By Ivan Tovar OMAHA Neb. – At Baxter Arena, the Omaha Kings and Omaha Queens are building more than just a soccer team — they’re building a connection with the Omaha community. During home games, the experience goes beyond what happens on the field. Before kickoff, players walk through the tunnel as their names echo across the
By Samira Zarazua OMAHA, Neb. — Inner-city construction in Omaha has been affecting the small businesses across the city – including the mobile businesses like food trucks. From the streetcar that is now two years behind schedule (Turley, 2026), to the downtown projects blocking off complete sidewalks, businesses on these roads have dropped in sales tremendously. Food trucks sitting in designated
By Joe Sutton LINCOLN Neb. — Under the blue lights of Pinnacle Bank Arena, Bennington made history. The Badgers captured the first state basketball championship in school history with an 11-point victory over Gretna East, capping a postseason defined by composure, effort and a community that never stopped believing. The road to the title ran
By Pablo Perez OMAHA Neb. – Young adults in Omaha say rising rent prices are making it harder to afford housing as apartment costs continue to climb across the metro area. For many recent graduates and young professionals, finding affordable housing has become increasingly difficult. Rent prices in Omaha have steadily increased in recent years,
By Bella McAtee OMAHA Neb. – The updated dietary guidelines for U.S. citizens shifted the focus on eating “real food” and boosted locally farmed businesses. The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. released the guidelines on Jan. 7, and they will remain until 2030. The new food pyramid is “the most significant reset of
Over the last few years, the adult sibling dynamic has been explored to great effect in a number of sharply funny and/or dramatically impactful series. Think Carmy and “Sugar” Berzatto in “The Bear.” The Garvey quintet in “Bad Sisters.” Coop and Ali in “Your Friends & Neighbors.” The Friedkin brothers in “Black Rabbit.” Richard and
By Bayleigh Koch OMAHA, Neb. – Red light therapy is becoming a growing wellness trend nationwide, and more Omaha residents are turning to it for skin care, recovery and overall wellness. At Beem Light Sauna in Omaha, customers can book full-body red light sessions alongside infrared sauna treatments. Assistant manager Kyler Eggspuehler said most clients come in looking for
Sam Shainberg’s “Endless Sea” opens on a dreary metropolitan street where it looks like freezing rain has been pouring all morning. Carol (Brenda Cullerton) has a collection of recyclables she deposits for a little extra pocket change. She then enters a pharmacy to pick up her prescription for heart meds and gets dreadful news that
I met Tom Noonan in 2008, on the 2 train in Brooklyn, heading back into Manhattan after speaking to a film history class at Brooklyn College. There were maybe 40 people on the train, standing and sitting. I was seated on a bench near the middle of the car. Perched on a bench at the
“Rooster” could be considered the third entry in what I’ll refer to as Bill Lawrence’s “Likable White Guy Failing Upward” Trilogy, assuming, of course, that he stops at three. The first was “Ted Lasso,” which was co-created by Lawrence, Joe Kelly, Brendan Hunt and Jason Sudeikis and famously focused on an American football coach hired