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OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - An Omaha Police officer and another driver were sent to the hospital after a crash on Interstate 80 Saturday night. Omaha Police told First Alert 6 an officer, identified as Officer Jason Stinson, was blocking a lane of eastbound I-80 for a road hazard near 13th street with the cruiser’s lights on.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A five-alarm fire heavily damaged the Bemis Bag Building near 11th and Jones in Omaha’s Old Market on this day in 1999. The building housed 21 apartments and art studios. The flames started on a vacant floor. It took firefighters from 18 fire companies to...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The first of two teens faced a judge Friday in connection with a viral video that showed a man getting assaulted. Omaha police said two people in the video are Orion Garman and Joshua Williams. Garman became the first to face a judge Friday. He faces felony charges including assault, robbery and fa

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A more than 30 year journey came to a close for a local mother Saturday. First Alert 6 first met Stephanie Fleming back in October when she entered the Goodwill Adult Education Center to begin working to earn her high school diploma. A special celebration at...

(KMAland) -- Twelve girls and 11 boys KMAland athletes/events were state medalists on Saturday at the final day of action at the Nebraska State Track & Field Championships in Omaha at Burke Stadium. Check out the area rundown below and full results linked here. BOYS CLASS C. Seven KMAland athletes...

NEBRASKA — Omaha police are investigating an early morning shooting near the Los Diablos Motorcycle Club in north Omaha. According to police, officers responded around 4 a.m. Sunday to reports of a shooting near 25th Street and Ames Avenue. Authorities blocked off the area to traffic while officers investigated the sce

CASS COUNTY, Neb. (WOWT) - Residents reported different experiences as a tornado moved through Cass County, with some seeing a funnel cloud while others saw only rain. Emergency officials said they saw lots of rain but not much else. Other residents said they could see a funnel cloud as it came through.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - One person was hospitalized after a crash near 28th and Ames Avenue just after 6 a.m. Saturday. A car was in the ditch at the scene. City officials said the person’s injuries are not believed to be life-threatening. Details about the crash remain limited. --

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - About 800 bronze flower vases stolen from grave markers at two Omaha cemeteries last summer remain in police custody this Memorial Day weekend, leaving families without a place to put flowers at their loved ones’ graves. “Not quite bronze,” Hug said. The Pottawattamie County...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The person taken to the hospital after a car drove into a lake in an Omaha park has died. Omaha Police say a car was travelling east on Ames when the car ran off the road to the right, hit a light pole, drove through a fence, and drove into the lake in Benson Park.