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OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A 19-year-old charged in the shooting death of a 16-year-old last September in South Omaha will be sentenced in court Wednesday. Emerson Olivorio-Marroqui, of Ralston, pleaded “no contest” in August court to an amended charge of manslaughter. A charge of first-degree murder was dropped in the plea.

Shortly before 8:30 p.m. Sunday, officers were called to the Kwik Shop near Crown Point Avenue and 72nd Street in North Omaha.

The sinkhole, in downtown Omaha, pictured in the lawsuit filed by Lisa Kilker District Court of Nebraska A woman in Omaha , Nebraska , is suing the city’s mayor for violating her First Amendment right after he allegedly deleted her comment and blocked her from his official Facebook page after she complained about his...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Nebraska State Auditor Mike Foley’s office reported Tuesday it has found that a nonprofit has shown a “deliberate and ongoing pattern of monetary mismanagement and abuse.”. The Karen Society of Nebraska, named for the Karen people of Southeast Asia, primarily in Myanmar, has had...

Council Bluffs Police are making public safety data more accessible with a new dashboards, some that update within 15 minutes after a crime is reported. What do you think about this initiative?

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Nebraska Auditor Mike Foley on Tuesday released a startling report on a Nebraska nonprofit. The Karen Society has been operating for 15 years and has offices in Lincoln, Omaha and Madison, Nebraska. Named for the Karen people — a large ethnic group in southeast Asia...

Lisa Kilker says she was blocked from Mayor John Ewing's official Facebook page after criticizing city's response to 16th Street sinkhole affecting her downtown building.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Many homeowners may not know they share their property with an easement until the painted lines and flags show up in their backyard. Internet providers have the right to run cable, usually underground. But what a subcontractor left behind upsets an Elkhorn couple, and in a...

More than 100 pounds of methamphetamine was found at a traffic stop in Omaha, Nebraska.

SHELBY COUNTY, Iowa (KTIV) - Winston Leal and Ashley McWilliams pleaded guilty to charges following their involvement in a murder in July 2025. Court documents say on July 31, 2025, 33-year-old Winston Leal and 32-year-old Theresa Kenkel got into an argument in a bedroom at a residence in Earling, Iowa.