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OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A man is in custody after a crash near Interstate 480 in Omaha on Monday. Police responded to the crash on the eastbound on-ramp to I-480 from southbound North Freeway. An initial investigation showed that a red Ford Escape in the outside lane overcorrected and slammed...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - We are firmly in this stretch with highs in the mid 90s and feels like temperatures well over 100° in Omaha. There will be a few storms in northeast Nebraska tonight, and they might clip the metro. A Severe T-Storm WATCH is in effect for...

Omaha teens met with city leaders to discuss mental health, stereotypes and how to make their community a better place to grow up

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A Nebraska Game and Parks conservation officer says he thought he was going to be shot. That account is in his sworn affidavit about an incident involving a reckless driver who allegedly pulled out a handgun near Two Rivers State Park. The incident. On Sunday, May...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - One person is hurt after a cutting early Tuesday near the Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge in Omaha. Shortly before 3:30 a.m., the victim was found just south of the bridge, in the RiverFront area. Police dispatch says they were taken to the hospital by private car.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The Omaha Fire Department was called to a garage fire early Tuesday. The call came out shortly after 1 a.m. to a home near 37th and Boyd Streets — in the North Omaha area. A fire official tells First Alert 6 on the scene it...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The Omaha City Council is set to vote Tuesday on a $10.4 million redevelopment plan that would demolish the Vinton Street grain silos, a structure that has sat vacant since the late 1970s. The silos have drawn repeated complaints from neighbors and city officials over vandalism,...

When Chuck Martens could no longer afford his rent, he came up with a solution. He negotiated with his landlords to swap his labor for a rent reduction. Now Martens does landscape work for his Omaha apartment complex. Seven days a week, he mows the grass, collects trash and wields a leaf blower. Hedge trimming is his f

“Democracy Ain’t No Picnic” is a free, nonpartisan family event. In 1918, Boys Town founder Father Flanagan watched as Reuben Granger carried a boy on his back up a flight of stairs. The boy he carried, Howard Loomis, had polio and wore thick metal leg braces. Flanagan famously asked if he was heavy, to which Granger r

Let me tell you what Nebraska gets right. While other places chase the next food trend, this state just keeps perfecting the classics. Here the old favorites are not relics. They are the main event. Picture a hand-cut steak from the days when the stockyards ran this town, served the...