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OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The City of Omaha Public Works Department announced Tuesday that the River City Transfer recycling drop-off site, located just north of Harrison Street on 60th Street, is now closed. Residents are asked to use the Southeast Omaha drop-off site, located just south of 72nd Street and...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - An Iowa roofing company owner has been sentenced for defrauding an 89-year-old Omaha homeowner. Joshua Peterson, 45, pleaded guilty in April to attempted theft by deception of $5,000 or more. He was sentenced to one year of probation on Thursday. After paying more than $12,000 to...

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - An Arkansas man entered a guilty plea to federal charges Tuesday after he kidnapped a teenager from Beaver Dam last year. A plea agreement filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas states Day pleaded guilty to child enticement and production of child sexual abuse mater

Nebraska and Creighton will renew their in-state rivalry on Dec. 5 in Omaha, with the Huskers chasing a third straight win over the Bluejays.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Pools are going to be packed for the next couple of days. We will have tolerable summer heat with a lot of sun. A slow moving front sags south Wednesday into Thursday, bringing our best chance for rain in the next two weeks. Temperatures stay in...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Southbound traffic on 84th Street heading to La Vista will have to take a different path for a while. The road between Harrison and City Centre Drive is shut down while public works crews address damage caused by recent rains. The closure. La Vista Public Works...

A Sarpy County District Court judge has set bond at 10% of $100,000 for 19-year-old Wyatt Bolita while he awaits a hearing to revoke his probation.

Officers with the Omaha Police Department responded to the crash near Miami Street and 48th Avenue at about 8 p.m. Monday.

More than 75 years after he was found murdered along a rural Pottawattamie County road, the killing of Council Bluffs taxi driver George Massouris remains one of Iowa’s most haunting unsolved cold cases. George James Massouris, a 30-year-old World War II veteran, husband, and father of three, was working...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The morning after Fourth of July fireworks, some Omaha residents were left cleaning up debris, dealing with the aftermath of a small fire and facing concerns about air quality. At Somerset Park, multiple large piles of fireworks debris remained on the ground in the days following...