University of Nebraska Omaha News

An interesting perspective on the limitations a simple web search comes today from an Emeritus Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

It's 10:30 a.m. and the temperature is creeping toward triple digits. Bubba Starling rises from the aluminum plank in the dugout, grabs his bat and slips his blue helmet over his buzzed head.

She was a professor emeritus at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, where she led the art education program for more than 25 years and was chairwoman of the department of art and art history.

The Omaha metropolitan area's economy in March improved more than expected, according to an index that measures the health of the local economy.

Memorial Day is the one day of the year most guaranteed to bring people who want to remember loved ones to cemeteries.

Ronni Schacht's kindergarten class performed "Where the Wild Things Are" for the last time before she retires.

May 19, 1937: In a surprise installation, Rev. Joseph P. Zuercher, S. J., was named as the 15th president of Creighton University.

The Big Ten baseball tournament is coming to Omaha in 2014, a partnership with the College World Series' host city that the league hopes will help to raise the profile of its annual event.

After they worked so hard to get it Thursday, what was the first thing the Omaha Creighton Prep players did to the championship baseball trophy? They broke it.

Incumbents Mike Cavanaugh and N.P. "Sandy" Dodge were the lead vote-getters, and they will face former Douglas County Commissioner George Mills and Tom Barrett, from a prominent family of Omaha Democrats.

Setting the stage for high-profile races in November, former Mayor Hal Daub of Omaha was among the familiar names topping the list in Tuesday's primary for the University of Nebraska Board of Regents.

Lee Terry is seeking to secure the GOP nomination for the chance to win an eighth term representing Nebraska's 2nd District in Congress.

The University of Nebraska at Omaha's season came to an end Monday with a 5-4, nine-inning loss to Utah Valley at the Great West Conference tournament.

May 15, 1964: Representative Glenn Cunningham reported the machinery had been set in motion to slice the "Omaha gap" in Interstate highway construction.

Brady Luke, 4, center, with brother Adam in the cockpit of a Delta Air Lines jet during a private tour at Omaha's Eppley Airfield.

By most schools' standards, eight years isn't that long between state titles. By Omaha Creighton Prep standards, it's an eternity.

East Texas Baptist University bestowed another honor upon a decorated war veteran.

Brett Lindstrom began his race to unseat U.S. Rep. Lee Terry as an unknown to the Nebraska Republican Party, but the party's top official now says he admires the brash newcomer's guts.

Mike Leach took a tour Wednesday afternoon through the Boys Town Hall of History.

The Nebraska primary is next Tuesday, but there's one issue that will definitely be on the November ballot.A Voters will get a chance to voice their opinion on term limits.