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Before ye read any further, you lovers of musicals and defenders of talk-singing, please remember that I really liked the first Wicked movie.

The second one is an abomination. It is a pinata stuffed with cringe that was designed by the kind of blood-sucking executives who have made every, every,...

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There’s a new feature atop the Omaha Police Department’s downtown headquarters. Two drones sit within climate-controlled containers on the roof, ready for deployment in the city’s busiest precincts.

Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer and Mayor John Ewing announced the launch of the unmanned aerial vehicles Thursday as key equipment in the city’s new “Drones as Fir...

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In a message to families on Monday, Omaha Public Schools said it received an overpayment of $30.5 million in state aid for the current school year.

The Nebraska Depart...

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A fundraising shortfall put a pause on the Omaha Children’s Museum’s new riverfront facility and brought uncertainty to a corresponding apartment project.

Plans for a $100 million museum looked to bring an updated building, new exhibits, cafe and fresh programming to the heart of the city’s newly developed downtown parks. The new museum was the centerpiece in a pa...

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There’s a small sign on every table in the dining room at Johnny’s Cafe, Omaha’s oldest and perhaps original steakhouse.

“103 years,” it reads. “Perfectly aged.”

Johnny’s is a Nebraska icon, still owned by the descendants of a Polish immigrant named Frank Kawa, who bought a bar on 27th and L Streets in 1922 with no idea that the business would still be ...

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