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OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Fire crews are responding to a house fire in northwest Omaha Tuesday afternoon. OFD crews were on the scene around 107th Avenue and Decatur Street around noon Tuesday. According to OFD, one person was taken to the hospital from the scene. Three total people have been...

Nebraska State Patrol has issued 52 citations statewide at this point in 2026 under a law requiring drivers to move over for stopped vehicles, surpassing totals from the same point in 2024 and 2025

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Temperatures are getting closer to 90° in eastern Nebraska on Memorial Day. Highs stay near that number through the middle of the week. We have seen a lot of sun in Omaha Monday. There is a weak boundary across central Nebraska, stretching into the Sioux City area. A couple of storms will develop a

BELLEVUE, Neb. (WOWT) - Cari Woelich thought she was just going for a walk in Nebraska City. Her son Alex had been insistent about spending time together that weekend, suggesting coffee and a walk in the park. Woelich served seven years in the Air Force. After a medical retirement, she...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A crash is affecting traffic on Interstate 480 in Omaha Monday evening. Omaha Police tell First Alert 6 a crash between a motorcycle and a car happened on northbound I-480 just north of Martha Street this evening. OPD says one person was taken to the hospital...

A Nebraska woman was injured in a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 29 in Atchison County on Monday, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The crash happened at 11:50 a.m. Monday, May 25, at the 124-mile marker on northbound Interstate 29, approximately four miles south of Hamburg, Iowa. According to...

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (WOWT) - A crash has closed a portion of Interstate 29 in Council Bluffs Monday afternoon. According to Council Bluffs Police, northbound I-29 is closed at 25th Street for an injury accident. CBPD expects I29 will be closed for “several hours.” Drivers are urged to use an...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Memorial Day at Memorial Park is a chance for neighbors, friends and loved ones to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice. “I come here every year to honor the veterans; it means a lot to my heart to remember them,” said attendee Florence Krula.

Demolition begun Saturday on an abandoned West Omaha hotel near 108th and L Street after the city council approved more than $300,000 to tear it down

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (WOWT) - A man died in a crash that closed a portion of Interstate 29 in Council Bluffs Monday afternoon. According to Council Bluffs Police, northbound I-29 was closed at 25th Street for an injury accident at about 4:30 p.m. Monday. A report from the Iowa State...