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Controversy is stirring in Nebraska over the use of shock gloves by school resource officers, stemming from two incidents in Omaha Public Schools last year. (Source: KETV)

WATERLOO, NE. — The 2026 Waterloo Days Festival is underway in downtown Waterloo, offering three days of free, family-friendly events including fireworks, live music, food and a parade. Crews put the finishing touches on the festival grounds ahead of the event, which runs through Sunday. Meagan Pruitt, Waterloo Days...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Emergency responders were seen pulling a car from Papillion Creek near the Ralston Arena Friday night. Numerous agencies were seen responding to the area around 9:45 p.m. Police on seen told First Alert 6 no one was injured.

Customers at a Sarpy County Mega Saver say contaminated premium fuel damaged their vehicles and cost hundreds in repairs.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (WOWT) -A 66-year-old Council Bluffs man with dementia was found more than two miles from his home after his family used a tracking band provided through Project Lifesaver, a program multiple Council Bluffs organizations started one year ago. Shaun Pokorny reported his father, Frank, missing the mo

BENNINGTON, NE. — Bennington Public Schools is building a new high school, and now the community knows what to call it. The district announced the new school will be named Bennington South High School. The school is being built near 180th and Military. BPS also announced the school's mascot...

A new 186-unit affordable housing development is planned for downtown Omaha, with most apartments priced for households earning below the area's median income.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A grand jury has indicted an Omaha man after federal agents seized more than 70 guns and $40,000 in cash during a gun trafficking investigation. Agents arrested Jose Gerardo Ruiz Alonso on gun charges in July, he is allegedly in the country illegally after overstaying a tourist visa in 2012.

OMAHA, Neb. — A Level 2 severe weather risk covers Nebraska, Illinois and the Carolinas Friday, putting roughly 24 million people in the path of storms that carry genuine uncertainty in how they’ll behave. Over Nebraska, forecasters say the storms could either bow out into a damaging wind event or fire up into individu

Jamise Thompson's family seeks justice more than two months after her death near 24th and Lake in Omaha.