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OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Local food pantries are seeing more people walk through their doors as grocery costs continue to rise. Gary Henningsen volunteers at the St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry three days a week and said he and other volunteers have noticed an increase in people coming in.

Developers want to redevelop an Omaha mall at 42nd and Center into apartments and offices, but tenants and neighbors have concerns

(KMAland) -- Addison Darnell won a pair of state championships and Liam Jensen added one of his own to close the Nebraska Class B State Track & Field Championships in Omaha. Check out the area rundown below. CLASS B GIRLS. Auburn’s Darnell won the 100 hurdles and 300 hurdles to...

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OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Here’s a list of activities and events coming up in the Omaha metro on Memorial Day weekend. Memorial Day weekend celebrations are set at Memorial Park in Omaha. There will be live entertainment and food vendors starting at 6:30 p.m. Friday. A 400-drone show and an unfurling of the world’s largest

In Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, humans must fulfill physiological needs first before anything else. Adequate shelter is one of these physiological needs, but attainable, affordable housing is something that many cities struggle with—Omaha included. Omaha and the surrounding metro area have experienced a shortage of aff

With this weekend's Super Regional being played so close to home, Ruby Meylan can't even come up with a ballpark answer for how many friends and family will be in Bowlin Stadium for the Super Regional between Oklahoma State and Nebraska. You can get an annual membership for 50% off....

Randy Evans is executive director of the Iowa Freedom of Information Council, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that promotes openness and transparency in Iowa’s state and local governments. He can be reached at [email protected]. This essay first appeared on his Substack newsletter, Stray Thoughts. Because of

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A man who was in the country illegally was sentenced to 16 years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute meth and possession of a short-barreled rifle in furtherance of drug trafficking. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Nebraska said Alexi Zamora-Chona,...

(Pottawattamie Co.) The Wall That Heals, a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, will officially open to the public on Friday in Pottawattamie County. The wall, along with a mobile education center, will be open 24 hours a day from May 22 to May 25 at Lewis Central High School in Council Bluffs.