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OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - An Omaha man will spend 17 years in prison for a bank robbery in eastern Nebraska. Donte Orduna was sentenced on charges including bank robbery and using a firearm during a violent crime. The Saunders County Sheriff’s Office says the robbery happened in January of last...

A motorcycle stop in Omaha, Nebraska, started with something relatively simple: a rider without a helmet or eye protection. By the time deputies finished looking into the man behind the handlebars, however, the list of ... Read more

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A First Alert 6 investigation finds serious questions into why a prisoner who died at the Douglas County Correctional Center was in jail in the first place. Last week, a grand jury found no criminal conduct by corrections staff. But the prisoner’s mother believes he might...

Council Bluffs, Iowa – A Mexican national and former California resident was sentenced on August 27, 2026, to 13 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. According to public court documents and evidence presented at sentencing, Jose Alfredo Moreno Hernandez, 35, conspired with other individ

It's another warmer start to our week, but this time those above average temps look like they want to stick around for a long, long time!. Monday will be partly to mostly sunny with highs in the low 90s, feeling more like about 95 due to the small amount of humidity in the air. There's a very small chance at seeing som

On a weekend visit to the Omaha Farmers Market, you can find local growers selling tomatoes and greens, cottage bakers with a table full of bagels and artisan makers selling unique, handmade gifts. But spend a little time talking to Maggie Winton, Marketing and Communications Director for the Omaha Farmers Market, and

(Montgomery Co.) The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office arrested 44-year-old Ryan Wulfekuhl, of Council Bluffs, on Monday on an active Pottawattamie County warrant. Wulfekuhl was charged with Failure to Appear on an original charge of Felony Forgery. He was held on $5,000 cash bond. The Sheriff’s Office arrested 42-yea

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Omaha Police are still trying to determine where a newborn baby came from after two people brought the child to a fire station on Friday. An Omaha maternity home says the moment reflects a much longer story that often goes unseen. A common story at Vita...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Douglas County authorities shared a few more details about the lockdown incident at Westview High School on Friday. Monday’s update comes after a school resource officer received multiple reports of an armed student at Westview — which prompted a lockdown of the school and the release of students.

Every time Heather Campbell and her family move, she has to find a new vet, car shop, pediatrician and grocery store. They’ve moved four times in the last five years, the most recent move happening this summer to Mississippi. Campbell is from Nebraska originally, and went to college in Lincoln.