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ELKHORN, NE — A cottage-food bakery based in Bennington is taking its next step by opening its first storefront in a historic building in Olde Towne Elkhorn. Kelsay Cosgrove, owner of KCC Bakery, has been serving sourdough and pastries to neighbors in northwest Omaha through her cottage food operation. Business has gro

PAPILLION, Neb. (WOWT) - Amazon’s Prime Air delivery service has officially begun in the Omaha metro. With the delivery drones, customers within 7.5 miles of the Highway 370 fulfillment center in Papillion can order items weighing 5 pounds or less and receive them in two hours or less. Earlier...

The historic City Hall and Bee Buildings were razed in 1966 to make way for the state’s tallest building, the Woodmen Tower. Fortunately, its neighbor to the east, the Omaha Building, escaped such a fate. The nationally recognized New York-based architectural firm McKim, Mead & White won an architectural...

Two members of the Omaha Public Schools board have missed nearly a quarter of regular board meetings since the start of 2023. School board member Bri Full missed 17 of the 79 regular board meetings in that time frame and was absent during votes when the board approved the school district’s nearly $1 billion general fun

Heart Ministry Center plans a grocery store near 24th and Lake in North Omaha after surveying hundreds of residents about their needs.

Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Department of Education today awarded $2 million in grants to Ellsworth Community College and Iowa Western Community College through the state’s Career Academy Incentive Fund. The grant funds will be used to establish two new regional centers, empowering more Iowa students with multiple p

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Douglas County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a woman late Wednesday after responding to a 911 call about a wrong-way driver on Fort Street. According to a DCSO Facebook post, a Toyota Tacoma was spotted traveling eastbound in Fort Street’s westbound lanes at about 11 p.m. Wednesday. Deputies said the

Wood framing continues at The Carnac Apartments in the Blackstone District along the future streetcar route. The Carnac is a podium building, meaning the first floor consists of reinforced concrete, while the upper floors are wood framed. Much of the third floor is now in place. Located at 35th &...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Over the next year, you’ll start to see Nebraska State Troopers on official business in some unlikely places. Nebraska State Trooper Brett Evans has trained in martial arts before, but today he’s at Mick Doyle’s Gym in Omaha on official business. “I think...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The man hit by a car on Ames Avenue on Tuesday wasn’t in a crosswalk, according to an OPD investigators. Omaha Police were called to the scene near 31st Street and Ames Avenue just before 11 a.m. Tuesday. Investigators shut down traffic on Ames Avenue in both directions between 30th to 31st streets