Ralston News

A . It's clear to the teachers and administrators at Ralston Middle School that something is going right on the elementary school level.

Ralston police said 17-year-old Caleb Petrick rides his bike to homes and gets in through ground-level windows.

Linda Richards and Bob Brown said they will both seek to keep their seats on the board, declaring their candidacies in advance of the Feb.

Ralston Volunteer Fire Department Chief Kyle Ienn's casket is led into the Ralston High School gymnasium.

Area schools don't have official policies regarding the Pledge of Allegiance, but students at many of them recite it every day.

Elijah Mock, a 6-year-old student at Holy Ghost Catholic School, enjoys ice cream as part of a National Catholic Schools Week celebration.

Ienn, who would have turned 41 on Saturday, was found hanging from a bridge near 69th and Pine earlier this week.

A potential buyer wants to turn the closed Blair campus into the Renewable Nations Institute at Dana College.

We are writing to express our gratitude that Omaha's Holy Name School has found such a wonderful group of supporters.

A body found hanging from a bridge in central Omaha has been identified as that of Ralston Volunteer Fire Department Chief Kyle Ienn.

Are you the next Lavonte David? Nebraska linebacker recruit Michael Rose gets that question from Husker fans a lot.

Maureen Konwinski, representing Ralston's Ward 1, Mike Gillespie of Ward 2 and Ben Preis of Ward 6, all said they had or would soon be filing the necessary paperwork with the Douglas County Election Commission to run as incumbents in the coming elections.

UPDATE: Holy Name officials released a statement Thursday emphasizing that the statements in the draft are just proposals designed to initiate discussion and additional options for schools.

A It took the better part of Wednesday morning and into early afternoon for 60 exceptional spellers to be whittled down to one winner in the annual Ralston Middle School Spelling Bee.A When the final word, "incandescence" was spelled correctly by eighth grader Cameron Dennler, the Ralston gym erupted in applause and cheers for Cameron, second place ... (more)

Join World-Herald staff writer Jon Nyatawa at 10 a.m. for the "Husker Talk Live" chat, the weekly discussion about all things Husker football.

In observance of the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., government offices and public services will follow these schedules today: Federal, state, county government offices and courts: Closed City offices: Closed in Omaha, Bellevue, La Vista, Papillion, Ralston, Gretna; open in Council Bluffs Mail: No delivery Parking meters: Coins not ... (more)