Omaha NE

Somewhere in Omaha, Nebraska, at around 8:15 AM, Monday through Friday, an all-black SUV pulls up, sometimes aggressively, to the school drop-off line. That SUV is full of laughter, music, sometimes tears and memories, but they are the best part of the day for Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Adrian Dowell.

After the Sarpy County Museum closed its doors, donors who contributed money for a new facility and neighbors with artifacts locked inside the building are demanding answers about what went wrong.

When Bobby Kros and Scott Strain opened Kros Strain in 2017, their goal was to bring a different kind of beer to the Omaha market. “Hazy IPA wasn’t a thing around here,” Kros says. “We knew it would come around sooner or later.”. The two met while...

GRAND ISLAND — A Hastings man was arrested in Grand Island on active warrants from Douglas and Clay County on Saturday, Feb. 14. According to the Grand Island Police Department, officers made contact with Boutin in the location of N. Wheeler Ave. Following a records check it was determined...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - One person is in custody after an incident Tuesday morning in Omaha. Police officers were seen at Benson Tower, near 60th Street and Northwest Radial Highway, shortly before 8:20 a.m. Tuesday. Lt. Ryan Hinsley of the Omaha Police Department told First Alert 6 that the incident...

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (KCCI) - Two men were injured in a shooting early Sunday in Council Bluffs, and a suspect faces attempted murder charges, KCCI reports. 22-year-old Edder Morales-Solorio is charged with two counts of attempted murder, going armed with intent, two counts of intimidation with a dangerous weapon,...

OMAHA, Neb. (Feb. 16, 2026) - For the first time ever, Omaha Softball has been tabbed No. 1 in the D1 Softball Mid-Major Ranking, it was revealed Monday. The Mavericks (9-0) are off to the best start in DI program history and move up a pair of spots to the top ranking after a stellar five-game weekend in San Diego.

YORK — On Feb. 13, 2026, at approximately 10:59 p.m., a Sergeant with the York County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop on a sedan traveling eastbound on Interstate 80 near mile marker 352 for a traffic violation. During the course of the stop, a male passenger provided...

Authorities in Nebraska are searching for an individual who was seen on video being struck by a vehicle that was doing donuts during an illegal vehicle sideshow over the weekend. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said its Community Action Team responded after multiple 911 callers reported street racers in the area...

Michael B. Yanney, a longtime Omaha businessman and philanthropist, died this weekend at age 92. As founder of Burlington Capital, Yanney played a central role in shaping Omaha’s business community over several decades. “Omaha could use more people like Michael Yanney. He believed in people, he believed in what...