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Thursday, December 10, 2015

Winter Update



The sun sets over the Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge on Monday, September 14, 2015 in Council Bluffs, IA. The bridge connects Nebraska and Iowa over the Missouri River. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


Terence Crawford fights Dierry Jean on Saturday October 24, 2015 at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


Terence Crawford, right, throws a punch at Dierry Jean on Saturday October 24, 2015 at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


An astronaut takes the elevator during the Santa Goes to Space event on Saturday, December 5, 2015 at the Strategic Air & Space Museum in Ashland, Neb. The event featured astronaut Clayton Anderson, Storm Troopers, and photos with santa. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


Demi Frandsen plays with her son Leo Frandsen, 10 months, at Children's Hospital & Medical Center on Thursday, October 8, 2015 in Omaha. Leo was born with Gastroschisis, a birth defect where intestines and other organs develop outside the body. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


Linda Miegs pictured at her warehouse of Thursday, October 22, 2015 at on Sprague St. in Omaha. Miegs will be selling her industrial and agricultural artifacts along with commercial building products. B & B Boxing Academy has purchased the building and plans to expand from their space next door. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


Tommy Armstrong Jr. (4), left, and Mick Stoltenberg (44), right, celebrate with fans after the Nebraska vs. Minnesota football game on Saturday, October 17, 2015 at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, MN. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


Michaela Tompkins, center, cheers with Lincoln Southwest during the Class A Papillion-La Vista South vs Lincoln Southwest NSAA Volleyball tournament onThursday November 12, 2015 at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


Elkhorn South's Trey Kennebeck (45), left, tackles Mojo Hagge (5) during the Skutt Catholic vs Elkhorn South football game on Friday, November 13, 2015 at Skutt Catholic in Omaha. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


Creighton Prep warms up before the Creighton Prep vs. Omaha South football game on Friday, September 18, 2015 at Creighton Preparatory School in Omaha. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


A fog falls over Memorial Park on Friday, October 23, 2015 in Omaha. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


Hillary Clinton speaks on Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at the Westfair Fairgrounds in Council Bluffs. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


Xaiver Harrell reads to Murphy the dog on Wednesday, December 2, 2015 at Fontenelle Elementary School in Omaha. The dog comes into school daily and helps calm the students who enjoy reading to him. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

Luis Tule-Martinez, left, Betzeyda Hernandez-Espinoza, second from left, Sophia Garza, and Ashley Hernandez-Corazon, right, as third graders take a break outside wearing sunglasses for the theme "Shade Out Drugs" during Red Ribbon Week on Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at Jefferson Elementary School in Omaha. Each day of Red Ribbon Week has a different theme to support Say No To Drugs campaign. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

Elkhorn South's Lindley Daubert (4) wipes dust off of her uniform during the Blair vs. Elkhorn South softball game in the Eastern Midlands Conference softball tournament final on Thursday, October 1, 2015 at Elkhorn South High School in Omaha.  SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

A memorial is placed at 6630 N. 107th Plaza on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at the home of Destacia Straughn, 22 and her 2-year-old daughter Kenacia Amerson-Straughn in Omaha. Witnesses say Dontevous Loyd shot and killed them before turning the gun on three friends present at the home. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD





Brianne Debose, left, and Ben Witfoth, right, raise their arms during the Black Lives Matter rally on Thursday, November 19, 2015 at UNL in Lincoln. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD




John Shoberg of Omaha pictured in his Stormtrooper costume during the Santa Goes to Space event on Saturday, December 5, 2015 at the Strategic Air & Space Museum in Ashland, Neb. Shoberg got the entire outfit from a friend and has been a fan since 1976. He has been dressing up as a Stormtrooper for one year. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD





Marian's Brittany Witt (2), left, dives for the ball in front of Elizabeth Loschen (12), right, during the Papillion-La Vista vs. Omaha Marian volleyball game on Thursday, October 29, 2015 at Papillion-La Vista in Papillion. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


Charles Trimble pictured on Tuesday, November 2, 2015 at his home in Omaha. The noted journalist, businessman and mener of the Oglala Lakota Sioux will recieve the World Sender Award from the John G. Neihardt Foundation. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


Zoe Debolt, left, and Jackie Gentle, right, share a kiss on their way to the Dundee Dell on Friday, November 20, 2015 near the intersection of 50th St. and Underwood Ave. in Omaha. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


Snowfall is illuminated in the sky on Wednesday November 11, 2015 in downtown Omaha. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Summer Update

The sun sets over TD Ameritrade Park on June 17, 2015 during the Miami vs. Florida College World Series baseball game in Omaha, Neb. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


The grounds crew grooms the diamond on June 16, 2015 during the TCU vs. Vanderbilt College World Series baseball game at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Neb. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


LSU fans from Baton Rouge Seth Creekbaum, left, Cody Collins, second from left, Eric Bush, center, René Thibodaux, second from right, and Zac Helms, right, shotgun a beer before the LSU vs. TCU baseball game on June 14, 2015 at the College World Series at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Neb. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


Virginia celebrates their championship win on June 24, 2015 during the Virginia vs. Vanderbilt championship College World Series game Omaha, Neb. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


Keykey Scott, 8, of the Marching Dragons has sparkles applied to her eyelids during The Native Omaha Club's Native Omaha Days parade on Saturday, August 1, 2015 on 30th St. from Lake to Sprague in Omaha. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


Tyonna Jackson, 9, left, looks up to Terence Crawford, center, as he places belts on Tyrese Crawford, 2, left, and Terence Crawford III, 4, right, during The Native Omaha Club's Native Omaha Days parade on Saturday, August 1, 2015 on 30th St. from Lake to Sprague in Omaha. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


Soldiers attend the deployment ceremony for the Fremont U.S. Army Reserve 394th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, Detachment 2 on June 27, 2015 in Swanson Hall of Science on campus at Midland University in Fremont, Neb. Twenty of the Nebraska based soldiers will be deploying to Southwest Asia for one year. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

Jesse Miller, center, of Omaha holds his daughter, 19 month old Molly Miller, during the deployment ceremony for the Fremont U.S. Army Reserve 394th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, Detachment 2 on June 27, 2015 in Swanson Hall of Science on campus at Midland University in Fremont, Neb. Twenty of the Nebraska based soldiers will be deploying to Southwest Asia for one year. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

Jack Austin of the amateur circus FreakWorks, breaths fire for a portrait on June 25, 2015 at Elmwood Park in Omaha, Neb. The group does performances at the Bourbon Theatre and in places like Elmwood Park. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

Jack Austin of the amateur circus FreakWorks, works with fire on June 25, 2015 at Elmwood Park in Omaha, Neb. The group does performances at the Bourbon Theatre and in places like Elmwood Park. SARAH HOFFMAN/THEWORLD-HERALD

Members and friends of the amateur circus FreakWorks, practice breathing fire on June 25, 2015 at Elmwood Park in Omaha, Neb. The group does performances at the Bourbon Theatre and in places like Elmwood Park. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

Hannah Benson, 6, watches the Fourth of July Parade on July 04, 2015 in Underwood, IA. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


Trinity Jennum, 11, center, watches the Fourth of July Parade on July 04, 2015 in Underwood, IA. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


Greg Heldt adjusts his hat as he drives to oversee the workers who participate in the H-2A Temporary Agricultural Workers program pick cucumbers on June 19, 2015 at Heldt Produce in Ashland, Neb. A glitch in visa processing has caused a shortage of the workers who were supposed to travel from Mexico for the program. Currently, 17 of their employees have been sent back home to wait until the glitch at the border is resolved. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

Shawn Mason dumps cucumbers onto the truck as workers who participate in the H-2A Temporary Agricultural Workers program pick cucumbers on June 19, 2015 at Heldt Produce in Ashland, Neb. A glitch in visa processing has caused a shortage of the workers who were supposed to travel from Mexico for the program. Currently, 17 of their employees have been sent back home to wait until the glitch at the border is resolved. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD

The view inside a B-17 Flying Fortress plane from WWII as it flies from Lincoln to Omaha on Friday, July 17, 2015 at Silverhawk Aviation in Lincoln. The vintage planes will be on display this weekend in Omaha. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


People from Tubing & Adventures float on the Elkhorn River under the Center St. bridge on July 03, 2015 in Elkhorn, Neb. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


Football practice is held at Buell Stadium on Friday, July 24, 2015 at Millard South High School in Omaha. The new turf uses crumb rubber from recycled waste tires. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


Owners Staci Dunn and Cary Dunn share a basket of the Shack Attack on Thursday, July 16, 2015 at Fat Shack BBQ in Omaha. Fat Shack BBQ won best brisket in the Omaha World-Herald's Food Prowl. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


Halsey the albino porcupine pictured on June 10, 2015 at Nebraska Wildlife Rehab Inc. in Louisville, Neb. The rehab center has seen an unusually high volume of animals for this time of year. SARAH HOFFMAN/THEWORLD-HERALD