Flatwater Free PressJeremy Turley covers the Omaha metro area. He worked at newspapers across the Midwest before moving to Nebraska. Most recently, he shivered through several frigid winters in Bismarck, North Dakota, where he covered state government and the COVID-19 pandemic for Forum News Service. He is a graduate of the University of Missouri and a native of suburban Chicago. His hobbies include disc golfing, collecting campaign buttons and using too many em dashes — or so his editors say.
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen signed a bill Wednesday that will reform the Omaha Housing Authority’s eviction processes and reconstitute the public agency’s board. The passage of Legislative Bill…
Two members of a metro-area education board have resigned after their colleagues voted to keep an executive linked to sexual harassment allegations while he led a City of…
For teenagers of the 1980s, Omaha offered little to do on warm summer nights. Too old to hang with their parents and too young for the bars, scores…
A new law going on the books will curb the fees Nebraska agencies can impose on residents who request public records. The legislation comes on the heels of…
Once Omaha’s leading initiator of evictions, the city’s public housing authority has all but stopped filing cases to remove tenants from their homes. The Omaha Housing Authority has…
“Thank you, smartass.” Those three words pushed a feud between Omaha’s mayor and North Omaha’s city councilwoman into public view. But it’s a longer story, some North O leaders say – one that’s holding North Omaha back.
The eviction notice came as a shock to Crystal Hoss. The single mother of four was only $250 behind on rent and thought she had more time to…
The boy ordered 79 meals during the 2019-20 school year: Chicken fingers, mac & cheese, corn puppies, French toast sticks, hot dog, stuffed-crust pepperoni pizza. A court document…
The rows of red brick buildings wedged between Spencer and Bristol streets once represented North Omaha’s best attempt at tackling a post-war housing crunch. Now abandoned, gutted and…
For Kirstyn Gillotte, making rent was a monthly battle she couldn’t win. The single mother of three says she had trouble finding work after her car broke down.…