Omaha-based FNBO plans Colorado, New Mexico expansion
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - First National of Nebraska, FNBO’s parent company, announced Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire InBankshares Corp. The deal includes InBank and is an all-cash transaction. InBank has nine branches in Colorado and four in northern New Mexico. The acquisition would give FNBO its first...
Fifth House restaurant reopens in Blackstone after receiving grant
Fifth House, a restaurant in Omaha's Blackstone neighborhood, reopened after receiving a grant tied to Omaha Streetcar construction impacts.
Police identify parents of infant dropped off at South Omaha fire station
Omaha police now say that the two people who dropped off an infant at a South Omaha fire station on Friday, claiming to have found her in an alley, are in fact the infant's parents.
Two west Omaha cottage bakers say HOA ordered them to close their neighborhood cake...
WEST OMAHA, NE. — Two at-home cottage bakers in west Omaha's White Tail Creek neighborhood say their homeowners association has ordered them to shut down their cake pop stands, leaving their small businesses in limbo. Kristin MacNabb operates a cake pop stand on the corner of 188th and Cottonwood....
Receiver Tay Ellis announces decommitment from Nebraska
Tay Ellis is no longer part of the Husker recruiting class. The wide receiver, who transferred to Millard South this offseason, confirmed on social media Wednesday that he's no longer a Nebraska commit. Ellis caught three passes for 97 yards, which included a 67-yard touchdown from Husker quarterback commit Trae...
Train Stops Pursuit in South Lincoln, Six Kilos of Cocaine Discovered
A train helped bring a high-speed pursuit to an end Wednesday after Lancaster County deputies arrested an Omaha man accused of bringing more than 13 pounds of cocaine into Lincoln. Lancaster County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Ben Houchin says criminal interdiction deputies stopped a Chevrolet Silverado around 11:30 a.m. nea
South Omaha butcher weighs in on imported beef program aimed at lowering hamburger prices
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - For each of the next three months, 100,000 metric tons of imported beef will be sold to U.S. consumers at a discounted rate. The current administration hopes the 300,000-metric-ton total will lower beef prices. You won’t find imported beef at Stoysich’s House of Sausage in South...
Food Bank for the Heartland receives major donation amid rising need
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The Food Bank for the Heartland received a delivery of 33,000 pounds of non-perishable food Tuesday from the Omaha Nebraska Millard Stake of the Church of Latter-day Saints. Donation part of nationwide campaign. The delivery was one of four truckloads the church sent to larger distribution...
Crash knocks out power to Bellevue neighborhood
The car crashed near 39th Avenue and Chandler Road in Bellevue just before 12:30 a.m. Wednesday.
One injured after crash leaves garbage truck in Sarpy County ditch
Emergency crews rushed to the scene near 204th Street and Buffalo Road shortly after 2 a.m. Wednesday.

















