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Omaha's mayor is challenging residents to support students as school begins, launching a new monthly good neighbor focus.

PAPILLION, Neb. (WOWT) - A man was sentenced for his part in a Jan. 2025 murder in Bellevue on Monday. Oscar Salazar, now 20, was sentenced in Sarpy County District Court in connection with the murder of Jaydon Palma, 21. Judge Nathan Cox sentenced Salazar to 40 to 80 years...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A now-17-year-old who raped one woman and groped another at Omaha’s Memorial Park in the summer of 2023 has violated the conditions of his probation, a Douglas County juvenile court judge said Monday. Judge Candice Novak told the teen he failed a drug test and...

One year after an ICE raid in South Omaha, a new survey shows some local businesses lost between 50% and 90% of sales.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - North Omaha Music and Arts Festival is returning to the metro this week for its fifth year, bringing four days of live music to the city. The festival, known as NOMAfest, runs Thursday through Sunday. Executive Director Dana Murray said the event serves as a fundraiser for youth music programming a

Nebraska’s largest music festival, Maha, returned to the RiverFront in Heartland of America Park in Omaha on Saturday, August 8. Maha moved its location from Aksarben to the Riverfront last year after taking a year off in 2024. Maha included performances across multiple genres of music, featuring artists Wet...

(Omaha) AAA reminds motorists and students that the back-to-school commute creates one of the busiest and most unpredictable traffic environments of the year. Brian Ortner, spokesman for AAA, says as students return to the classroom, drivers will encounter heavier traffic around schools; increased pedestrian activity;

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The Nebraska State Board of Education last week postponed the conditional approval of an all-girls middle school in North Omaha, days before the school’s planned opening. Some board members said they were uncertain about wording on the school’s website that has since been removed. Others...

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OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Investigators are working to determine the cause of a fire at a vacant home in North Omaha Sunday afternoon. The fire happened at a vacant home near 45th and Pratt streets around 1:30 p.m. Sunday. Crews observed smoke and found the fire in the basement once...