two Heat Advisories for Nebraska, with one for southeast...
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