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As we prepare to open the new addition to the Rose Blumkin Jewish Home, we will be running a series of articles reflecting on our community’s history of senior care. To help us fully understand the significance of where we are today, this series will look back at the journey that brought us here and the previous genera

A few isolated thundershowers will be around Wednesday evening while the rest of us deal with muggy conditions. This evening rain will clear up after 7-8 PM. Temps overnight will only drop into the mid 70s. After 4 AM, more rain and storms will bubble up across southeast Nebraska and...

A 50-unit affordable housing project is approved in Omaha's Leavenworth corridor as leaders warn rising rents strain lower-income residents.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The man accused of keeping nearly 80 animals at his home in poor conditions is now facing additional charges. Nicholas Sakis was previously cited for animal cruelty and keeping unsanitary conditions. Sakis has now been charged with a total of 29 misdemeanors:. 14 counts of animal...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Heart Ministry Center is holding its final community meeting Wednesday before moving forward with plans to build a grocery store near 25th and Lake Streets in North Omaha. The store would offer fresh food, a butcher shop and a deli. It would not sell alcohol or...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Multi-platinum country star Parker McCollum’s Omaha stop on his 2026 tour has been rescheduled, but for a pretty good reason. McCollum posted on social media Wednesday night that his wife will soon give birth to their second child. “Unfortunately, that means I’ve got to reschedule...

Three Omaha teens were arrested Tuesday night after Lincoln Police say they stole thousands of dollars worth of iPads from a Target store and were linked to additional thefts and an attempted counterfeit money scam. LPD Public Information Manager Erika Thomas says it began around 8:30 when officers were called...

BON HOMME COUNTY, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - An Omaha, Nebraska, man has died, and two others are injured after a two-vehicle crash near Tyndall on Monday. According to authorities, a Ford F-250 was traveling north on SD Highway 37 near the intersection of SD Highway 52. At the same...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - An Omaha man who is a convicted felon faces up to 50 years in prison after police said he shot himself in the leg while he is not allowed to possess a firearm. Venetus McGhee, 48, was booked into Douglas County Corrections on Wednesday for one...

The future Buc-ee’s in Gretna continues to make progress with pending approvals of the final plat and rezoning and an application to use Good Life District funds to help finance the project. Last week, the Gretna City Council reviewed and approved the application for final plat for a subdivision...