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John Chapman

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
59
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Sep 30, 2026
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Jul 6, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · John Chapman

    Nonprofit plans $20M aquatic center for Omaha swim team (opens the original)

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    OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - When the Olympic swim trials were held in Omaha, it sparked Olympic dreams for many young swimmers here, and many of those swimmers were looking for a local team to join. “It was a huge bump. Every year, kids would go down to the meet, and we would have a huge signup in August of the next year,” said Tom Beck, coach and foundation board member. Beck, a Hall of Fame Creighton Prep swim coach, is now the leader of the Greater Omaha Aquatic Leopard Sharks swim team. Between 300

  2. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · John Chapman

    Residents, developer push back on Omaha over mall site’s blight designation (opens the original)

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    OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - People living in neighborhoods surrounding the Center Mall are opposing a Community Redevelopment Area, or CRA, designation that would label their neighborhood as blighted. The designation is needed by the developer to gain tax increment financing to build apartments in place of the mall. Kevin Blackmon, an area resident, does not believe his neighborhood is blighted. “Not at all, if you look around the neighborhood does not look blighted at all to me. I don’t know why the c

  3. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · John Chapman

    Farnam Street Bridge reopens ahead of schedule (opens the original)

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    OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The Farnam Street Bridge will reopen to traffic Friday at 3 p.m., three months ahead of its original schedule. Officials connected to the project gathered on the bridge to mark the milestone. The bridge had been closed since January to prepare it for the city’s streetcar project. Work was originally expected to be complete by Dec. 31. Omaha Mayor John Ewing said officials are working to keep the project on schedule while limiting the impact on businesses. “We’re doing everyt

  4. Article · Sep 22, 2026 · John Chapman

    Top tier gas may extend vehicle life despite higher cost, experts say (opens the original)

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    OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Drivers pulling up to the gas pumps have a decision to make, deciding whether to pump regular or premium fuel, and then there’s the price to think about. But there’s one thing many drivers don’t include in their decision-making, and that’s whether the gas they’re pumping is top tier or not. “The biggest difference would be the detergents and additives that are added into top-tier fuel that go above the recommended EPA standards,” said Brian Ortner, AAA Nebraska-Iowa. Ortner

  5. Article · Sep 21, 2026 · John Chapman

    Study aims to reconnect North Omaha community divided by North Freeway (opens the original)

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    OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The construction of Omaha’s North Freeway is one of the most controversial projects in the city’s history. The multi-lane freeway cut the city’s African American community in half. Now there is a study in the works to reconnect the divided neighborhood. The Reconnecting Communities program involves a federal grant that flows through the U.S. Department of Transportation. “The program itself was designed to give communities resources to both plan and design, but also implemen

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