John Chapman

The snow in Plattsmouth has been falling at a rapid pace for most of the day today, making travel challenging.

A Florence area bar that was shut down after complaints from neighbors and police is once again back in business. The former Reign Lounge will take a new name, new ownership and there are plans to return the once-troubled bar back into a neighborhood tavern.

The Douglas County Health Department officials say working with a local pharmacy is a big help.

Right now it might be tough for theaters like the Rose to imagine a full house.

The Durham Museum is celebrating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Many families showed up at the museum to learn about King’s message of peace, tolerance, and hope.

The City of Ralston is hoping to benefit from a future casino that will be constructed at Horsemen’s Park.

A North Omaha non-profit is facing challenges as it makes an attempt to provide a business to an area that desperately needs them.

Some Republican voters in Douglas County are changing their party affiliation, and election officials in the county believe the changes are connected to the violent riots that took place in the nation’s Capitol last week.

Anti-government groups made a big blip on Nebraska’s radar in the 1980s during the farm crisis. Loans were being foreclosed on and people were losing farms that had been in their families for generations.

The last Douglas County Commissioners meeting of 2020 was very heated.

Omaha Police officers once again were invited by the District Of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department to participate in this year’s inauguration.

Omaha city officials say they took around two thousand calls, not all of them complaints, at the solid waste hotline on Monday.

Beginning Monday police will conduct a tow sweep operation. Getting rid of vehicles that sit on the streets will improve the neighborhoods and respond to the high number of complaints police receive about the abandoned cars.

City snow plow operators won’t be the only ones out clearing the streets when the next snowstorm moves in.

Douglas County Sheriff deputies believe they’ve recovered the gun used in the shooting death of Omaha realtor Michael “Mickey” Sodoro.

Omaha is mourning the loss of Bishop Robert Tyler.

After 26 years as Douglas County Sheriff and 50 years in law enforcement, Tim Dunning is retiring.

The City of Omaha has put homeowners and businesses on alert to clear sidewalks before Thursday.

Finally, the COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in Pottawattamie County. Health department officials say the vaccine arrived late and the shipment was smaller than what was first promised, but officials in Council Bluffs wasted no time getting ready to distribute the vaccine.

They are still waiting to receive the vaccine in Pottawattamie County. Health department officials were expecting to receive doses of the Moderna vaccine today, but once again there has been a delay.

Officials are working to turn Horsemen’s Park into a true casino, but officials tell us it will take some time to polish up the facility.

It has been a long journey for an Omaha restaurant, Three Happiness Express had to deal with a fire and a pandemic, but the owners are close to opening their doors again.

A local restaurant delivery co-op is working to deliver family-sized meals to those in need and at the same time help locally-owned restaurants during these hard times.

You wouldn’t think there are people who have get my garbage picked up on their Christmas list, but some people in Omaha are still dealing with what they are calling poor service from the city new garbage hauler.

Fireworks at the Douglas County Commissioners meeting this morning as two outgoing commissioners proposed to add an extra $10 million to the $120 million Juvenile Justice Center project.

Stephen Prior of Omaha was sentenced today to 165-220 years in prison for his involvement in a string of sexual assaults from 2017, burglary, robbery, possession of a firearm to commit a felony, and other charges.

The Council Bluffs Community School District now has one of its schools right next to an area that’s being redeveloped, and it was renovation going on in the district that brought the school to that area.

Hundreds of complaints about missed garbage pickups are still coming into Omaha’s new trash hauler. Today officials from FCC Environmental services say they have a solution that they believe will help solve the problems of garbage left on the curb in some Omaha neighborhoods.

Some construction going on downtown is making traffic for drivers worse -- and while the work will improve the area, it’s hurting small businesses in the Old Market.

People who live in Omaha are finding out the city’s new trash hauler, FCC Environmental services will not pick up garbage if you put it in our old cans instead of the new carts.

One of the Test Iowa COVID-19 testing sites is changing locations.

A Papillion care center is putting an extra sparkle in Christmas this year, they’re hoping to spread some joy to their residents who’ve had to make major adjustments as they make their way through the pandemic.

The owner of an Omaha small business is hoping her store doesn’t get lost in the Cyber Monday rush.

Every year, organizers make Christmas in the Village bigger and better -- this year the annual north Omaha Christmas celebration will feature live nativity animals.

This is the 29th year for the Salvation Army’s Turkeyfest, the Army delivers hundreds of meals to senior citizens in the metro area.

This year COVID-19 has forced many families to cancel the big family get-togethers in order to keep everyone safe. The virus has also forced families to end other Thanksgiving Day traditions.

First responders on the scene investigating Saturday night’s shooting will most likely remember what happened here for years.

The town of Bellevue is still trying to make sense of an act of violence that has most people here in shock. The snow-covered memorial still in place in front of the Sonic drive-thru. But the snow can’t cover up what happened here Saturday night.

It wasn’t that long ago when voters wrapped themselves around the Douglas County Election Commissioners Office to vote early, in the Presidential Election. After a campaign season that seems like it went on forever, and now with the upcoming Omaha City Election on the horizon, it seems like around the clockwork for people in the Election Commissioner’s Office.

COVD-19 prevented an Omaha non-profit from doing business as usual this year. Habitat for Humanity Omaha still managed to improve neighborhoods by building new homes, they just had to build them a little slower.

The Blackstone Hotel has been an Omaha landmark for decades, now the Blackstone has been renovated, renamed, and starts a new chapter Tuesday in the history of the historic building.

Omaha’s Riverfront Science Center was named the Kiewit Luminarium on Monday.

Omaha celebrates its 21st season of the Holiday Lights Festival this year.

The invasion of COVID-19 has forced Veterans Day celebrations around the country to take on a different look this year.

A young Omaha woman could possibly be a member of president-elect Joe Biden’s team. Symone Sanders has been mentioned as a candidate who could be in Biden’s inner circle.

One of the first things on President-elect Joe Biden’s agenda is to change the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A new COVID-19 testing site opened Friday at the Metropolitan Community College - Fort Omaha Campus.

Even with all the COVID-19 precautions in place, Pottawattamie County officials say trying to find poll workers was the spark that lead to long lines at some county voting precincts.

Nebraska gamblers won big last night.

If you’re still holding on to your early ballot, Douglas County Election Commissioner Brian Kruse says don’t put it in the mailbox -- it needs to go in one of 13 drop boxes around the county to make tomorrow night’s deadline.