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OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Charges have been dropped against a man with cognitive disabilities who authorities said admitted he was chasing two girls in a park because he wanted to have sex with them. At his preliminary hearing on Tuesday morning, Judge Stephanie Shearer dismissed the two felony counts of...

LINCOLN — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen has become the latest public official in the U.S. to face threats of violence in what he called a “sobering” experience, following the announcement of felony charges against an Omaha man accused of threatening to shoot his grandchildren and others at their school. Pillen told reporter

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Two Omaha brothers on a fishing trip in a remote Canadian wilderness park narrowly escaped a wildfire that destroyed their campsite minutes after they fled. Tom and John Connelly were four days into a planned 10-day trip inside Quetico Provincial Park in Canada, just across the...

Omaha Mayor John Ewing Jr. said Tuesday that he signed Omaha’s minimum wage ordinance, even though the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office won a temporary injunction last week to stop a similar ordinance from taking effect in Lincoln. Like Lincoln’s ordinance, the Omaha one seeks to keep the minimum...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Thousands of air conditioners in Papillion stopped running Monday evening following a power outage near 72nd and Giles. According to OPPD, more than 1,400 customers remain without power. At one point during the evening, the outage affected more than 3,200 customers in the area. OPPD expects...

Omaha plans a $181M joint police and fire headquarters at the Crossroads development, funded by bonds with no expected tax increase.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - One person was taken to the hospital after a late-night crash Monday in West Omaha. Police officers were called to the area of George B Lake Pkwy and 204th Street shortly after 10 p.m. Police dispatch confirmed the status of the injured person with First Alert...

Some of us are waking up to some wet roads, maybe even a little bit of spotty rainfall. Most of these spot showers are either heading out of our area or dissipating as we go throughout the rest of our Tuesday morning. By 8-9 AM, we are dry and turning...

THE oldest mall in a US state that was previously demolished has eyed a major comeback. Mall shopping has changed in the US, according to experts, and some have been forced to revitalize themselves in order to compete again, while others have fallen by the wayside. The Crossroads Mall, which...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A South Omaha family spent about three weeks without running water following a dispute with the Metropolitan Utilities District over a broken water valve. After a First Alert 6 investigation, the utility paid for the repair. Michael Digilio fell five months behind on his water bill,...