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Used bookstores have their own weather. Dusty paper, penciled prices, and the occasional shelf that seems organized according to a system known only to the person behind the counter. Nebraska has secondhand bookshops where the investigating kind of browsing feels gloriously intact. A mystery novel might be hiding besid

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Although morning showers and storms are possible Monday, a hot and sunnier afternoon is forecast. Lingering showers and storms are possible into Monday morning, but Labor Day itself will be overall dry. However, it will remain hot with highs in the low 90s. Heat Continues Into...

OMAHA — An increased risk for severe weather has been added across the Middle and Lower Missouri Valley for the remainder of Sunday, September 6, with a Slight Risk (Level 2 of 5) now in place over a corridor stretching from Sioux Falls through Omaha and Kansas City, as organized storm clusters and supercells are expec

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A man wanted on a felony warrant is dead after a standoff with police Sunday night in a West Omaha neighborhood near 145th and Shirley streets. Police said officers first saw the man near 30th and Cuming streets around 7 p.m. He had an outstanding felony warrant. When the man noticed officers, he b

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - We all know dogs are sloppy drinkers — heck, my labs seem to slop more water out of the bowl than they consume … but believe it or not, there is science to a lot of pet habits. Water and dog drinking. You give...

You may recall that in an earlier Grow Omaha article about streetcar vehicles, I mentioned a company near Omaha, the Gomaco Trolley Company in Ida Grove, Iowa (about 100 miles north-northeast of Omaha), that has been building replica trolleys (meant to look like historic streetcar vehicles) since 1982. These vehicles..

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Cherie Carter lost her son Garion just over a decade ago. She says he was a victim of gang violence. “I still grieve. It never goes away. It’s not momentary. This just brings up a lot,” Carter said. Losing her son. “It ended in...

ALERT: A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect for southwest Iowa and northwest MO until 10 pm. See below for details. We are watching storms over western Iowa. These have occasionally become severe with 60 mph winds and small hail. A few of these storms may build as far west as Omaha this evening before they fall apa

Let me save you some time and skip straight to the part where I tell you that Nebraska has been quietly hosting some of the most authentic and genuinely exciting Mexican food in the Midwest. Most people driving through it have absolutely no idea about that. I was one of...

Crews are finishing up the steel superstructure for Boys Town Research Hospital’s 254,000 sq. ft. expansion project northeast of 144th & Pacific Street. The $300 million project – funded in part by a major gift from the Ryan Family Foundation – will add hospital beds, surgical suites and research space, allowing Boys T