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OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A mistrial has been ruled in the case of a man accused of a 2022 murder. The 1st-degree murder trial for Keanu Louis ended with a hung jury on Thursday, according to Nebraska court records. Louis is accused of killing 20-year-old DaeTiauna Kellogg on Nov. 6,...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Omaha police are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing man. Brian Harrell, 50, was last seen walking from St. Pius X/St. Leo Catholic School near 69th and Blondo around 6 p.m. Thursday. He was wearing a black T-shirt, black shorts and blue Skechers shoes.

FORT MADISON, Iowa (WOWT) - A man convicted in connection to a 1980 murder in Iowa has died in prison. According to a release from the Iowa Department of Corrections, 82-year-old Thomas Kane died in prison of natural causes. Court records say he was serving a sentence for a murder...

Farmer Brown's in Waterloo, Nebraska, offers melt-in-your-mouth prime rib and has been recognized as one of the top 21 steakhouses in the country.

One person is in the hospital and another was taken into custody following a cutting in West Omaha Friday night.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Federal authorities on Thursday added a name to its “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list, issuing a federal warrant for his arrest out of Omaha and offering a reward of up to $1 million for information leading directly to his arrest. Anibal Alexander Canelon Aguirre,...

Iowa ranks 2nd in cancer rates nationally and researchers point to nitrates as one culprit. A southwest Iowa group is testing water for nitrates and pushing for policy change.

OMAHA — The Honduran janitor who waved a box cutter tool at federal agents during a high-profile immigration raid last year in Omaha was sentenced Friday to 14 months in prison. Marvin Aleman Zepeda, 37, is to be deported to Honduras after he completes his sentence. The sentence by Chief U.S. District Court Judge...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Marie Bucchino has been volunteering at Bergan Mercy Hospital for 58 years. Bucchino began her service in the emergency department before moving to the hospital’s gift shop, where she has worked the register and traveled to market to hand-pick items for the shelves. “I started...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - An 29-year-old Omaha man was sentenced this week in federal court to nearly 20 years on fentanyl charges. Duane Walker Jr. was sentenced Thursday to 19.5 years for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Robert F. Rossiter Jr. The federal prison system does not offer...