Omaha NE

Many of the commercial strips in Omaha, a city of about half a million people, have the air of a nineties college town, with low-slung blocks of row houses punctuated by dive bars and cafés, thrift stores and record shops. If the city is known for anything, food-wise, it’s beef; from the mid-nineteenth century to the m

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The name and renderings of the Omaha Streetcar were revealed by Mayor John Ewing and the Streetcar team on Friday. “Oscar” will be the official nickname for the Streetcar as it tested well with focus groups, per a city release, and that it carries “personality.”

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A Douglas County grand jury found no criminal wrongdoing by law enforcement in the deaths of eight people who died while in custody this past year. A recommendation came out of one case that was the focus of a First Alert 6 investigation earlier this year.

OMAHA, Neb. (KLKN) — Around 8 a.m., officers with Omaha Police Department (OPD) responded to a fire station for a child welfare check. Omaha Fire Department reported an infant had been found in an alley and was brought to the fire station. The infant girl had been wrapped in...

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The Omaha Streetcar has a name: Oscar. Mayor John Ewing and the city’s streetcar team rolled out the branding, design and name of the upcoming streetcar system at the Kiewit Luminarium Friday afternoon. Five focus groups and more than 1,200 surveys contributed to the final branding. “We were receiving...

Organizers of The Bay announced a fundraising campaign Friday to equip a new 40,000-square-foot facility in Omaha. The nonprofit serves youth ages 4-24 in Omaha and Lincoln, and is launching a new hub currently under construction at 6120 Military Ave. in Omaha’s Benson neighborhood. A press release stated the...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A man was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after a car crashed into the new Omaha Public Library Thursday night. According to a social media post from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, the crash happened at the Central Library of the Omaha Public Library around 11 p.m. Thursd

Omaha Police and Fire officials gave an update Friday afternoon on a newborn baby that was dropped off at fire station that morning.

Douglas County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to First Alert 6 that an armed student was at Westview High School on Friday afternoon, prompting a lockdown.