David Hendee
Omaha World-Herald
Omaha, NE, United States
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1865 in Omaha: A momentous year
Omaha was a frontier town of dirt streets, political gamesmanship and steamboat whistles when the Omaha Daily Herald made its debut in October 1865. → Read More
Drones take flight at Husker Harvest Days
The tiny aircraft buzz in big circles in a glimpse of agriculture’s new frontier — monitoring crops from the sky and providing real-time information that can be put into action. → Read More
Hundreds stand in Omaha to tell police officers: We have your backs
With their backs to the wall, nearly 300 people formed a human shield at Omaha Police Department headquarters in an “Officer, I Have Your Back’’ rally Monday. → Read More
Historian's boundless passion, insight helped millions discover the wonder of the West
Colleagues and friends remembered Nebraska State Historical Society's John E. Carter as being filled with insatiable curiosity and an indomitable spirit. Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns said Carter was “a filmmaker’s dream. I can’t imagine doing our job without him.’’ → Read More
South Platte United Chambers sees need to hit the refresh button
After more than eight decades, one of rural Nebraska’s most effective lobbying organizations is at a crossroads. The South Platte United Chambers of Commerce is dusting itself off and preparing to remake its image, mission and goals to appeal to a younger generation. → Read More
The eagle has landed, and it's nesting in record numbers
Continuing a soaring trend, Nebraska hosted a record 146 known bald eagle nests last year, with adult pairs actively incubating eggs or tending to young in 111 of them, according to the State Game and Parks Commission. → Read More
'The guy was a giant': Tom Buecker, prominent Nebraska historian, dies while shoveling snow
Tom Buecker, longtime curator of the Nebraska State Historical Society Museum at Fort Robinson State Park, was widely known for his books on the Indian Wars era of the American frontier. → Read More
Award-winning Lincoln author dies while shoveling snow
Tom Buecker, longtime curator of the Nebraska State Historical Society Museum at Fort Robinson State Park, was widely known for his books on the Indian Wars era of the American frontier. → Read More
Iowa woman dies of exposure after car goes off road and she tries to walk no more than 200 feet home
Judy Lynn Kay, 68, of rural Atlantic was found dead Sunday night. Kay lived about 1½ miles east of Atlantic. Her body was discovered about halfway between her house and the stuck vehicle, which had slid into a ditch. → Read More
Stone carver's family fights to honor his lead role in realizing Mount Rushmore sculptor's vision
The life expressed in the granite faces at Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota is at least in part the creation of little-known Italian immigrant stone carver Luigi Del Bianco. His family says it's time for National Park Service officials to pull the "chief carver"’ out of the shadows of history. → Read More
Lewis and Clark Lake under scrutiny after zebra mussel found
A single live adult mussel was discovered two weeks ago attached to a dock at the Midway boat ramp near Yankton on the South Dakota side of the big reservoir, according to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. → Read More
Arbor Day Foundation founder John Rosenow gets Nebraska travel award
Rosenow, of Lincoln, received the 2014 Henry Fonda Award, the state travel industry’s highest honor, during the Nebraska Tourism Conference’s awards dinner here Thursday → Read More
D-Day: 'The boat that won the war' was designed by a Nebraskan
Native Nebraskan’s ‘Higgins boats,’ with their unique design, carried troops ashore on D-Day and throughout the war → Read More