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OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Small electric and gas-powered bikes are not just toys for teens. Some adults who cannot afford a car rely on them for transportation. Two such bikes were stolen from senior men outside a South Omaha convenience store on the Fourth of July — and the theft was caught on camera.

Hy-Vee's Fast & Fresh convenience stores are getting a whole new look. Here's why the familiar green logo is disappearing!

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - An 11-year-old boy is dead after a scooter was hit by a pickup truck in Bennington last week. In a statement Thursday, Bennington Public Schools officials identified the child as Logan Rahn and confirmed he was one of their elementary students. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office...

Baker’s celebrated the groundbreaking today of its future Baker’s Marketplace grocery store at 18303 Evans Street, just south of 182nd & West Maple Road. Cincinnati-based Kroger, which owns Baker’s, is using a cutting-edge prototype design for the $40 million supermarket, which will be Baker’s 13th store in the Omaha a

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The number of cyclospora cases in Douglas County has risen from 27 to 35, according to the Douglas County Health Department. The source of the local outbreak has not been identified. Health Director Dr. Lindsay Huse said approximately half of the people interviewed reported eating at...

Dr. Lindsay Huse, Douglas County's health director, walks through the local case numbers of cyclospora and how it compares to national counts.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Omaha’s FBI office announced agents seized more than 70 guns and over $40,000 in cash in a gun trafficking investigation. Agents arrested Jose Gerardo Ruiz-Alonso, 36, on gun charges. He is allegedly in the country illegally after overstaying a tourist visa in 2012. Court records...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - One person has died following a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of West Center Road and 222nd Street. The Nebraska State Patrol was notified of the crash just after 2:45 p.m. Law enforcement said a northbound Tesla Cybertruck struck a westbound Nissan sedan in the intersection.

Eric Dawson bought his first collision repair shop, an existing facility called Double A Collision Repair, in 2004. In 2008, he built a new facility in a different part of town, next to the Shadow Lake Towne Center in Papillion, Neb., the shopping center that gave Shadow Lake Collision its name.

If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to attend a rock concert inside an air fryer, and you were at The Astro Amphitheater on Monday July 20th, 2026, then you know exactly what it would feel like. It was 100 degrees in La Vista. Not “feels like” 100....