Feb 09, 2016 08:36PM ● By Judy Horan
Dave Webber covered all five Big Red national championships during a broadcast career that spanned 46 years; but he will never shake free fr...
Dec 17, 2015 01:15PM ● By Judy Horan
Forget what they told you in first grade. Santa Claus does not live at the North Pole. He lives with Mrs. Claus in Silver City, Iowa—a town ...
Oct 15, 2015 11:09AM ● By Judy Horan
Johnny Carson hosting a show on WOW-TV in 1950 called The Squirrel’s Nest. The Omaha show was the television debut for the Nebraska native...
Oct 01, 2015 02:13PM ● By Judy Horan
Chuck Roberts blew into Omaha the same day as the May 6, 1975, tornado that spread death and destruction. Covering the infamous storm was th...
Sep 16, 2015 02:07PM ● By Judy Horan
Since 1587, when Virginia colonists first created ale using corn, beer has been a big part of American history.The first known brewery in th...
Aug 27, 2015 01:12PM ● By Judy Horan
This article appears in July/August 2015 The Encounter.The Asarco lead refinery along the Missouri riverfront was Omaha’s largest company in...
Jul 17, 2015 11:11AM ● By Judy Horan
This article appears in July/August 60-Plus.Visitors from Omaha and the spirit realm are welcome at the Squirrel Cage Jail Museum in Council...
Jul 07, 2015 12:59PM ● By Judy Horan
This article appears in Summer 2015 B2B.Nuns get a bad rap in Hollywood.“The image is we’re fluffy and don’t have a brain in our head, like ...
Jun 05, 2015 02:47PM ● By Judy Horan
This article originally published in May/June 2015 edition of The Encounter.Steve Rosenblatt likes to drive by the 15th and Vinton streets a...
May 09, 2015 02:05PM ● By Judy Horan
Article originally published in May/June 2015 Omaha Magazine.You knew them as “drive-in” theaters, but in 1933 outdoor theaters were created...
May 04, 2015 03:42PM ● By Judy Horan
This article appeared in The Encounter May/June 2015 issue.As a boy in the late 1930s, Jerry Leahy rode with his father from their home in s...
Apr 29, 2015 09:41AM ● By Judy Horan
I was strolling through the wide hallway in the lowest level of the First National Center when I saw a friend waving at me. He wanted to say...
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