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Bellevue East High School Names Interim Head Girls’ Basketball Coach
Bellevue Public Schools and Bellevue East High School is pleased to announce Eric Lenear as the interim head girls’ basketball coach at Bellevue East this 2024-25 school year. Lenear has been a social studies teacher at Bellevue East since 2022. He is a graduate of Bellevue East High School; he worked as a special education…
Sarpy County Resumes Year-Round Testing of Outdoor Warning Siren System
Sarpy County is resuming year-round testing of its outdoor warning siren system, effective this month. Today, Wednesday, November 6th, test sirens will be heard throughout Bellevue and the rest of Sarpy County at 11:00am. For the past several years, the county has only conducted monthly tests from March through October. The tests are at 11…
Bellevue November 2024 Election Results
Yesterday was Election Day in America. Some of the election results that impact Bellevue can be found below, including several ballot initiatives. The results are from data gathered from the Sarpy County election website and national polls. The winners are in bold. Please note that extremely close election results may still be in the process…
Roll Back the Clocks: Daylight Saving Time Reminder
Welcome to November in Nebraska! As the days grow shorter and the temperature drops, Americans across the nation prepare for a tradition that has been a part of their lives for over a century – Daylight Saving Time (DST). On November 3, 2024, most of the United States will “fall back” one hour, turning the…
Public Meeting Scheduled for 48th and Capehart Intersection Improvement
Press Release from Sarpy County Residents are invited to a public meeting on November 7 to learn more about the future intersection improvements at 48th Street and Capehart Road in southeast Sarpy County. The project will widen the existing Capehart Road to a four-lane divided urban roadway at the intersection of 48th Street. 48th will…
Restoration of Historic Log Cabin Completed
Sarpy County Museum Press Release Thanks to a grant awarded by the local Quester Corp of Discovery Corp #1504 to the Sarpy County Historical Museum, restoration work on the historic log cabin on Hancock Street in Olde Bellevue, Nebraska owned by the Sarpy County Historical Museum has been completed before winter weather sets into our…
Bellevue woman’s unspoken heroism during World War II may soon become a full-length film
Jean Watters, a native of Britain, was part of a secret corps that worked to decipher coded messages used by Hitler’s army by Paul Hammel, Nebraska Examiner For years, Jean Watters kept secret her critical role in helping defeat Hitler in World War II. Watters, who was born in Suffolk, England, worried that she’d slip…
Gross Catholic High School Crowns Homecoming King and Queen
Gross Catholic High School celebrated Homecoming earlier this month with activities throughout the week, culminating with its annual Homecoming Dance. This year’s theme was “Cougars Go Under the Sea.” During the dance, Vince Linder was crowned the 2024 Homecoming King, while Kali Wonderlich was the Homecoming Queen. Last year’s king and queen were Savannah Schofield…
Bellevue Little Theatre Holding Auditions for Upcoming Production
The Bellevue Little Theatre is holding auditions this Sunday and Monday for parts in their upcoming production of The Girl on the Train. Auditions will be at Bellevue Little Theatre, 203 W Mission Avenue on Sunday, November 3 at 2pm and Monday, November 4 at 7pm. The production runs Friday and Saturday evenings and Sunday…
Google Fiber Starts Serving First Bellevue Neighborhood
Work began earlier this year on the Google Fiber network installation in Bellevue. Last week, Google Fiber quietly turned on its first Bellevue neighborhood near Bellevue West High School, giving around a hundred homes a new Internet Service Provider option. “We are super excited that our first batch of addresses were opened for sign up…