Occupants escape safely from car inferno
-- NEBRASKA CITY- Nebraska City Fire and Rescue responded Thursday morning to a car fire on Highway 75 near P Road south of Nebraska City. 13-year-old Jaydynn of Peru said she and her mom were the first to arrive and dialed 911. She said three people were outside of the...
Iowa schools face referee shortage as sports participation hits record high
Iowa school sports participation is at an all-time high — but there aren't enough referees to keep up. Here's what's driving the shortage. 👇
Omaha Public Library offers free workshops for community
First Alert 6's Maria Cade and Elaina Riley sit down with Courtni Kopietz from the Omaha Public Library.
Clair Community Garden bounces back after vandalism
North Omaha's Clair Community Garden rebounds after vandalism with donated cameras, plants, and community support.
South-central Omaha residents fight proposed ‘blighted’ designation near Center Mall
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A storm is brewing in a south-central Omaha neighborhood. Residents there don’t want their community to be labeled as blighted — a designation that typically comes when a developer wants tax incentives to build businesses or homes. The proposal. Near 42nd and Center, in...
Don’t just take the bus – buy one at the upcoming Douglas County Sheriff’s...
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - You could party all the time if you owned a party bus. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office announced a public auction will be held Sept. 8 for one item: a 2006 Gillig Low Floor Bus. According to DCSO, a distress warrant sale is held when...
Omaha-based FNBO plans Colorado, New Mexico expansion
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - First National of Nebraska, FNBO’s parent company, announced Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire InBankshares Corp. The deal includes InBank and is an all-cash transaction. InBank has nine branches in Colorado and four in northern New Mexico. The acquisition would give FNBO its first...
Fifth House restaurant reopens in Blackstone after receiving grant
Fifth House, a restaurant in Omaha's Blackstone neighborhood, reopened after receiving a grant tied to Omaha Streetcar construction impacts.
Police identify parents of infant dropped off at South Omaha fire station
Omaha police now say that the two people who dropped off an infant at a South Omaha fire station on Friday, claiming to have found her in an alley, are in fact the infant's parents.
Two west Omaha cottage bakers say HOA ordered them to close their neighborhood cake...
WEST OMAHA, NE. — Two at-home cottage bakers in west Omaha's White Tail Creek neighborhood say their homeowners association has ordered them to shut down their cake pop stands, leaving their small businesses in limbo. Kristin MacNabb operates a cake pop stand on the corner of 188th and Cottonwood....
