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OMAHA, Neb. — It's a boys' club again — at least in name. Seven years after changing its name to Girls and Boys Town, the iconic home for wayward children has dropped "Girls" from its name ...
BOYS TOWN, Neb. — In a large Tudor-style house on a quiet, well-kept cul-de-sac, Daniel Ocanto, 17, proudly shows a visitor his bedroom. Shy yet articulate, he talks about his love of classic ...
BOYS TOWN, Neb. — Boys Town, the home for troubled youth immortalized in a Hollywood movie, wants to change its name to Girls and Boys Town. The school announced Friday that the 83-year-old ...
Boys Town in Omaha is celebrating its 45th anniversary of welcoming girls to their campus, and many women say their experience there was "life-changing." ...
The Omaha Archdiocese is launching a campaign for sainthood for Father Edward J. Flanagan, the Catholic priest who founded Boys Town and whose story was immortalized by an Academy Award-winning movie.