Omaha woman stumbles on historic dress, now included in Durham Museum exhibit
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - You never know when you might stumble on a piece of history in your own neighborhood. One Omaha woman did at a local estate sale, finding a dress created by the woman who designed Jackie Kennedy’s wedding dress over 60 years ago. The dress is...
University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha Campus to Host Law Enforcement Training on Oct....
UNMC and area law enforcement agencies will conduct a full-scale training exercise on Oct. 17 in the Maurer Center for Public Health on the UNMC Omaha campus. During the daylong exercise, the public may see increased activity in and around the Maurer Center, including uniformed law enforcement officials responding to...
130 Pounds of Meth Found in Nebraska Traffic Stop
A Georgia woman is behind bars after Nebraska State Troopers found 130 pounds of suspected methamphetamine during a traffic stop on I-80 Saturday evening. Patrol spokesman Cody Thomas says around 6:45 p.m. a trooper stopped an eastbound Nissan Altima for speeding on I-80 near the Highway 50 exit. “During the...
Benson businesses seeing relief after construction project wraps on Maple Street
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Recent road work has made it tough for drivers to navigate around Benson, but now there’s a sense of relief as the neighborhood’s main road reopens. Charles Holcomb owns Koenig Chiropractic off 70th and Maple streets in Benson and has become accustomed to construction at his front door.
Stanton County Sheriff’s Office stops two vehicles traveling at more than 100 mph
Omaha man arrested for excessive speed, driving drunk. On Saturday evening, the Stanton County Sheriff’s office observed an eastbound vehicle on Highway 275, about six miles east of Norfolk, traveling at 103 mph in the 70-mph zone. According to Sheriff Mike Unger, the vehicle was stopped, and the driver...
SCAD survivor listened to her body: ‘Don’t know if I would be here (otherwise)’
September 17, 2022: Tracy Corwin had felt 'off' for a month, but that day, she went to the hospital. While she was there, she experienced a SCAD - a spontaneous coronary artery dissection.
Closed Omaha funeral home to reopen under new ownership
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The closed Kremer Funeral Home will soon come back to life under new ownership and a new name, bringing renewed hope to the Benson neighborhood. Nia Dorsey purchased the funeral home from a bank foreclosure and plans to reopen it as Dorsey Funeral Home and Cremation.
Authorities find inmate reported missing from Omaha correctional facility
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - An inmate reported missing from the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services was booked back in jail on Monday. 40-year-old Randy Johnson was booked back in County Jail on Monday afternoon. Johnson was reported missing from the Community Corrections Center in Omaha in July. Johnson was...
Sarpy County authorities searching for suspect in string of copper wire thefts
Video shared with First Alert 6 shows a suspect entering a construction site near 84th and Highway 370 at 3 a.m. last Sunday.
Scene video: One hospitalized after stabbing in Omaha’s Benson area
Police officers received a report of a disturbance around 66th and Emmet streets, in the Benson neighborhood, at about 11 p.m. Monday.
