Paige Yowell, Baton Rouge Advocate

Paige Yowell

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  • Omaha World-Herald

Past articles by Paige:

Big dollars at College World Series, national exposure, record attendance. Why? LSU

Omaha merchants and event organizers are counting this year’s College World Series as a home run for the cash register. → Read More

Frustration boils over at annual State of North Omaha address

While neighborhood and city leaders met to discuss the progress north Omaha has made this year — and goals for the future — the plague of gun and gang violence was top of mind for attendees after two teenagers and a young mother and her 2-year-old daughter were shot dead over the past week. → Read More

Omaha police identify woman found dead in home

Authorities were called to 5309 N. 39th Circle at 11:19 a.m. on a report of a possible cutting. The death is being investigated as a homicide, police said. → Read More

Body found in Omaha home being investigated as a homicide

Authorities were called to 5309 N. 39th Circle at 11:19 a.m. on a report of a possible cutting. When officers arrived, they found the woman dead at the home, police said. → Read More

Westroads Mall food hall Flagship Commons plans to open by Dec. 21

The new food hall will feature eight restaurant concepts, some new and some familiar to many Omahans, and a full-service bar. → Read More

5 new businesses are open or will open soon at Countryside Village

A small bar, Cedar, opened about two weeks ago at the center near 87th and Pacific Streets. A restaurant, an upscale barbershop with a lounge and a new women’s clothing shop are among the newcomers. → Read More

New Westroads Mall food hall Flagship Commons plans to open by Dec. 21

The new food hall will feature eight restaurant concepts, some new and some familiar to many Omahans, and a full-service bar. → Read More

New Westroads Mall food court Flagship Commons plans to open by Dec. 21

The new food hall will feature eight restaurant concepts, some new and some familiar to many Omahans, and a full-service bar. → Read More

New 220,000-square-foot Scheels store in Lincoln will have Ferris wheel, aquarium

The Lincoln store will be modeled after the flagship store in Overland Park, Kansas, that opened in June. It will be nearly three times the size of the existing store. → Read More

'Of course people are concerned': Cabela's breaks silence on future, saying sale is possible but not guaranteed

About 2,000 jobs and a Fortune 1000 headquarters now hang in the balance in Sidney, Nebraska, population 6,800. → Read More

Shooting near 42nd and Spaulding leaves 1 dead

Douglas County dispatchers say the person was taken to Creighton University Medical Center in extremely critical condition about 11 a.m. Saturday where he died from his injuries. → Read More

Weather: More winter weather ahead, 'Monday might be a little tricky'

Freezing drizzle is possible early Sunday, said Paul Walker, a senior meteorologist with AccuWeather, But chances for precipitation pick up Sunday night into Monday, Kern said. → Read More

Shooting near 42nd and Spaulding leaves 1 in critical condition

Early reports indicate the victim is a man who may have been shot in the abdomen. → Read More

Retailers use displays to lure holiday shoppers seeking an 'experience'

Retailers can stand out during the holidays in a way that has nothing to do with a price tag: creativity in the display case. → Read More

Council Bluffs shopping center adding at least two retailers

The Marketplace shopping center near 24th Street and Veterans Memorial Highway in Council Bluffs will add 45,000 square feet of retail space and at least two retailers next year. → Read More

H&M will open store at Nebraska Crossing in summer of 2016

The store will be part of the mall's planned expansion. → Read More

Cabela's hires 'defender' against activist investors as it reportedly considers selling itself

Cabela’s has hired a crisis communications firm that advertises itself as a "defender" of companies against activist investors as the retailer is reportedly looking for a buyer. → Read More

Campaign donations link new Cabela's investor to Ricketts

Campaign finance records show that billionaire Paul Singer, who founded New York-based Elliott Management in 1977, gave $10,000 to Pete Ricketts for Governor on Nov. 25, 2013. He also gave $25,000 to the governor’s campaign on Sept. 9 last year. → Read More

Cabela's made itself vulnerable to activist investors by going public in 2004

Why would Cabela’s — or any company — expose itself to such scrutiny? When it comes to taking a business public — especially a family-owned retail business — it’s all about the money. → Read More

Fareway Stores to open
 gourmet meat shop at Loveland Centre

The 6,000-square-foot Fareway Meat Market — the first of its kind for the grocery store chain — also will sell complementary cheese, wine, beer and spirits, and is expected to open in the spring → Read More