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COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (WOWT) - 113 corgis headed to River’s Edge Park in Council Bluffs for the 6th annual corgi race. The race is put on every year by the Omaha Corgi Crew. There is a total of 13 race heats including the finals. Dogs are placed in the...

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT: John Athens was on a Frontier Airlines flight when he saw 'the legs of a human spinning around in the engine' as the jet struck and killed a person

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - It’s another busy weekend in the metro as many events are happening including the Junkstock event!. Today will start out sunny but cloud cover will increase eventually becoming mostly cloudy this afternoon. A front will bring a chance for a few t-showers mid afternoon through...

PLATTSMOTH, Neb. (WOWT) - The Plattsmouth Police Department is looking for help in finding a missing teen. A Facebook post from PPD says 16-year-old Mersaidies Peters left her residence on foot between 9:30 and midnight on May 8. PPD says she is 5′4″ and about 115 pounds. Anyone...

Explore amazing animal stories – visit Animal of Things Now and follow us! Nebraska does not have a statewide ban on pit bulls, but that does not mean you can own one without paying close attention to the rules. The state leaves breed-specific decisions almost entirely to local governments, which means the rules in one city can be dramatically different from those just a...

A few sprinkles may be possible Friday evening around Omaha, but overall it is a dry and partly cloudy evening with temperatures in the 60s and 70s. Saturday starts with clear skies and temps near 50 degrees and afternoon highs nearing 80 degrees. Cloudy will move in for the afternoon and while anywhere could see a few quick rain showers, the best places to...

Permanent Road Closure at Dyson Hollow Road Beginning on Wednesday. As Sarpy County begins work on the South Sarpy Expressway, a half-mile segment of Dyson Hollow Road from Platteview Road to Miller Road will close permanently on Wednesday, May 13. Dyson Hollow Road traffic should use La Platte Road. This...

OMAHA — A group of 17 currently healthy Americans from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship in the Canary Islands soon will be monitored at the Omaha-based University of Nebraska Medical Center. The passengers will be isolated in the campus’ National Quarantine Unit — which UNMC said is the only federally funded unit designed specifically to safely […]

Five deputies with the Douglas County Sheriff's Office have been placed on leave following a fatal shooting Friday.

ELKHORN, Neb. — The Omaha Fire Department was called to a house fire Friday night. Firefighters got to the scene near South 220th and Riverside Drive, just before 11 p.m. The location is near Pacific Street and the Elkhorn River. A First Alert 6 photographer on scene said crews...