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OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The Omaha Housing Authority filed a motion this week in hopes of expediting its case against the State of Nebraska over a new law. OHA filed a lawsuit in June over a law that went into effect in July. Originally passed in April 2024, LB840 aims to hold the OHA more accountable about how it...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The Omaha man who led Nebraska State Troopers on a chase in April was sentenced on Tuesday. Matthew Silvers, 25, was sentenced to two years in prison for felony DUI. He also received a year in prison for driving with a revoked license. In June, Silvers...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Omaha’s City Council gave final approval to measures proposed in Tuesday’s agenda. The City Council created a position, the “Trap and Skeet Coordinator” to run the City’s skeet park. A measure was also passed to allow the mandatory retirement age to...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A Nebraska man has been arrested in Springfield after making terrorist threat calls to the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP). According to the Greene County Jail, Justin Beall, 42, of Omaha, Nebraska, has been charged with second-degree terrorist threat. The probable cause statement says the Missouri...

"We don't have transitional housing in Sarpy, we don't have a homeless shelter in Sarpy, it's not solving a problem, it's just forcing it out of their jurisdiction," Dave Gifford said.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - An Omaha man was arrested in Illinois after he allegedly struck a state trooper’s car that was pulled over on Interstate 55, according to authorities. The Illinois State Patrol said the crash occurred near milepost 217 in Livingston County at 2:45 a.m. Sept. 2. A...

OPPD says the first step involves cutting up old concrete and moving dirt to make way for duct lines that will help protect underground cables. OPPD expects its repairs to take about 11 weeks.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Numerous crashes, along with a road closure on 72nd Street, affected the commute in the Omaha metro Tuesday morning. Early Tuesday, Jaret Lansford with First Alert 6 Traffic warned drivers to expect wet roads in some parts of the metro from rain and storms. Shortly after...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Lizzie Johnson’s passion for journalism started back in high school, at Millard North, writing articles for the student newspaper and the yearbook program. After graduating from Mizzou, she worked for the San Francisco Chronicle. She led extensive coverage of the 2018 Camp Fire that devastated...

On Monday at the Elkhorn Public School board meeting, the district provided an update on construction at Stone Pointe and Iron Bluff Elementary. Caregivers who attended asked for more transparency.