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The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2020. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
On August 18, 2010, the MISL announced on August 18, 2010, that it is expanding into Omaha starting with the 2010–11 season. The team, called Omaha Vipers , played at the Civic Auditorium but folded after the season when they were unable to secure an arena lease for the following season.
The newspaper was the world's last to print both daily morning and afternoon editions, a practice it ended in March 2016. [3]The World-Herald was the largest employee-owned newspaper in the United States from 1979 until 2011: Omaha construction magnate Peter Kiewit bought the newspaper and its television station, the local ABC affiliate, in 1962 for $40.1 million from Omaha-based World ...
Two people were shot and killed at a raceway in Iowa just as a concert was about to begin, authorities said Sunday. The shooting happened Saturday night at the I-29 Speedway in Pacific Junction ...
In October 2015, the Ralston Arena was a venue for the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Division 1 roller derby Playoffs, hosted by local league, the Omaha Rollergirls. [ 8 ] The arena sold the naming rights to Liberty First Credit Union on a ten-year agreement and Ralston Arena was renamed on January 1, 2022.
The 2020–21 Omaha Mavericks men's basketball team represented the University of Nebraska Omaha in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.The Mavericks, led by 16th-year head coach Derrin Hansen, played their home games at Baxter Arena in Omaha, Nebraska, as members of the Summit League.
KZOT is one of two sports radio stations in the Omaha radio market owned by NRG Media; KOZN (1620 AM, "1620 The Zone") airs some local sports shows along with programming from Fox Sports Radio, while KZOT mostly carries programs from CBS Sports Radio. KZOT is the Omaha-Council Bluffs affiliate for the Kansas City Royals, and is the flagship ...
[31] On June 1, 2020, the rock band 311 and its vocalist Nick Hexum posted on social media that Scurlock was shot dead by a fan of their group, and that they did not condone the violence shown in the shooting. [32] On June 4, 2020, a spray painted mural of Scurlock was completed in Omaha near 24th and Camden. It was created by a collaboration ...