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The event, called the “Bizarre Bazaar,” also includes art vendors, food carts, a DJ, and performance dancing from 11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Sunday.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Jeff Miller laces up his boots every morning and heads to the same stretch of pavement outside Premier Midwest Beverage in Omaha. Miller has spent 24 years delivering beer across Nebraska. His job has provided union wages and union health insurance for his family. That insurance...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A local developer is stepping in after finding out a grocery store in the area is planning to close. The shopping center near 46th and Saddle Creek, anchored by Family Fare grocery store, has seen better days and those days were about to get worse. “It...

Two disease outbreaks are dominating the news: Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and hantavirus, which started spreading on a cruise ship. The U.S. has a one-of-a-kind medical facility that exists just for emergencies like this. It’s called the National Quarantine Unit, and it’s in Omaha, Nebraska. Right n

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Dr. H. Dele Davies, interim chancellor of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, stopped in Lincoln on Friday as part of a statewide tour focused on health care access, workforce needs and UNMC’s role across Nebraska. Davies has served as interim chancellor since 2024, after...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The city of Omaha will pay $300,000 to tear down an abandoned southwest Omaha hotel, ending a legal fight that could have dragged on for years. The city council approved using Keno Community Betterment funds to make a deal with the out-of-town property owner. The agreement gives the developer a cle

On May 22, two horses at a boarding facility in Douglas County, Nebraska, tested positive for strangles. The horses developed clinical signs one week before being tested. Four additional horses are suspected to be positive, and 50 horses have been exposed. EDCC Health Watch is an Equine Network marketing program...

(Glenwood) -- Mills County officials were the latest to hear calls for new ordinances and moratoriums on various types of projects, ranging from carbon pipelines to data centers. At its regular meeting earlier this week, the Mills County Board of Supervisors heard public comment from several individuals regarding recen

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - “Heroes and Villains: The Art of the Disney Costume” is entering its second weekend at Omaha’s Durham Museum. It features nearly 70 costumes from the Walt Disney Archives spanning almost five decades of film and television. The costumes have a special touch —...

On this day in 2020, hundreds of people gathered at 72nd and Dodge for what began as a peaceful protest of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.