Omaha’s Grunge Pop Brings High-Energy Party Rock to Rapid City Summer Nights
Rapid City’s downtown music scene keeps rolling this summer as Omaha-based cover band Grunge Pop takes the stage for Rapid City Summer Nights on Thursday, June 4. Known throughout the […]
Husker and Bluejay, Jacobsen and Traudt put in-state rivalry on hold for the next...
LINDSAY, Neb. (News Channel Nebraska) - “Make a play, make a play, see the ball! Ahhh!” Said Husker guard Cale Jacobsen. “with the left!” Said Creighton Forward Isaac Traudt. The odds of being struck by lightning are about 1 in 1.2 million. Coincidentally, those sometimes feel like...
Regulars Love This Nebraska Steakhouse Precisely Because Nothing Has Changed Since The 1970s
How does a steakhouse stay completely unchanged and still pack the dining room decades later? Nebraska has one answer to that question, and it starts with brass steer horn door handles before you even get inside. A cottage cheese spread lands on your table before you open a menu, recipe...
Omaha City Council agenda notes for June 2
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Here are a few items on the agenda for Tuesday’s Omaha City Council meeting. No. 20: A consent agenda vote on authorizing the payment of aviation fuel for the police helicopter program for 10 years, totaling $2 million dollars. No. 46: A consent agenda item...
Omaha man, woman sentenced in federal court for part in wire fraud scheme
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A man and woman from Omaha were sentenced in federal court for their parts in a wire fraud scheme that defrauded multiple government programs. According to a release from the office of United States Attorney Lesley A. Woods, 52-year-old Brian Smith and 50-year-old Myria Phaisan, both of Omaha, were
Three Iowa hospitals listed at risk after federal Medicaid cuts
While the cost of health care continues to rise in America, many hospitals are working to find ways to remain open or maintain their staffing. When the One Big Beautiful Bill Act was signed, billions in Medicaid spending were cut from the federal budget over the next 10 years, leaving millions of citizens without Medic
Iowa National Guard ‘Red Bulls’ return home after year abroad
45 Iowa National Guard soldiers returned after a year in the Middle East, including one soldier who met his newborn daughter for the first time and a couple who married one day before deployment.
Nebraska authorities make arrest after national kidnapping warrant issued out of Iowa
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Omaha Police was able to assist Iowa authorities in arresting a man on a kidnapping warrant in the metro. According to a release from the Omaha Police Department, the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office in Iowa issued an Endangered Person Advisory for a missing 8-year-old around 5:30 Sunday morning.
One hospitalized after crash in Bellevue neighborhood
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - One person was hospitalized after an early morning crash that uprooted a tree and knocked down a light pole. The crash happened in the area of 25th and Fairview Road in the Tregaron Ridge Townhomes neighborhood, just after 2 a.m. Sunday. City officials said the person’s...
Nebraska Public Media adds ‘dedicated’ Omaha FM station, increasing statewide reach
Nebraska Public Media is launching its own dedicated station in Omaha to expand its statewide reach and better utilize two recently added reporters in the state’s largest city. NPM recently purchased KOOO, located at 101.9 on the FM dial and plans a June 15 launch for new programming that...
