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Omaha

Paulson & Buffett Agree: “TARP Funds Saved Our Asses, But Not Yours”

February 13, 2010

Legendary investor Warren Buffett played host last week to former Treasury chief Henry Paulson, who was in Omaha flakking his new book: On The Brink: How I Raped The Taxpayers And Saved My Pals At Goldman Sachs. A crowd of 2,400 people, many of whom still have jobs, attended the annual meeting of the Greater [...]

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Plow It Again, Jim!

February 9, 2010

More snow. More potholes. More obstacles and giant holes in Jim Suttle’s tenure as Omaha’s mayor. Suttle isn’t taking this one lying down. “We need a garbage fee,” said the mayor late last week, apparently because he was tired of taking questions from irate citizens with thousands of dollars in car repair bills caused by [...]

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KXVO Pumpkin Dance

November 2, 2009

As Nebraskans ponder the mediocrity of the Big Red, Omaha is now all over the Internet, gaining world-wide renown as the place where the Pumpkin Dance was made.

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Midtown Neuters Animal House

October 21, 2009

It seems the lovely ladies of UNO’s Chi Omega sorority won’t be occupying the Havens-Page House at 101 North 39th Street anytime soon. At least that’s the opinion of Omaha’s City Council, which voted unanimously to deny a special permit to the sorority.
Whew! How perilously close we came to irreparably damaging the [...]

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O! Now With Grass And Weed

August 26, 2009

Mayor Jim Suttle and his budget heart surgeons and rocket scientists have entertained a number of creative cutbacks designed to balance the city’s budget. Proposals for closing Dodge Street and using mall cops instead of Omaha Police have so far gone the way of the entertainment tax debacle, so the Mayor’s budget wizards have reverted [...]

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Omahans Annoyed Over National Image

June 26, 2009

Cow pastures. Cornfields. Snow White horse-drawn carriages in the Old Market.
Those are a few of the sights shown to the country during national television broadcasts of this year’s College World Series. The deliberateness of such monotony now has many locals up in arms.
“Why aren’t they showing our chuckholes and Dodge Street during rush hour?” asked [...]

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The Onion: Omaha Opens Safe Haven For 40-Somethings

June 17, 2009

OMAHA, NE—Responding to a need for after-work recreation and support programs for area adults, The Den, a local middle-age activity center, opened last month to provide a fun, encouraging environment where 40-to-60-year-olds can interact with others their own age.
Read it at The Onion.

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