Omaha NE

OMAHA, Neb. (KOLN) - An Omaha botanical garden offers visitors a 100-acre urban oasis just south of downtown, and it features a recently rejuvenated conservatory with plants from several global ecoregions. The botanical garden grows 80% of its plants from seeds and cuttings, setting it apart from other gardens that...

OMAHA — The Omaha Inland Port Authority likely will get $2.3 million of the $11 million it expected from state coffers to boost its plans for housing and entrepreneurial programs, officials said Thursday. The port authority, formed to spur and oversee economic development in a disenfranchised area of northeast Omaha,...

Albert Jimenez captured dramatic video of a deadly police shootout at QuikTrip, recording the gunfire exchange. See the dramatic footage and hear his story.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A parent has raised safety concerns about icy sidewalks near Monroe Middle and Benson High schools after recent snow and cold weather created slippery conditions for students. Marcella Zoucha said her daughters and other children use the sidewalk daily and she picks them up after school...

A civilian escaped an Omaha QuikTrip gas station bathroom before an armed suspect allegedly opened fire at police officers in a deadly confrontation.

The Nebraska Department of Education overpaid three school districts this year because of a miscalculation in the state aid formula called TEEOSA. The error was within the “poverty allowance” for schools and districts participating in the Community Eligibility Provision of the National School Lunch Program. Omaha...

Nestled in the heart of Papillion, Nebraska, the Goodwill Retail Store & Donation Center on Giles Road stands as a monument to the art of the second chance – both for items and shoppers alike. This isn’t your average thrift store experience – it’s a full-blown treasure expedition where...

Twenty-eight-year-old Juan Melgar-Ayala, an illegal immigrant from El Salvador, reportedly opened fire on Omaha, Nebraska, police officers in a gas station on Wednesday. WOWT reported that Melgar-Ayala was involved in a shooting earlier in the day, and Omaha police were able to track him to the gas station. Upon...

Omaha Fire Chief Kathy Bossman joins us for a Morning Lift to talk all things OFD – including new life-saving programs and initiatives to keep neighbors and firefighters safe.

Three police officers are injured, and a suspect is dead following a shootout at a South Omaha gas station. Officers tracked a suspect in an earlier shooting outside a grocery store to a gas station near 33rd and L streets yesterday where the suspect went into a bathroom and refused to come out. The suspect, a...