Two leaders who made history by being the first: Omaha Mayor John Ewing Jr. and former Chief of the Omaha Police Department Thomas Warren Jr. have been friends since childhood.

The old building was home to Omaha’s first African American veterinarian.

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KETV's Waverle Monroe looks into Omaha's Broadview Hotel, its connection to local black history, and how its mission has ...

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Salem Baptist Church, at 3131 Lake St., grew from a handful of believers in 1922 to a peak membership of 3,000, making it North Omaha's mega church.

Better known as becoming the first Native American woman to receive a medical degree, Susan La Flesche, along with her sister Rosalie, made significant contributions to the anthropological study and ...

The Omaha Dioceses was elevated to an Archdiocese by Pope Pius XIII. The move recognized decades of growth in the Catholic community and lead to Omaha taking on a leadership role for surrounding ...