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Nebraska diesel hits a record high of $5.68 per gallon. Ollie the Trolley's CEO warns customers may soon pay more if prices keep rising.

Emergency crews rushed to the scene at the Interstate 80 and Interstate 680 interchange just after midnight Friday.

Positioned in the middle of the United States, Nebraska has played an outsized role in disrupting terrorism across the country over the past 25 years, since the most significant terrorist attack in our nation’s history on Sept. 11, 2001.  At 3:07 p.m., just hours after the twin towers and the Pentagon were struck by ai

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - An Omaha Police officer is hurt, according to an on-scene lieutenant, and a driver is in custody after an incident Thursday night. Officers were called to reports of a vehicle driving recklessly at 36th and Hamilton streets, in North Omaha, just after 10:15 p.m. Thursday. As...

Nebraska has quietly produced a remarkable variety of singers whose voices have reached far beyond the Great Plains. From country and folk to rock, pop, jazz, and alternative music, artists with Nebraska roots have brought originality, emotion, and unmistakable personality to the national stage. Some emerged from small

Robert Thayer looked up from his computer as a churning weedwacker-like sound interrupted the silence of his west Omaha home. As he noticed his grass swaying, he thought: That must be the drone. The tech worker walked out his front door to find a blue-and-white robot hovering above his yard.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The City of Omaha will pay the owners of Brothers Lounge in Blackstone $700,000 in a settlement to purchase the building on Farnam Street if the proposal is approved by the City Council. The resolution comes after the collapse of a “subgrade exterior wall” of the...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The Omaha City Planning Board has approved a permit for a new aquatics center. The center is planned for an empty lot in West Omaha near 108th Street and Blondo Street. The proposed facility could include a 50-meter competition pool, an endless pool and a learn-to-swim...

The head of the Omaha Public Schools said the district is “already updating procedures” after revelations that some district employees were aware that Omaha Police officers were using electric shock gloves in schools. Superintendent Matthew Ray, along with several OPS board members, said during the Aug. 17 board...

Penn Entertainment will break ground on Monday for a new land-based Hollywood-branded casino in Council Bluffs, Iowa, as it replaces its adjacent Ameristar Council Bluffs riverboat casino. “Coupled with our recent announcement in New Orleans, we continue to prioritize organic growth opportunities with a disciplined app