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Today in your neighborhood: Fremont students build a new home, plus Lift Up Sarpy County unsure of funding

News from your neighborhoods: May 7, 2025
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OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — Good Wednesday morning, neighbors! There will be a lot of clouds today, but we still warm up to 78 in Omaha this afternoon. A couple spotty showers and storms will pop up late in the day, but most of us stay dry. Click here for a look ahead to our warm weekend. Let's check out the latest news from your neighborhood.

NEIGHBORHOOD CHECK-IN
Lift Up Sarpy County faces uncertainty due to funding cuts. Plus, Fremont students put finishing touches on a home build made possible through the Career and Technical Education Center. These stories and more in today's Neighborhood Check-in.

Neighborhood Check-In May 7, 2025

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Omaha's Partnership 4 Kids faces $240K funding cut: Partnership 4 Kids in Omaha faces a $240,000 cut in federal funding due to reductions from the Department of Government Efficiency, impacting its AmeriCorps-supported programs. The funding cuts will particularly affect high school and post-secondary initiatives.

Omaha's King Elementary gets a bonus book fair: KMTV and the Scripps Howard Fund's If You Give a Child a Book provided five books to each King Elementary student in January. Author Dav Pilkey covered three more at a surprise book fair. Watch the full story below.

Author, illustrator Dav Pilkey selects Omaha's King Elementary for bonus book fair

Family run lily garden open for business: Hillsdale Lily Garden in Glenwood is open for it's ninth season. Owners Todd and Lu Peverill say the garden is what it is today through the help of the community.

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