Omaha NE

The lineup has been announced for this summer’s Memorial Park Concert. The annual event has been an Omaha tradition for nearly 40 years and will feature Smokey Robinson as the headliner, with support from the band Cake at this year’s event, which will be held June 26 and kick off at 6:30 p.m.

Prom eligibility has changed for this year’s prom. The change was put in place by the deans and administration. “So we as an administrative staff looked at some other school districts, kind of saw what some other schools were doing, in addition to Bellevue East just down the road, and we kind of sat down and thought...

Drivers in Omaha are experiencing major delays on westbound Maple Street near a new construction zone.

The legendary singer-songwriter delivered the unexpected during his first show of the year.

Scooter’s Coffee, one of the nation’s largest drive-thru specialty coffee franchise systems, honored several of its top franchisees and their teams at a companywide conference held last week in Omaha, Neb. Multi-Unit Franchisee of the Year. High Porch Coffee, LLC, owned and operated by Jeremy Music and Kris...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Firefighters with the Omaha Fire Department put out a house fire early Tuesday. A call went out to a home near Evans Street and 44th Avenue, in the North Omaha area, just before 3 a.m. Tuesday. “On arrival fire crews found heavy flames from the front...

A major children’s hospital in Nebraska has launched a new facility dedicated to supporting young people facing mental health challenges. Children’s Nebraska, the largest children’s hospital in the state, recently opened a youth-focused behavioral health center on its Omaha campus. The facility is designed to provide...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The body of a male was found in Indian Creek in Council Bluffs on Monday afternoon, according to police. Officers responded to the area of the 1700 block of Veterans Memorial Highway at about 2 p.m. for a reported dead body. A deceased male was found...

U.S. home prices have set monthly record highs for over two years straight, pricing out many homebuyers and keeping more home sellers on the sidelines. Prices skyrocketed during the pandemic and have remained elevated since, largely due to persistent inflation and a chronic inventory shortage. But the market is...

March 23, 1913 - A tornado hit Omaha on March 23, 1913, resulting in the deaths of more than 100 people. The Easter Sunday tornado also injured 400 and caused $8 million in damage. It was one of seven tornadoes to touch down in Nebraska that day.