Our best Omaha staff photos & videos of February 2026
See our best Omaha staff photos & videos from February 2026
A truck heads east on Highway 6 bridge over the Platte River near Ashland on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026.
Col. Bryan Waugh, superintendent of the Nebraska State Patrol, speaks at the ribbon cutting for the Nebraska State Patrol’s new Troop A headquarters at 7200 World Communications Drive in Omaha on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026.
Easton Harrington-Adams carries up the Norweigan flag during Golden Hills Elementary's Olympic opening ceremony in Bellevue, on Monday, Feb. 9, 2026. Photo by The World-Herald's Nikos Frazier.
Vertical mega mile challengers climb during Trek Up the Tower at First National Bank, in Omaha on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026.
Attendees place candles and signs on the grass after a vigil for Alex Pretti and others killed by federal agents, at Memorial Park in Omaha, on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026.
The sun sets behind St. Margaret Mary's Church in Omaha, on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026.
Omaha's Grant Stubblefield (3) and St. Thomas' Nick Janowski (23) wrestle for control of the ball during the second half of a college men's basketball game at Baxter Arena in Omaha, on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026.
Omaha's Grant Stubblefield (3) is introduced before a college men's basketball game against St. Thomas at Baxter Arena in Omaha, on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026.
Iowa's Hannah Stuelke (45) and Taylor Stremlow (1) celebrate during the second half of a college women's basketball game at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, on Monday, Feb. 16, 2026.
Plattsmouth's Odin Anschutz walks out to wrestle Bennington's Brodee Scobee during a Nebraska Boys High School Class B 138 pound boys championship match at the CHI Health Center in Omaha on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026.
Traffic was getting stuck going uphill on westbound Dodge Street west of 30th Street as the area was under a winter storm warning in Omaha on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026.
Trainers movie Gretna East's Jace Larchick on a stretcher after he was hurt while wrestling York's Emmitt Dirks, right, during a Nebraska boys high school wrestling state tournament Class B 165-pound match at the CHI Health Center in Omaha on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. Larchick was taken out be a stretcher.
Columbus Scotus' Hunter Brunkhorst, right, wrestles Wahoo Neumann's Landon Sund during a Nebraska boys high school wrestling state tournament Class C 150-pound in a first round match at the CHI Health Center in Omaha on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026.
Wahoo's Grady Meyer, top, wrestles Gretna East's Cooper Junge during a Nebraska boys high school wrestling state tournament Class B 175-pound match at the CHI Health Center in Omaha on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026.
North Bend Central's Cash Stanek, right, wrestles Valentine's Jekhi Williams during a Nebraska Boys High School Class C 132 pound boys championship match at the CHI Health Center in Omaha on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026.
Shoes hang from a power line on Park Avenue just south of Harney Street as snow still covered some roads after eight inches fell overnight in Omaha on Friday, Feb. 20, 2026.
Winnebago's Jared Doxey celebrates his win over Centura's Kolten Simons during a Nebraska Boys High School Class C 285 pound boys championship match at the CHI Health Center in Omaha on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026.
A car drives along 114th Street as snow begins to fall in Omaha, Neb. on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026.
Snow is illuminated in a parking lot in Omaha, Neb. on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026.
Creighton Prep's Kameron Green celebrates after defeating North Platte's Kirk Wilson to win the Nebraska Boys High School Class A 144-pound boys championship match at the CHI Health Center in Omaha on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026.
Chase County's Paige Owens wrestles Elkhorn Valley's Hailey Hartl during a Nebraska girls high school wrestling state tournament class B 125-pound first round match at the CHI Health Center in Omaha, on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026.
The Nebraska Firearms Owners Association had challenged the city's bans on bump stocks and untraceable guns.
New Berkshire Hathaway CEO Greg Abel paid homage to predecessor Warren Buffett, who continues as chairman, in his first annual letter to shareholders.
A 74-year-old woman died and five other people were injured Friday evening in a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Nebraska Highway 370 and 66th Street in Papillion.
Starting May 1, you can visit gems across the state in the Nebraska Passport program.
The World-Herald will close its downtown Omaha printing plant at the end of this month and outsource production of the print newspaper.
The 4.1-magnitude earthquake in south-central Nebraska Sunday afternoon damaged a house near the epicenter but little else.
Agri-businessman Charles Herbster, Gov. Jim Pillen's top possible challenger in the Republican primary, announced he will not run for the seat.
The Sarpy County Historical Society has until June 1 to find homes for all of the items on the museum property in Bellevue.
The conflict in Iran is creating uncertainty for Nebraska farmers, who rely on fertilizer from the area.
Driving the need for the upgrade is the plant's aging infrastructure and anticipated regulatory changes expected to tighten the amount of nutrients permitted in treated wastewater under the Clean Water Act.
The Douglas County Attorney’s Office has dismissed a felony case against a former Huskers football player accused of threatening a woman in southwest Omaha in January.
Muffy escaped 15 years ago and her Elkhorn family thought she was likely dead. Then they got an email from the Nebraska Humane Society.
Mary Kathleen “Kay” Schneider fought for years to discover what happened to her first husband, Michael Bosiljevac, after his plane was shot down in Vietnam.
The new, $99.3 million health center will become the main location for Nebraska Medicine's dermatology program. Other services will include internal medicine and outpatient gastrointestinal and behavioral health services.
The youth mental health event at Film Streams' Dundee Theater will include a screening of the film, a discussion and a speech by a national advocate for healthier technology habits.
Ruby has been living for weeks in a maternity stall as zoo staff waits for her new baby.
Warm, dry conditions expanded drought conditions in the state. But chances of moisture improve as the state progresses farther into spring and summer.
Funeral services for one of the first U.S. casualties of the Iran war are unfolding as Sgt. Noah Tietjens is scheduled to be laid to rest next week at Omaha's Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Omaha will be climbing out of a deep freeze and heading toward possible record-setting temperatures this week just in time for the arrival of Spring.
The judge's ruling overturns Douglas County Election Commissioner Danielle Jensen’s Friday decision that Mark Martinez was ineligible to run for sheriff.
A former Omaha nonprofit leader pleaded guilty to allegations that she siphoned $99,000 from a New York nonprofit she briefly led. The funds were meant to pay bail for indigent people but were instead used to buy clothes, a closet makeover and car payments on a Mercedes-Benz.
A 23-year-old Bellevue man died Thursday after being ejected from his vehicle in a single-vehicle rollover crash on Highway 75.
The well-known “Trump Barn” along I-80 near Ashland looks different this week. The large sign is gone after strong Nebraska winds, the owner says.
Omahans aren't happy about the price of gas and blame the situation in Iran.
"Good Morning America" will visit Omaha's zoo Friday as part of its 50th anniversary series.
Mary Ann Borgeson, who represents southwest Douglas County, was the first female chair of the County Board in the 1990s.
The University of Nebraska Medical Center was among 53 medical schools from 31 states that pledged to bolster nutrition education for their students beginning this fall.
Dale Steele last month became the oldest confirmed organ donor in the U.S. at age 100.
The addition of Tren de Aragua leader Anibal Alexander Canelon Aguirre marks the first time the Omaha FBI Field Office has added a fugitive to the national list since 1975.
