Tony Vargas, a former candidate for Congress and elected officeholder for more than a decade, has confirmed he is running for ...

John Ewing Sr. and his wife, DeLores, grew up in 1940s and 1950s Omaha, at a time Black Omahans saw their economic opportunities restricted by redlining and job discrimination and when the Jim ...

Omaha, Nebraska's first female mayor, Jean Stothert, conceded in a major upset to the city's first Black mayor, John Ewing Jr, CNN reports. History was made on May 13 after Ewing, the Douglas ...

John Ewing Jr., a former police officer and treasurer of Nebraska's most populous county, was sworn in June 9 as Omaha's 52nd mayor – and its first elected Black mayor.

Democrat John Ewing. Jr. pulled off a historic upset in the race for mayor of Omaha, Nebraska. On Tuesday (May 13), Ewing, the Douglass County Treasurer, defeated Republican incumbent Jean ...

Omaha Mayor John Ewing Jr. has proclaimed Aug. 9, 2025 as "Nebraska Humane Society Day." The proclamation coincides with the shelter's 150th birthday party and adoption event on Saturday, as well as a ...

John Ewing Jr., a former police officer and treasurer of Nebraska's most populous county, was elected Omaha’s first Black mayor, beating out three-term incumbent Republican Mayor Jean Stothert ...

John Ewing, the treasurer of Douglas County, Nebraska, is set to become Omaha’s first Black mayor after his opponent conceded in Tuesday’s mayoral election.

It's the Nebraska Humane Society's 150th birthday and you're all invited to celebrate with them. The festivities will be ...

John Ewing is making history as Omaha’s first elected Black mayor. Experts believe that outcome was influenced a lot by Nebraska’s “blue dot.” ...

Thanks to modular construction, the four-unit Townhomes at Watson Place will be completed within weeks on what until recently was a vacant lot in North Omaha.

A 14-year-old girl and a 19-year-old man were taken to an Omaha hospital early Wednesday after a vehicle crashed while going ...