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GIFTS FROM YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD: Check out Dusted Charm in Council Bluffs! This charming shop in the historic 100-block neighborhood has everything from sugar-free coffee syrups to clothes in all sizes.

Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen issued a statement after a shootout in Omaha that injured four police officers. The Omaha Police Department identified the suspect as Juan Melgar-Ayala, a convicted felon from El Salvador.

Governor Jim Pillen on Friday addressed the shooting inside an Omaha convenience store this week that injured four officers. “Juan Melgar-Ayala, a convicted felon in our country illegally from El Salvador, started a shootout with Omaha police and paid the price,” Pillen says. “Not long ago, in August,...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Omaha boxer Terence “Bud” Crawford entered a plea for an alleged infraction from a traffic stop after his celebration parade in Omaha in September. On Monday, he pleaded not guilty to a charge of careless driving. Just before 1:30 a.m. on Sept. 28,...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - On a night as cold as tonight, you have to find ways to stay warm. Keeping warm isn’t always about the physical. It’s cold outside Thursday night. Like the bitter, stinging, windy kind of cold. Warm winter coats fill the tables at the Salvation...

OMAHA,Neb. -- United States Attorney Lesley A. Woods announced today that Seth Fontaine, 30, of Hastings, Neb., was sentenced Wednesday in federal court for distribution of fentanyl. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Fontaine to 180 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal...

The Nebraska Board of Education had a lively debate Friday morning about a school aid miscalculation error that came to light last month, with one commissioner accusing the districts that benefited from the overpayments of essentially stealing the money. On. Nov. 17, Omaha Public Schools posted a message on its...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - On this day in 2007, one of Omaha’s darkest days, a mass shooting occurred at Westroads Mall. It was just after lunch on a Wednesday when a 19-year-old dressed in camouflage and armed with a rifle stormed into Von Maur, took the elevator to the third floor and started shooting.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The Omaha Police Department responded to a report of a stabbing Friday morning at the Siena Francis House. Officers were called to the homeless shelter near 17th and Nicholas streets in downtown Omaha shortly before 8 a.m. Friday. The Siena Francis House told First Alert 6...

As downtown office dwellers filed into work on a gusty Monday morning in November, a white Toyota Prius rounded the block near Omaha City Hall. This was no ordinary commuter on their way to work — the car was already on the job. Specialized cameras and sensors mounted on...