3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (530+ words) A Douglas County judge heard arguments Thursday over whether the City of Omaha has authority to set a higher minimum wage than that required by state law. The Omaha City Council passed an ordinance earlier this year to maintain a…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (273+ words) An event celebrating Omaha’s local food scene is returning this week. Omaha Restaurant Week will be held Sept. 11-20, giving diners a chance to enjoy three-course meals at discounted prices with dinners priced at $20-$50 per person at some of the area’s…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (328+ words) A man was arrested over the weekend for allegedly attempting to carry a firecracker and multiple lighters through security at Omaha’s Eppley Airfield. Che Kristian Salpas was charged via criminal complaint in federal court with carrying an explosive into an…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (234+ words) The Omaha Streetcar has a name: Oscar. Mayor John Ewing and the city’s streetcar team rolled out the branding, design and name of the upcoming streetcar system at the Kiewit Luminarium Friday afternoon. Five focus groups and more than 1,200 surveys…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (872+ words) The keyboardist flew in from Los Angeles, the drummer from New York City. They came to Omaha to join an all-star show in the epicenter of North Omaha’s jazz revival. Several of the musicians on stage shared one thing in…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1704+ words) There is no perfect recipe for streetcar success. But from route design to fare price, experts say, there are cities Omaha can look to. At the height of the modern streetcar boom, construction crews tore up roads in Washington, D.C., installed…...