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CASS COUNTY, Neb. (WOWT) - Cass County authorities responded to a crash early Thursday morning involving a train and a vehicle. The call came out just before 6 a.m. near the intersection of 12th Street and Church Road, in rural Cass County, southwest of Plattsmouth. Cass County Sheriff’s Capt. Reid...

(Plattsmouth) -- Cass County authorities are investigating a fatal collision between a vehicle and train that occurred near Plattsmouth early Thursday morning. The Cass County Sheriff's Office says deputies responded shortly before 6 a.m. for reports of a crash that occurred at a Union Pacific Railroad crossing just ea

Staffing shortages and burnout are putting pressure on child-care centers across the country. Now, one Benson center is setting a new standard.

A Maya community is using a national grant to create a climate resilience plan for a North Omaha neighborhood. Comunidad Maya Pixan Ixim will use the $96,440 to plan out how its roughly 8-acre property along the Beltline Trail can help improve neighborhood resilience to climate impacts. The funding is...

The Duo apartment complex continues to take shape across from the First National Bank Building. Sitting on the northeastern corner of 16th & Farnam Street, it was the city’s busiest and most valuable intersection through the late 1960s when the banks and retail stores that anchored it closed or relocated.

The second round of this three-part Tasty Burger Tour has one particular surprise—a burger that wasn’t originally on the list and made its way here by happenstance. This time, we take a look at Cheeseburgers a Takeout Joint, Dairy Chef, Tracks Lounge, Hydes Slydes Burgers and Fries and Pitch Pizzeria.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Metropolitan Utilities District (MUD) crews have shut off gas meters for approximately 100 homes in Central Omaha following a gas outage. According to MUD officials, the outage impacted residents in the area of 69th and Burt streets up to 70th Street and Western Avenue. On Wednesday...

Some places in Nebraska look ordinary from the parking lot and then hand you something you did not expect. Picture walking a wooden bridge thirty feet up in the treetops, eye to eye with a screech owl that has a name and a rescue story printed right beside its enclosure.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - An Omaha man has been booked into Douglas County Corrections for 1st-degree murder in the shooting death of another man in August, according to court records. A warrant was issued for the arrest of Diontrey Rodgers, 32, who was booked into jail Wednesday evening on charges...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A line formed around Bloom Works Floral in Council Bluffs by 7:30 a.m. Monday. Tina Shannon was first in line. “I got here about 10 till 7,” Shannon said. It’s Good Neighbor Day at Bloom Works. They celebrate by giving out roses. The flowers are...