Aug 26, 2016 05:55PM ● By Marisa Miakonda Cummings
I would like to begin by introducing myself. My English name is Marisa Cummings. My Omaha or Umoⁿhoⁿ name is Miakonda or Moon Power. I was g...
Aug 26, 2016 05:54PM ● By Sean Robinson
If it wasn’t for Bugs Bunny, Ren and Stimpy, or Johnny Bravo, we may never have gotten to know Dan Crane, artist extraordinaire. One of Omah...
Aug 26, 2016 05:53PM ● By Max Sparber
It is difficult to imagine Omaha’s once-bustling streetcar system. Scarce evidence remains: There are alleys downtown paved in brick with ra...
Aug 26, 2016 05:52PM ● By Jared Kennedy
To speak in archetypal clichés—without knowing where you came from, it can be difficult to understand where you are going. Nestled just sout...
Aug 26, 2016 05:51PM ● By Tamsen Butler
Ken Stoysich can tell a lot about a person based on what type of meat they request while standing at his counter. “When someone asks for a t...
Aug 26, 2016 05:43PM ● By Taleisha Newbill
Collin Kauth-Fisher believes that nerds will win in the end. The self-described nerd and recent Millard West grad is accustomed to winning,...
Aug 26, 2016 05:41PM ● By Greg Jerrett
The term “amateur” gets a bad rap. While suggesting a lack of skill, the word actually comes from the Latin “amator” or “lover.” An amateur ...
Aug 26, 2016 05:40PM ● By Carol Crissey Nigrelli
The nuns have left the building. For the first time in the 135-year history of Duchesne Academy, students have no interaction with members o...
Aug 26, 2016 05:35PM ● By Otis Twelve
There are two things everybody has…” Those are the wise words of my grandfather, Johannes, who hated Kaiser Bill, loved bacon ends, and work...
Aug 26, 2016 05:31PM ● By Leo Adam Biga
The story of athletics at the University of Nebraska at Omaha has fluctuated from wild success to heartbreak (and back). All-Americans, post...
Aug 25, 2016 11:08AM ● By James Vnuk
When a language dies, its culture suffers a tragic loss. The indigenous Omaha people—the Umoⁿhoⁿ—are thus in a precarious position. Although...
Aug 23, 2016 03:58PM ● By Judy Horan
Our committee at the Omaha Press Club meets several times a year to discuss who will next be honored as the club’s “Face on the Barroom Floo...
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