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OMAHA, Neb. (KLKN) — The Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) have arrested three people this week after two pursuits in Omaha. Around 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 28, a trooper attempted a traffic stop for speeding, but the driver refused to yield. Omaha Police Department Able 1 pilots took over the pursuit.

Omaha considers plumbing code changes to expand PVC pipe use and apprenticeships. City Council votes Nov. 10 amid safety and cost debate.

(Oakland) -- Late-game heroics Friday night propelled St. Albert football into a Class A state quarterfinal for the first time in six years. Paired with clutch defensive stops in the second half, a field goal from Cooper Hamilton as time expired gave the Falcons (9-1) a 19-16 win over the Riverside Bulldogs (7-3) on the KMAX-Stream, punching their ticket to a state quarterfinal for the first time since 2020.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Methodist is using an artificial intelligence platform to help identify patients with aortic stenosis, a narrowing heart valve that can lead to heart failure, the hospital said. Doctors at Methodist said the condition can become severe in just a few months. Patient seen sooner after AI...

A police chase in Council Bluffs, Iowa, ended in a violent crash early Wednesday, Oct. 28, when a fleeing SUV slammed into the cab of a FedEx tractor-trailer at an intersection. Traffic camera footage captured the SUV speeding through the intersection with multiple police vehicles in pursuit with emergency lights...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly traveled from Topeka to Omaha to meet with and endorse Nebraska gubernatorial candidate Lynne Walz. “Lynne Walz is everything Nebraska needs right now and everything Kansas wants in a neighbor. She’s smart, she’s experienced, she’s got the right value set,” Kelly said.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Omaha Police are investigating an officer-involved incident in North Omaha Friday afternoon. Officers responded to a shooting call in the area of 25th and Wirt around 4 p.m. Friday. Omaha Police say no officers were injured in the incident. — Watch breaking news unfold on our livestream....

CRESCENT, Iowa (WOWT) - Multiple people were sent to area hospitals after a crash on I-29 near Crescent Sunday afternoon. A release from the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office says deputies, along with units from the Iowa State Patrol, Crescent Fire and Rescue, Lewis Township Fire and Rescue, Missouri Valley Fire and Rescue, and the Council Bluffs Fire Department were dispatched to Interstate 29 around just before 2:15 p.m. on Sunday.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (WOWT) - The Pottawattamie County Auditor’s Office issued an urgent release on Friday to let voters know that one of Tuesday’s polling places in Council Bluffs would now be at a different location. Voters in the city’s first precinct were set to head to Northwest...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Two people were injured in a house fire in northwest Omaha Friday morning. Omaha Fire crews were dispatched to a home near 134th and Boyd streets around 6:45 a.m. Friday. OFD says the occupants were alerted to the fire by a smoke detector and were able...