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Omaha, Nebraska — A massive severe weather outbreak that erupted across the Plains over the weekend continued battering large parts of the United States on Tuesday, bringing dangerous thunderstorms, tornadoes, damaging winds, and flash flooding threats stretching from Texas all the way to New England. Meteorologists wa

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Mental Health Awareness Month is a time to raise awareness and reduce the stigma surrounding the health condition. Experts in the field say mental health is more complex than many people realize. Many people think of the extreme when they think of someone suffering from a...

The Memorial Day Flag Project has returned for its 18th consecutive year at Westlawn-Hillcrest Cemetery. Hundreds of volunteers placed flags at nearly 10,000 veteran gravesites.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A senior account manager with OPPD was in court Wednesday to face charges. Steve Arora, 46, faces two felony counts involving an attemp to bribe a woman into dropping sexual assault charges against his father, in exchange for reducing her rent, according to court records. Arora...

A new proposal could replace a Central Omaha strip mall with apartments and retail — and add a 1.95% sales tax for shoppers in the area

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office shared video across their platforms from a crash on 204th Street near the intersection at Harrison.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The CDC issued quarantine orders Monday for two of the M/V Hondius cruise ship passengers brought to Omaha for observation at the National Quarantine Unit at UNMC-Nebraska Medicine. “The orders were signed by CDC’s Acting Director and issued under the Public Health Service Act,” a Tuesday...

VALLEY–(KFOR May 19)–Storm assessment teams were out again in southeast Nebraska on Tuesday, after severe weather Monday produced at least five reports of tornadoes between Jefferson and Richardson Counties. At one-point late Monday afternoon, Pawnee City in Pawnee County was under a tornado emergency, due to a reporte

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A man brutally beaten with pipes and boards while his attackers filmed it has prompted a community response, turning outrage into action. According to Omaha police, eight to 10 people attacked Sean Johnson, a man who had been living in an abandoned building on Center Street, on May 12. They brought

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The Omaha Supernovas have a new face at the helm. A release from the Supernovas says the team has hired Chris McGown, most recently the head coach of LOVB Austin, as the newest head coach of the squad. “I’m thrilled to join the Supernovas organization and...