By: Max Garvey Omaha, Neb. – Omaha Westside have been the defending Class A state football champions, having won two titles in the last three seasons. The Warriors have made it to the past four state championship games. Westside lost to Gretna in the 2021 Class A title game but the result was vacated due
By: Gracie Goos The Council Bluffs Library partnered with Prairie Rivers of Iowa to bring in their Lincoln Highway Heritage exhibit. The exhibit will showcase how the highway got started and how it helped with the development of Council Bluffs and brought in tourism. Lincoln Highway Heritage Coordinator Jeanie Hou said her favorite part of
By: Dee Warren OMAHA, Neb. – Music has been a cornerstone for cultures globally throughout history and has always had a strange, yet delightful way of bringing creators and listeners together for centuries. In addition, according to a 2020 Harvard health study, listening to your favorite music has been shown to improve health and mental
By: Andrew Kusleika OMAHA, Neb. – A myriad of local business owners and businesspeople gathered at Beacon Hills Bar and Grille in Aksarben Village for an early morning event. The Omaha Empowerment Breakfast is an event that is held once a month to serve the local business community. The small business owners that comprise the
By: Jackson Piercy OMAHA, Neb. – After starting his business in early 2020, and then putting said business on the backburner during the COVID-19 pandemic, Barry started his business catering, just enough to get himself a hot dog cart. Since then, he has grown to four carts and now a brick-and-mortar store in Aksarben’s Inner
By: Max Garvey Omaha, Neb. – Stinson Park was the location for the second-annual Midwest Chingona Fest on Saturday, Oct. 7. Event coordinators partnered with Omaha Michelada Fest to produce the event. Food, music, art, and cultural dress were on full display for the festival honoring the strength of Latinx women. Omaha citizen Eddie Vallin
By: Daytin Inserra-Cunningham OMAHA, Neb. — In a significant development, Lee Enterprises has made the decision to relocate the remaining staff of The Omaha World Herald to The Freedom Center. This decision comes as the newspaper grapples with years of layoffs, drastically reducing its workforce. Sports Copy Editor for The Omaha World Herald, Andrew Stem,
By: Wyatt Moravec OMAHA, Neb. – The Eagles Ballroom, a historic venue in Omaha, has geared up to celebrate the 20th anniversary of hosting Jitterbugs Night Out. This weekly dance event has been a regular occurrence at the venue almost every Friday night since it started in 2003. On October 20, 2023, the Eagles Ballroom
By: Dee Warren OMAHA, NE – In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, minority and women owned business are on the rise with growth driven by Black women like Christi Ballard, founder and owner of Status luxury handbags and accessories who said her journey had its own hurdles. Based on a 2021 U.S. Census Bureau
By: Ben Copeland OMAHA, Neb. – The Nebraska Interscholastic Cycling League, or the NICL, held their third weekend event of the 2023 season this weekend at Tranquility Park, where middle and high school students from across Nebraska come together to cycle. The race had athletes biking through gravel, tree roots, and up and over a