Welcome to the first in a series of stories featuring different businesses that have relocated to Bellevue over the past year. Different business owners share the reasons behind their decision to relocate, how they ultimately chose Bellevue, and their experiences with the Bellevue community. ● ● ● ● ● Chocolat Abeille owner Tina Tweedy faced…
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — The end is in sight! After boarding more than 19,000 bus trips and racking up 1.2 million miles across I-80, Offutt Air Force Base’s new $168.9 million runway is scheduled to reopen Sept. 30, 2022. The 55th Wing and its mission partners have been operating their flying mission…
Forensic anthropologists at Offutt Air Force Base have recently identified the remains of a missing World War II pilot who earned the Medal of Honor for his role in a spectacular 1943 raid on German oil refineries in Ploesti, Romania. DNA samples from relatives of Lt. Col. Addison Baker matched bones buried for decades at…
By 55th Wing Public Affairs The 55th Wing is closing in on its final planning stages for its A-Staff stand-up with Initial Operational Capability scheduled for Oct. 1, 2022. As part of its overall Combat Air Forces transformation, Air Combat Command directed all its wings to stand up an A-Staff in February 2022. “I couldn’t…
Bellevue just expanded its “taste” a little more. To be sure, Bellevue has one of the more diverse groups of restaurants around for a town our size. When looking at menus across the city, patrons can order Greek, Mexican, Italian, Vietnamese, Barbeque, Korean, Chinese, Thai, Hawaiian, El Salvadoran, Japanese, Soul Food, and American, among others….
That didn’t take long. Last week The Bellevue Times published a story about sensational, 13 year old sprinter Jaiya Patillo. In the story, we reported that she set a record by becoming the youngest girl to ever run 17 miles per hour on a treadmill. A few months after that, she broke her record by…
Most people in Bellevue might not realize that our community is home to one of the fastest middle schoolers in the country and quite possibly the world. Meet 13-Year-Old Jaiya Patillo. Jaiya is the #1 ranked seventh grade 400 meter female sprinter in the United States by Milesplit.com with a time of 57.60s (although she…
When Lansky’s closed its Bellevue location in Twin Creek, many hoped that another restaurant would move into the spot. They didn’t have to wait long as new-to-Bellevue restaurant Moran’s Grill is now open for business. Moran’s initially opened in downtown Papillion a couple of years ago and quickly became a favorite destination of ‘foodies’ from…
One of the longest, continuous family-owned businesses in Nebraska is celebrating 85 years of serving the Bellevue community. Stella’s Bar & Grill, originally called Francois & Sullivan, opened in the summer of 1936 in the home of Al & Stella Sullivan on the corner of Betz Road and Lloyd Street. The couple had moved to…
