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Omaha council delays blighted designation vote for Center Mall due to VA interest
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Election 2026 Mike Flood declares victory over Chris Backemeyer in Nebraska's 1st District race
Omaha council delays blighted designation vote for Center Mall due to VA interest
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- Sep 30, 2026 Updated Sep 30, 2026
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Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins speaks with reporters after touring Omaha VA medical Center
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The Omaha City Council on Tuesday delayed a public hearing and vote on a community redevelopment designation for an area that includes the Center Mall to give the Department of Veterans Affairs time to explore interest in the property currently eyed for private development.
The Center Mall is located on the southeast corner of 42nd and Center Streets in Omaha. The City Council has voted to delay redevelopment to allow the VA to explore its interest in the property.
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Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins, center, speaks with reporters outside of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Omaha with U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer and Rep. Don Bacon on Aug. 19.
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The Center Mall is located on the southeast corner of 42nd and Center Streets in Omaha.
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Our best Omaha staff photos & videos of September 2026
A fan salutes during the national anthem while a large American flag is draped from the ladder of a Rural Gretna fire truck behind him before the start of the Gretna and Gretna East high school football game in Gretna, on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026.
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Jaide Young, 10, reacts as she looks at the Nebraska Game and Parks aquarium filled with fish found in Nebraska waters at the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.
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Gretna East MJ Maryott (1) tackles Gretna's Henry Hildebrand (18) during a high school football game in Gretna, on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026.
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Gretna fans cheer as they team takes on Gretna East during a high school football game in Gretna, on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026.
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Blue-eyed black lemur twins follow their mother, Wiig, at the Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium in Omaha, on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026.
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Nebraska's Jahsear Whittington (1) hits Ohio's Nick Poulos (8) as he throws the ball during the first half of a college football game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026.
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Nebraska's Kwazi Gilmer (3) catches a pass during the first half of a college football game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026.
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Omaha Westside runs on the field before taking on Lee's Summit during a high school football game at Omaha Westside in Omaha on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026.
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Lee's Summit's Max Trillo (6) catches a touchdown during a high school football game at Omaha Westside in Omaha on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026.
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Yanqi Xu, Flatwater Free Press reporter, asks Gov. Jim Pillen for comment as he walks to his motorcade following a press conference in Omaha, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026.
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Elliot Beam, 10, sprays down Nellie at the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.
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Steve Snell of Red Cloud readies a calf for showing at the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.
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Dr. Rodney Markin sits for a portrait at Omaha Community Playhouse in Omaha on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. Dr. Markin was on a commercial flight on Sept. 11, 2001 when all commercial flights were grounded. Markin's plane, along with 37 others, were forced to land at Gander International Airport in Newfoundland, Canada.
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Peter Eklund conducts the University of Nebraska-Lincoln singers perform the national anthem during the State of the University Address in the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026.
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Nebraska men's basketball head coach Fred Hoiberg and CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein address the crowd outside of Gate 25 in Lincoln on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. Rothstein hosted a "happy hour" for Nebraska fans at the Haymarket bar after promising the fan base during the NCAA men's basketball tournament that if the Huskers won a game, he would buy a round.
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Nebraska's Kenna Cogill (8) goes up to spike the ball against Creighton's Abbey Hayes (2) during the first set of a college volleyball match at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026.
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A look inside Pinnacle Bank Arena as Nebraska takes on Creighton during the first set of a college volleyball match in Lincoln on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026.
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Elkhorn South head coach Guy Rosenberg runs onto the field for the first half of a high school football game against Millard South in Omaha on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026.
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First responders lead the tunnel walk for Nebraska prior to a college football game between the Nebraska Huskers and the Bowling Green Falcons in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026 to honor the 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001. (Nikos Frazier/Omaha World-Herald)
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Nebraska's Kwazi Gilmer (3) catches a pass in the end zone to score a touchdown during the first half of a college football game against Bowling Green at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026.
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Nebraska's Andi Jackson (15) and Harper Murray (27) use towels to dry off the court during the first set of a Big Ten/SEC Volleyball Challenge match at Wrigley Field in Chicago, on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026.
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A group of kids hit a volleyball around in the outfield before the Big Ten/SEC Volleyball Challenge at Wrigley Field in Chicago, on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026.
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Fans watch on during the first set of a college volleyball match between Nebraska and New Mexico at the Devaney Center in Lincoln on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026.
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Nebraska's Harper Murray (27) and Bergen Reilly (2) walk off the court after the Big Ten/SEC Volleyball Challenge was suspended at Wrigley Field in Chicago, on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. The match was suspended to a later date due to court conditions.
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Gov. Jim Pillen and former Nebraska head coach Tom Osborne make their out to the field for a Nebraska Hall of Fame ceremony after a college football game at Memorial Stadium in in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026.
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Nebraska's Anthony Colandrea (10) runs the ball past North Dakota's Kylyn Macklin (99) during the second half of a college football game at Memorial Stadium in in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026.
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North Dakota's Grant Noland (27) hits Nebraska's Jamal Rule (25) during the first half of a college football game at Memorial Stadium in in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026.
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A light show is put on before the start of the fourth quarter of a college football game at Memorial Stadium in in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026.
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Creighton head coach Brian Rosen talks to his team during a timeout against Texas A&M during a college volleyball match at Sokol Arena in in Omaha, on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026.
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Blair's Brevin Leggott (11) passes the ball against Omaha Skutt as the sun sets behind a storm that would eventually cause a weather delay during a high school football game at Omaha Skutt in Omaha, on Friday, Sept. 18, 2026.
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Gov. Jim Pillen and former Nebraska head coach Tom Osborne make their out to the field for a Nebraska Hall of Fame ceremony after a college football game at Memorial Stadium in in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026.
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Omaha's Kamy Ndione (30) blocks a shot above Creighton's Angel Lopez (9) and Omaha's Amari Fowlkes (8) during the first half of a college men's soccer match at Caniglia Field in Omaha on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026.
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Jovita Neliupsiene, Ambassador of the European Union to the United States, shows Rev. Daniel S. Hendrickson, Creighton University President, the exhibit on the U.S.-EU relationship at Creighton University in Omaha on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. The exhibit features a book and letter from each of the 27 member countries of the European Union.
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Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins, center, speaks with reporters outside of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Omaha with U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer and Rep. Don Bacon on Aug. 19.
- NIKOS FRAZIER, THE WORLD-HERALD
The Center Mall is located on the southeast corner of 42nd and Center Streets in Omaha.
- CHRIS MACHIAN, THE WORLD-HERALD
The Center Mall is located on the southeast corner of 42nd and Center Streets in Omaha. The City Council has voted to delay redevelopment to allow the VA to explore its interest in the property.
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