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Citizens met at Omaha’s Tri-Faith Center Monday to express their concerns about the “big, beautiful bill’s” cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, and access to federal loans for medical students. The townhall was a joint effort by Nebraska Appleseed and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network. The...

Omaha Parks & Rec Director Matt Kalcevich gets us all ready to go for the Memorial Park Concert & Fireworks Show that more than 50,000 are expected to attend Friday. Plus, the future of Omaha parks.

Archbishop of Omaha to be blessed by Pope Leo, receive pallium. Pope Leo will give McGovern a pallium, which serves as a symbol of the archbishop’s authority and his unity with the pope. Nebraska sees no change, Iowa slight increase in unemployment in May, reports say. Updated: 4 hours...

For neighbors a little further from downtown, who can see the tower, reporter Molly Hudson learned the crane still has two more jumps to make to complete the project.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The City of Omaha is preparing to throw a major party for the annual Memorial Park Concert Friday. It features one of The Beatles - Ringo Starr - as the headliner. It takes a lot of different organizations and a lot of people to get Memorial...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - One person is dead and two people are injured after a crash in South Omaha early Thursday. Shortly before 2:30 a.m. Thursday, the Omaha Police Department was called to the single-vehicle crash near 13th and M streets. An OPD official confirmed with First Alert 6 around...

The Douglas County Health Department is reminding food service operators and workers that bare hand contact with ready-to-eat foods is now prohibited, following Nebraska’s adoption of updated federal food safety regulations. In April, Nebraska adopted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s 2022 Food Code Rule...

(OMAHA, NE) -- Adam Sandler will be back in Omaha this fall for a stop on his new comedy tour, according to a release sent out Thursday. His "You’re My Best Friend" tour will bring him to the CHI Health Center on Tuesday, Oct. 21. The tour includes over 30 stops across North America. Sandler's last show in Omaha was...

(OMAHA, NE) -- The recent worksite immigration raid at Glenn Valley Foods in Omaha was the culmination of a three-month investigation into a large-scale identity theft scheme, according to the Homeland Security agent who led the operation. Agent Elhrick Cerdan with Homeland Security Investigations told NBC News that...

As Nebraska’s largest utilities try to add more renewable energy in an attempt to reach carbon-neutral energy goals, they’re making a big bet on natural gas, too. Nebraska Public Power District, Omaha Public Power District and Lincoln Electric System all have recently announced plans to add hundreds of megawatts of...