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Over the past decade, a peculiar trend has been observed in Omaha: a blatant disregard for red traffic lights. This observation is not based on statistical data, but rather on personal experiences of a resident who has spent considerable time traveling across the lower 48 states. The resident notes that while...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A fraud alert tonight about a scheme through social media that may cost a senior citizen couple more than money. They’ve been targeted by three types of scams all at once. So they’re afraid to be identified. The medals show how Joe served his...

The latest scam reported by the Better Business Bureau involves storage containers and a loss of $8,000. This scam involves an Iowa business operating under the name Council Bluffs Containers and utilizing the domain name councilbluffscubes.com. Consumers head to the website and order, but the physical address given...

It comes after a legislative session in which lawmakers poked and prodded for changes that would have weakened or reversed ballot-passed laws

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - One person began their Friday morning in a metro hospital after getting into a crash late Thursday night. According to Douglas County officials, emergency crews were called to the area of 108th Street and Old Maple Road just after 11:00 p.m. An image from a First...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The Omaha Police Department has named the victim of a deadly pedestrian crash Tuesday night on Interstate 80. In a police report released late Wednesday, Billy J. Alcorn, 74, was named as the pedestrian killed in the incident. Just after 8 p.m. Tuesday, first responders came...

In a message to families on Monday, Omaha Public Schools said it received an overpayment of $30.5 million in state aid for the current school year. The Nebraska Department of Education told the district there was a mistake in the amount calculated for state aid, so the $30.5 amount would be subtracted from its...

Bail was denied Thursday for Ve’Angelo Moore, 22, who is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Joshua Perrin, 34, on Nov. 11.

Three people have been arrested in the killing of 17-year-old Sevyn Bellar-White on Oct. 31. Two were in court on Thursday.