Omaha NE

Smoke affects air quality on an otherwise very nice Friday. This month brought some much-needed heavy rainfall to the Omaha area.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Good news coming for Omaha’s pickleball enthusiasts!. Four pickleball courts at The RiverFront are now open to the public, according to a release sent Friday. The new courts are located on the north end of the Lewis & Clark Landing, east of the CHI Health...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - On this day last year, strong tornado-like winds wreaked havoc in the Omaha-metro, leading OPPD to record its largest power outage in history. The 60- to 90-miles-per-hour winds resulted in massive tree and property damage. Large, healthy trees were snapped in half; and power lines fell into the...

A stretch of a street in Omaha has been renamed after the city’s first elected Black mayor, John Ewing Jr. Ewing started his term this summer and has plenty of memories from walking down the renamed street as a child. The stretch of Lothrop St. between 22nd and the historic 24th streets has been ceremoniously renamed...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Police barricaded a North Omaha neighborhood Friday morning as they work on making an arrest. Omaha Police and U.S. Marshals went to a home near 42nd Street and Sorensen Parkway, but weren’t allowed in, prompting a standoff at around 9:15 a.m. First Alert 6 is...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The Omaha Police Department has released the name of the man killed in a stabbing Tuesday morning. In a release Wednesday, 58-year-old Vincent Adkins was identified as the deceased man. OPD responded to the scene near 13th and Castelar streets just before 10 a.m. Tuesday morning.

The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the bodies of the three people missing after Tuesday’s explosion have been found. After putting money down on an important project, an Omaha homeowner is left with a dangerous situation.

Cool and comfortable but there will be some wildfire smoke. Cool and comfortable but there will be some wildfire smoke. A round of showers early this morning will give way to great weather to follow!

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The Omaha Fire Department responded to a house fire Tuesday afternoon that displaced residents. According to OFD, crews were dispatched to a home near 62nd and Fort Street at about 2 p.m. and saw smoke coming from the eaves of the house. Crews found the homeowner...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Trina Markland, her husband, daughter and parents set off for Hawaii about a week ago. Their dream trip started off on the wrong foot. “[We had] several plane issues,” Markland said. “We went through three planes before finally getting on a fourth plane to get us to Hawaii.”