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[Omaha World Herald] What's Happening: Junior ROTC learns the ropes

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:43:00 -0400

Approximately 180 Omaha Public high school students are taking part in the JROTC Cadet Leadership Challenge Summer Camp. The four-day camp, with activities at Camp Ashland, Schramm Park and Offutt Air Force Base, is designed to help the cadets practice leadership skills and build confidence and teamwork.

[Omaha World Herald] Suttle appointee won't take City Hall job

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:41:00 -0400

Mayor-elect Jim Suttle said at a brief press conference Monday that Matthew Samp will not serve in his administration. Samp, who is accused of having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old boy in the late 1990s, was to have been Suttle's co-chief of staff.

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• Mayor-elect Suttle discusses Matthew Samp situation. Watch the video

Earlier:
• Suttle on hot seat over accusations against aide
• Suttle appointee accused of sex with underage boy

[Omaha World Herald] Houston-to-Omaha flight makes emergency landing

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:07:00 -0400

[Omaha World Herald] Charges in Denver eerily similar to '92 case in Omaha

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:58:00 -0400

The allegations were made 16 years apart, but the similarities are striking. Both times, a minority teenage girl was confronted in a parking lot by a stranger who emerged from a silver car with a knife drawn. Jeremy C. Sheets, an Omaha native now living in Denver, is scheduled to appear in a Colorado court this month on a felony charge of menacing, stemming from allegations that he threatened to stab a Latina teenager in December.

[Omaha World Herald] Papillion picked for Royals park

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:44:00 -0400

Sarpy County and the Omaha Royals will play ball in Papillion. The Sarpy County Board on Monday officially chose a farm just west of the city as the site for the Royals’ new 6,000-seat ballpark.

[Omaha World Herald] Crash near Broken Bow kills three members of family

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:04:00 -0400

[Omaha World Herald] Motorcycle-deer crash sends two to hospital

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:47:00 -0400

[Omaha World Herald] Smoking ban debuts to cheers, jeers

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:31:00 -0400

Nebraska’s long-awaited, much-debated smoking ban took effect today, prompting cheers from anti-tobacco advocates and worries from many suburban and rural bar owners. Health officials said this morning they hope the smoking ban will encourage people to give up smoking completely.

[Omaha World Herald] TB found in Nebraska beef cattle herd

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:26:00 -0400

Veterinarians have discovered bovine tuberculosis in a herd of beef cattle in Rock County. The Nebraska Agriculture Department and the U.S. Agriculture Department are working with the producer, who cooperating with the two agencies. The producer was not identified.

[Omaha World Herald] 2008 tornadoes spur many Iowans to become storm spotters

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:37:00 -0400