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Omaha is working to address "brain drain" through its 20-year comprehensive plan, focusing on high-skill jobs and quality of life to retain young talent.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The Village Pointe Shopping Center in West Omaha is now under new ownership. Village Pointe, located just off West Dodge Road, was bought by Federal Realty Investment Trust in a $153.3 million deal, according to a release Monday. The company has been buying and transforming shopping centers for...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The Omaha Fire Department was called to a fire in a home early Wednesday. The house, located near 85th and Douglas streets, caught fire shortly before 4 a.m. Wednesday. First Alert 6 saw on our 90th and Dodge city camera that the house was completely engulfed...

Crews were called to the scene near 138th Street and Industrial Road just before 8:30 p.m. Sunday.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The icy roads increase the chances of a crash involving another vehicle. For most drivers that means exchanging information. But proof of insurance provided by the other driver may not mean your repairs are covered. Most accidents without injuries require drivers to exchange information, but...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Mayor John Ewing Jr. rode a trolley along the city’s streetcar construction route Sunday to promote businesses affected by the ongoing work. The mayor traveled on Ollie the Trolley from the RiverFront to Blackstone, making stops at local businesses including Zen Coffee, The Next Chapter Book...

(Iowa) -- An Iowa District Court finds an Omaha man liable in a scam involving his two companies. The Polk County District Court found Travis Broughton and his two Omaha-based companies, Omaha Stem Cells, LLC., and Regenerative and Anti-Aging Institutes of Omaha, LLC., liable for nearly $1 million dollars for...

BEAVER LAKE - The Cass County Sheriff’s Office reported a structure fire on Cree Court near the intersection of Trumball Terrace in the Beaver Lake Community at 6 p.m. on Nov. 29. A press release says the home owner sustained burn injuries and was transported to the University of...

Two men with ties to northwest Iowa were convicted in Sioux City federal court last week (Nov. 25) in connection with the 2019 disappearance of 18-year-old Nebraska woman Sunny Sramek. Forty-four-year-old Floyd “Cliff” Coates of St. Francis, Kansas, was found guilty of drug trafficking, firearm offenses, and...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) said it is joining a group of regional electrical providers as they look to expand nuclear power. On Monday, OPPD and three other utilities announced what they call the “Great Plains New Nuclear Consortium.”. They said their goal is...