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PLATTSMOUTH, Neb. (KOLN) - A historic building that once served as one of the longest-operated bars in the state now offers ice cream treats, sandwiches and antiques to visitors. River House Soda Fountain Cafe and Antiques was built around 1900 as a distributorship for the Gund brewery out of La...

Thoughts and takeaways from inside Charles Schwab Stadium after the Crimson Tide was eliminated by the Longhorns in the College World Series.

OMAHA, Neb. — Christina Mercurius was sitting in section 117, row 33, seat 15 when her 18-year-old son, Xander Mercurius, took the mound at Charles Schwab Field. Christina was supposed to be back in Las Vegas working as a TSA manager. But on Monday morning, Mercurius called her, begging her to stay as he made his Colle

The No. 3 Georgia Bulldogs and No. 6 Texas Longhorns face off in a College World Series elimination game. Georgia and Texas met on Saturday with the Bulldogs winning 7-1 behind an elite pitching performance from starter Joey Volchko. On Monday, Georgia lost to the Oklahoma Sooners , 4-3. The Sooners are off to a 2-0 st

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - America’s 250th anniversary is expected to drive higher demand for fireworks and professional shows this Fourth of July, but local retailers say they prepared years in advance. Carey Trowbridge, director of retail sales for Wild Willy’s Fireworks in Council Bluffs, said the timing adds to...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Three people are injured after an incident in Omaha’s Midtown area early Tuesday. Emergency crews got a call to 30th and Cuming streets at about 12:30 a.m. Police tell our First Alert 6 crew on the scene that the driver claimed the brakes went out...

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Neb. (WOWT) - Four men were arrested after the search of an apartment in Douglas County yielded firearms, drugs, counterfeit money, shoplifted goods, and a stolen dirt bike and scooter. According to a release from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, the DCSO SWAT team, along with deputies from...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Troy's first appearance in the College World Series has produced lots of Kodak moments for the Alabama school. Only Troy's photographers are having to use borrowed equipment to capture them after thieves stole cameras and lenses valued at $35,000 from the team bus. The theft...

In a news release, the Douglas County Sheriff's Office says this past March, DCSO investigators were contacted by staff at the Douglas County Department of Corrections who suspected a DCDC staff member of permitting inmates to have unauthorized communications with individuals outside of the correctional facility. This

Skip Johnson praises Sooners' family culture that included advice from Bob Stoops