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Our best Omaha staff photos & videos of September 2026
A fan salutes during the national anthem while a large American flag is draped from the ladder of a Rural Gretna fire truck behind him before the start of the Gretna and Gretna East high school football game in Gretna, on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026.
Jaide Young, 10, reacts as she looks at the Nebraska Game and Parks aquarium filled with fish found in Nebraska waters at the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.
Gretna East MJ Maryott (1) tackles Gretna's Henry Hildebrand (18) during a high school football game in Gretna, on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026.
Gretna fans cheer as they team takes on Gretna East during a high school football game in Gretna, on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026.
Blue-eyed black lemur twins follow their mother, Wiig, at the Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium in Omaha, on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026.
Nebraska's Jahsear Whittington (1) hits Ohio's Nick Poulos (8) as he throws the ball during the first half of a college football game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026.
Nebraska's Kwazi Gilmer (3) catches a pass during the first half of a college football game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026.
Omaha Westside runs on the field before taking on Lee's Summit during a high school football game at Omaha Westside in Omaha on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026.
Lee's Summit's Max Trillo (6) catches a touchdown during a high school football game at Omaha Westside in Omaha on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026.
Yanqi Xu, Flatwater Free Press reporter, asks Gov. Jim Pillen for comment as he walks to his motorcade following a press conference in Omaha, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026.
Elliot Beam, 10, sprays down Nellie at the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.
Steve Snell of Red Cloud readies a calf for showing at the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.
Dr. Rodney Markin sits for a portrait at Omaha Community Playhouse in Omaha on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. Dr. Markin was on a commercial flight on Sept. 11, 2001 when all commercial flights were grounded. Markin's plane, along with 37 others, were forced to land at Gander International Airport in Newfoundland, Canada.
Peter Eklund conducts the University of Nebraska-Lincoln singers perform the national anthem during the State of the University Address in the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026.
Nebraska men's basketball head coach Fred Hoiberg and CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein address the crowd outside of Gate 25 in Lincoln on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. Rothstein hosted a "happy hour" for Nebraska fans at the Haymarket bar after promising the fan base during the NCAA men's basketball tournament that if the Huskers won a game, he would buy a round.
Nebraska's Kenna Cogill (8) goes up to spike the ball against Creighton's Abbey Hayes (2) during the first set of a college volleyball match at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026.
A look inside Pinnacle Bank Arena as Nebraska takes on Creighton during the first set of a college volleyball match in Lincoln on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026.
Elkhorn South head coach Guy Rosenberg runs onto the field for the first half of a high school football game against Millard South in Omaha on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026.
A team of skydivers parachute in flags before the first half of a college football game between Nebraska and Bowling Green at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026.
First responders lead the tunnel walk for Nebraska prior to a college football game between the Nebraska Huskers and the Bowling Green Falcons in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026 to honor the 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001. (Nikos Frazier/Omaha World-Herald)
Nebraska's Kwazi Gilmer (3) catches a pass in the end zone to score a touchdown during the first half of a college football game against Bowling Green at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026.
Nebraska's Andi Jackson (15) and Harper Murray (27) use towels to dry off the court during the first set of a Big Ten/SEC Volleyball Challenge match at Wrigley Field in Chicago, on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026.
A group of kids hit a volleyball around in the outfield before the Big Ten/SEC Volleyball Challenge at Wrigley Field in Chicago, on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026.
Fans watch on during the first set of a college volleyball match between Nebraska and New Mexico at the Devaney Center in Lincoln on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026.
Nebraska's Harper Murray (27) and Bergen Reilly (2) walk off the court after the Big Ten/SEC Volleyball Challenge was suspended at Wrigley Field in Chicago, on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. The match was suspended to a later date due to court conditions.
Gov. Jim Pillen and former Nebraska head coach Tom Osborne make their out to the field for a Nebraska Hall of Fame ceremony after a college football game at Memorial Stadium in in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026.
Nebraska's Anthony Colandrea (10) runs the ball past North Dakota's Kylyn Macklin (99) during the second half of a college football game at Memorial Stadium in in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026.
North Dakota's Grant Noland (27) hits Nebraska's Jamal Rule (25) during the first half of a college football game at Memorial Stadium in in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026.
A light show is put on before the start of the fourth quarter of a college football game at Memorial Stadium in in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026.
Creighton head coach Brian Rosen talks to his team during a timeout against Texas A&M during a college volleyball match at Sokol Arena in in Omaha, on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026.
Zac Konrad, a band teacher is saluted musically by his students at Papillion Middle School after being named Nebraska Teacher of the Year on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026.
Lightning can bee seen in the distance as Omaha Skutt and Blair clear the field as they enter a lightning delay during a high school football game at Omaha Skutt in Omaha, on Friday, Sept. 18, 2026.
Blair's Brevin Leggott (11) passes the ball against Omaha Skutt as the sun sets behind a storm that would eventually cause a weather delay during a high school football game at Omaha Skutt in Omaha, on Friday, Sept. 18, 2026.
Gov. Jim Pillen and former Nebraska head coach Tom Osborne make their out to the field for a Nebraska Hall of Fame ceremony after a college football game at Memorial Stadium in in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026.
