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COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (WOWT) - Officials broke ground Monday on the Hollywood Casino Hotel, a $200 million casino in Council Bluffs. The project will replace the Ameristar Riverboat Casino, which started operating in the mid-1990s. Facility details. The facility will feature 1,000 slots and 25 live table games. Official

Omaha is in for a two-part weather day, and the second act is the one to watch. The morning began wet, with a line of storms dragging heavy rain and today as a heightened-alert day because a stronger, potentially severe round of storms is expected to fire up in the evening, carrying the risk of damaging winds, large ha

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Nearly 6,000 customers were without power in the aftermath of the storms that rolled through the Omaha metro on Monday evening. At 8 p.m., OPPD was reporting 4,153 customers without power; and MidAmerican Energy was reporting 1,777 outages in Council Bluffs. By about 8:40 p.m., those were down to 3

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Federal and state officials are in Omaha Monday to discuss Nebraska’s disaster recovery efforts and meet with the family of Sarah Root. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts are first sitting down with FEMA Administrator Cameron Hamilton and local emergency crews

Two new homes designed to help older adults live independently are set to be unveiled on Monday. Mayor John Ewing Jr. will help cut the ribbon on the new homes in Omaha's Benson neighborhood.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - One person was injured in a crash involving three vehicles in West Omaha on Monday morning. Police were called to the crash at 156th Street and Pepperwood Drive shortly before 10:30 a.m. Police dispatch confirmed the injured person with First Alert 6 following the crash. A...

GRETNA, Neb. (WOWT) - Fire crews responded to a report of a house fire in Gretna on Monday morning. Firefighters went to the home near 204th Street and Jeannie Lane at about 5 a.m. Police dispatch has not reported any injuries. -- Watch breaking news unfold on our livestream. Download...

The Grow Omaha Lightning Round brings another packed list of restaurant, retail and service openings. The former Scooter’s Coffee near 119th and Pacific is set to become an Abelardo’s, while Curry in a Hurry has opened near 168th and Harrison with drive-through Indian food. Kilwins is showing new...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Monday is a First Alert 6 Weather Day. A storm system will bring the potential for severe weather to the region, with all severe weather hazards possible — including damaging winds up to 75 mph, large hail (lime to hen egg+ size) and a couple of strong tornadoes.

Some of the best burgers in Nebraska come out of buildings you would drive past twice without slowing down. What matters is the sound: a ball of beef pressed onto a hot flat top, the hiss, the edges going brown and crisp at the rim. That crust only happens when...