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The entertainment district approved for the Haymarket area near Lincoln's new Pinnacle Bank Arena will be patterned after Kansas City's Power and Light District, shown here.

"I'm upset. I mean, I want to fix up the house, they won't give me permits, they come in and take out my sidewalk without telling me, and then don't barricade my driveway, and I have to drive into this? Really, this is sad," Andersen says.

Omaha rock band Cursive will embark on a short tour with Digital Leather that begins today in Iowa City and continues through the Midwest, hitting Omaha on Sunday and finishing up the next day in Kansas City.

A funeral Mass for Anthony Vazzano, one of the victims in the South Omaha shootings, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Gerald Catholic Church.

Paul Konchagulian, an Omaha artist, in front of the house at 3846 Hamilton St. that he bought for $5,000 in 2007.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is making his first trip back to Nebraska for a speech at his alma mater, the University of Nebraska-Omaha.

System administrator Bill McQuillen changes backup tapes from the server room at CSSS.NET, a Bellevue information technology contractor where half the workforce of 200 are people who have served in the armed forces and reserves.

The new entertainment district - Nebraska's first - will be situated across the street from the new Pinnacle Bank Arena in the west Haymarket area.

The new entertainment district - Nebraska's first - will be situated across the street from the new Pinnacle Bank Arena in the west Haymarket area.

The June 8 article about how you can take an Omaha tour of the former movie star homes drew lots of interest and response.

In the Money Talks blog, The World-Herald shares the latest in Nebraska business and development, with behind-the-scenes notes from our Money team.

Former Police officer Virgil Patlan chased after the man who killed his neighbor Pascual Bautista-Raymundo Saturday.

Country music band Heath Wright and the Hangmen had more than $13,000 in instruments and equipment stolen while in Omaha for a show over the weekend.

Chris Creekmore's skills and can-do spirit were so impressive that his new boss was considering him for advancement.

An Omaha man who created an elaborate scheme to avoid paying more than $422,000 in taxes has been given a year and a day in prison.

For another week, Omaha plays host to thousands of baseball fans from across the United States during the College World Series.

Omaha police are looking for the man who jumped the pharmacy counter at a metro CVS and demanded prescription drugs.

UNO junior Benjamin Knutson was a Millard North senior in 2011 when a Millard South student shot two adults at that school.

Dozens prayed for peace at a South Omaha vigil Monday night. A random shooting spree injured three men -- two of them died.

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