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OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Wednesday is a First Alert 6 Weather Day due to the hottest temperatures we’ve had in the area in about a month. I’ve added a greater chance of storms by Wednesday evening with an increased severe potential too. Temperatures were cooler than expected Tuesday...

ELKHORN, Neb. (WOWT) - The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public for assistance in locating a piece of stolen construction equipment. The DCSO says a AD7X11 Vermeer Drill, valued at over $150,000, was stolen with a trailer from a construction site near 215th Street and West Maple Road.

The Sarpy County Sheriff’s Office reported Tuesday the finding of a deceased person’s remains not far from the last sighting of a missing man on July 7. ‘Trying my best’: Douglas County deputies recount pulling woman from burning wreck. Updated: 47 minutes ago. Later arriving fire and...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The trial for a man accused of murder is underway. Tyrice Coleman is charged in the shooting death of 17-year-old Messiah Holley on Nov. 8, 2023. Surveillance video from that night showed a group of men assaulting Holley before shots were fired. Most of today focused...

The trial for a man accused of murder is underway. FULL VIDEO: Mayor Ewing presents budget to Omaha City Council. Mayor John Ewing Jr. handed his budget for the coming year to the Omaha City Council during their regular meeting on Tuesday. Omaha Mayor John Ewing presents first budget. Updated:...

(Sarpy County, NE) -- A body has been found near a cornfield in Sarpy County. According to the Sarpy County Sheriff's Office, a 40-year-old man was reported missing on July 10. On July 19, a volunteer search party found a pair of pants, a wallet, shoes, and sunglasses in a cornfield. Law enforcement later found the...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A man was cited after he brought a loaded pistol in a bag to the Douglas County Courthouse. A social media post from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office says one of their entrance security officers spotted a loaded pistol in a bag after it was put through a scanner at the courthouse.

Bullets hit homes and cars in North Omaha, leaving neighbors shaken after a crowd gathered and gunfire erupted.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A strong heat dome will move over the central United States bringing in dangerous heat and humidity to the metro starting on Monday. The peak of the heat wave will come on Tuesday and Wednesday. Tuesday and Wednesday are First Alert 6 Weather Days as highs...

SARPY COUNTY, Neb. (WOWT) - One person is in the hospital after a crash on Interstate 80 in Sarpy County early Tuesday. The crash happened along I-80 between Gretna and the Platte River Bridge just after 1:45 a.m. Tuesday. Initial reports from police dispatch indicate the victim’s injuries are not...