In 2024, Bright Eyes hit another obstacle just as it released its new album and launched a tour. Before going on the road, Bright Eyes had been rehearsing 10 to 12 hours a day for two or three days ...

As a child, JoAnna LeFlore-Ejike took dance and poetry classes through the Malcolm X Memorial Foundation. Now she's the ...

"I applied for this job that called me to be a traction motor clerk. I had no idea what a traction motor was," Edwina Justus told KETV Newswatch 7. But she learned eventually after a Union Pacific ...

The Education Department's efforts to keep racial diversity out of schools has left educators wondering how and when to teach ...

Black history month has brought anxiety for some teachers since the Trump administration's mounting efforts to roll back DEI. Educators are finding themselves in the middle of the debate.

"The future of Omaha will be stronger if we can continue to value, retain and appreciate OPS teachers," Sheritha Jones writes ...

Rep. Don Bacon honored Kenny McMorris, the CEO of the Charles Drew Health Center, as part of Black History Month.

Storm Kingston swept across the U.S. from the Midwest into the South and mid-Atlantic, bringing snow, ice and dangerous road ...

An Omaha metro nonprofit on Wednesday held a community lunch for those in need as the area continues to endure brutal winter weather.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A Black History Month event in Omaha received a visit from one of the city’s most decorated native sons: world champion boxer Terence “Bud” Crawford.

Ellsworth W. Pryor, the first of 36 men from Omaha's Black community to be honored, catered the first Ak-Sar-Ben coronation ...