One hospitalized after crash in North Omaha
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - One person was hospitalized after a crash near 28th and Ames Avenue just after 6 a.m. Saturday. A car was in the ditch at the scene. City officials said the person’s injuries are not believed to be life-threatening. Details about the crash remain limited. --
Stolen Omaha cemetery vases still held in evidence
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - About 800 bronze flower vases stolen from grave markers at two Omaha cemeteries last summer remain in police custody this Memorial Day weekend, leaving families without a place to put flowers at their loved ones’ graves. “Not quite bronze,” Hug said. The Pottawattamie County...
Driver taken to hospital after car drove into lake at Benson Park has died,...
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The person taken to the hospital after a car drove into a lake in an Omaha park has died. Omaha Police say a car was travelling east on Ames when the car ran off the road to the right, hit a light pole, drove through a fence, and drove into the lake in Benson Park.
‘I could feel myself dying’: After being shot 9 times, Nebraska man shares gratitude...
On Dec. 3, Michael Kasper headed to Phil's Cash Saver in Omaha to buy ingredients for dinner. Five months later, he is still recovering from the nine gunshot wounds he suffered in the parking lot, in what his family called a "random act of violence." "Left the house to get...
Saints bust out the bats to top Storm Chasers
In a lineup featuring a share of major-league bats attempting to find their mojo, it was someone who has yet to get a taste of “The Show” that swung the biggest stick of all for the Saints on Friday night. Left fielder Hendry Mendez went 3 for 5...
Pedestrian critically injured in hit-and-run at Burger King
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) -One person was hospitalized with critical injuries after being struck by a car in a hit-and-run early Saturday morning. The incident happened in the parking lot of a Burger King near 72nd and Blondo just after 2 a.m. Omaha police said the victim was on foot when...
Brief tornado touchdown south of Plattsmouth on Friday evening
The NWS confirmed a brief tornado was spotted near Murray, NE on Friday evening. Several viewers in the area say funnel clouds and a wall cloud around 6pm this evening.
10 Enormous Thrift Stores In Nebraska That Take Nearly All Day To Browse
Thrift stores this large should probably come with a warning label. Time behaves badly near overstuffed racks. Aisles multiply. Someone finds a lamp shaped like a questionable life choice and the afternoon has a new agenda. Nebraska has secondhand stores big enough to make “I’ll be quick” sound completely dishonest....
Tornado warning for SW Mills, East Central Cass Cos. until 6:30 p.m.
The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a. Southwestern Mills County in southwestern Iowa... East central Cass County in southeastern Nebraska... * At 546 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located over Beaver Lake,. or 13 miles south of Offutt AFB, moving northeast at 20 mph. This. storm has...
Nebraska keeps pressure on Michigan through surplus of hits and reaches
When Nebraska center fielder Mac Moyer reached first base on a fielder’s choice in the bottom of the eighth, it was the first time he had safely made it aboard all game. Standing there at first, he completed the trend the other Cornhuskers had set before — he was the last remaining Nebraska runner who hadn’t reached ba
