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High School Football semifinals: Westside, Millard South advance to state championship
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - We have reached the penultimate week of the high school football season. The state semifinals overwhelmingly featured teams from the Omaha Metro, including all four remaining teams in Class A and Class B. Here are the local teams who played Friday for the right to advance...
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Omaha Army veteran finds silver dollars he bought online are fake, coin expert says
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Army veteran Chris Bowen bought 50 silver dollar coins online to give to fellow veterans. A coin expert said the coins are fake. Bowen hands out silver coins to veterans he meets who served in all branches of the military. He spent about $1,500 on the coins from a New York seller. He said he will not give them to other veterans.
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City officials address trash, recycling and yard waste delays in Omaha
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - City officials have an update for Omaha residents experiencing delays in trash, recycling or yard waste collection. Residents whose collections are delayed should leave their materials at their usual pickup location, the city said. The Omaha Public Works Department said Thursday that its contractor, FCC Environmental...
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Things to do: Activities and events in the Omaha metro, Nov. 13-15
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Here’s a list of activities and events coming up in the Omaha metro this weekend. Watch “Things to do” with Maria Cade and Elaina Riley at 9 a.m. Fridays on streaming and social media platforms. The Omaha Holiday Boutique returns to Downtown Omaha’s...
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Dial Senior Living Acquires The Waters Senior Living
OMAHA, Neb. — Senior living developer, owner and operator Dial Senior Living has completed the acquisition of The Waters Senior Living. The newly consolidated portfolio comprises 39 communities across eight states in the Midwest and Colorado. Prior to the merger, Omaha, Nebraska-based Dial’s portfolio totaled 28 communities in Nebraska,...
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Creighton’s $24M ‘Central Park’ fuels downtown Omaha redevelopment
OMAHA — Beneath a backdrop of fireworks and blue smoke, Creighton University on Thursday opened a $24 million amphitheater and gathering space expected to bring new energy to the campus and Omaha’s urban core. Dubbed “the Quad,” the roughly 250,000-square-foot quadrangular grassy area features a fountain plaza and picnic areas and also is referred to as […]
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This Omaha Restaurant Serves Fine Dining Inside a 130-Year-Old Former Boiler Room
An old factory boiler room in downtown Omaha has become one of the city’s more unusual places for a special dinner. The Boiler Room occupies part of the historic Bemis Bag Building, where exposed brick, steel beams, and a two-level layout preserve much of the original industrial character. The...
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Omaha-area NSAA district votes down girls flag football
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A local NSAA district on Thursday voted down establishing girls flag football as an official high school sport. The Dist. 2 vote, including Omaha surrounding areas, was 40-30 against - but supporters anticipate bringing the proposal back in January. The decision came the same day the...
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Inside Omaha’s Art Deco giant that refused to become a ghost building
Union Station in Omaha was built for movement, for crowds, for the clatter of departures. At its peak, 10,000 passengers passed through in a single day. Then the trains stopped coming, and for a while the building just sat there, all that marble and light with nowhere to go. Today...