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I am interested in hearing everyone's ideas of what to do with the Douglas County Fair, due to the fact that beginning in 2016, it will no longer be held in conjunction with the Ak-Sar-Ben Stock Show & Rodeo. Here are a few items that'll help guide you: The fair will likely move back to July/Au...

I am interested in hearing everyone's ideas of what to do with the Douglas County Fair, due to the fact that beginning in 2016, it will no longer be held in conjunction with the Ak-Sar-Ben Stock Show & Rodeo. Here are a few items that'll help guide you: The fair will likely move back to July/Aug...

I really like this line from the World-Herald today!

OWH

The development will open beginning this fall. That's also when Farnam Street will switch to two-way traffic and have the diagonal, metered parking added.

http://omaha.com/article/20090717/NEWS01/707179948

According to WOWT, the

acting Mayor and City Council President Gary Mixan issued a statement saying, "Mayor Ed Babbitt was a longstanding leader in our community. He was also very dedicated to his family and church. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family."

Well the Liquor Commission's site says the cancellation of their license is temporarily lifted...either because of a request for rehearing or because it was stayed by the courts

But Im curious to know what type of disturbance they had and didn't do anything about to get it cancelled...

Doesn't help the site isn't loading up every so often

The OWH has a new website...

Im not too sure what to think of it just yet

woah, I was driving past Q Cinema 9 tonite, and its completely torn down!  all that remains is some of the rubble and the machines...

I heard that starting this year, the NWS started doing more specific warning for sirens, and only the sirens in the warning area will sound.....except for Douglas and Sarpy counties, because there are so many people in these counties and something channel 6 is good for: http://www.wowt.com/home/head...

sorry streets, didnt mean to confuse you

and from what Ive heard, southport is most likely going to happen but a year or two later than originally planned; and I wont be surprised if ticket prices go up later this summer

actually i work at one of the Marcus theaters in town, and everyone's morale there is beyond low; partly because of those uniforms which are hotter than heck but mainly because Marcus doesnt really seem to respect or care about the employees that much (at least our marcus manager doesnt) and i've he...

See here for more info: http://journalstar.com/news/business/doc47eabeb292913304806844.txt Douglas Theatres to be sold for $40.5 million Marcus Theatres Co. of Milwaukee announced Wednesday it will acquire selected assets of Lincoln-based Douglas Theatre Co. for about $40.5 million in cash, subject ...