Headlines, Local News, and Breaking Updates
The Home tab is the quickest way to scan Omaha World-Herald coverage. It combines a lead story area with Top Stories cards, headline navigation, and a bottom bar that keeps Home, E-edition, Puzzmo, Sections, and Profile one tap away. Readers can scroll through local reporting and move across section labels such as Headlines, Local, Sports, and Opinion.
The layout suits short check-ins as well as longer reading sessions. Breaking-news banners can surface urgent updates, while article cards can be opened, shared, bookmarked, played as audio, or continued as video when those formats are available. The result feels like a quick local briefing that remains easy to revisit.
Print-Style E-Edition Reading
Readers who prefer the printed-paper structure can switch from the feed to the E-edition. The digital replica presents newspaper pages in sequence, so a morning reading session can move from the front page to a specific story without losing the familiar page-by-page context.
Navigation choices also make the format practical on a phone. The onboarding screen explains that pages can be flipped and stories opened directly, while the E-edition area remains in the main navigation beside Home and Sections. It is a good fit for subscribers who want the day's paper layout and for readers who like browsing an entire issue rather than selecting isolated cards.
Favorite Sections and Topic Browsing
Sections turns the app into a more focused local-news reader. A Favorite Sections entry lets readers build a shortcut list, while the Topics list opens Local, Sports, Opinion, National, Life & Entertainment, Business, and Travel pages. This structure keeps a reader's regular interests grouped instead of making every visit start with a broad headline stream.
Topic choices are useful for different routines: a local resident can prioritize neighborhood reporting, a sports follower can move directly to games, and a weekend reader can jump to travel or entertainment. Combined with article sharing, bookmarks, adjustable text size, and profile settings, the app supports a reading setup that can change as interests change.
Notifications, Profiles, and Subscriber Access
Onboarding introduces notification choices for breaking news, sports, and other selected topics, with a clear Allow Notifications action and a Skip option. Readers can decide whether alerts belong in their daily routine, then use Profile to manage account access, text-size preferences, saved reading, and other personal controls.
For subscribers, account sign-in connects the app with digital access and subscription features rather than blocking the first visit. Free readers can explore the news home before logging in, while members may need their credentials for unlimited articles, the E-edition, or account-linked benefits. That split makes the app useful for casual updates and deeper subscriber reading alike.
