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OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Two men have been arrested and booked into Douglas County Corrections for their alleged involvement in a 2016 North Omaha drive-by shooting homicide. Destin Martinez, 30, and Percy Eubanks, 30 face 1st-degree murder charges. Martinez is scheduled to appear in court Sept. 14. Eubanks is scheduled to

PENN Entertainment breaks ground September 14 on a $180 million to $200 million land-based casino in Council Bluffs, Iowa, replacing the Ameristar riverboat that's operated on the Missouri River, across from Omaha, since January 1996. It's a single groundbreaking, but it's also one data point in a broader regional patt

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - As the nation reflects on the 9/11 terror attacks 25 years later, the state is remembering the five Nebraskans who died at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001. Capt. Larry Getzfred, originally from Elgin, was on duty at the Navy Command...

The FAA grounded all flights immediately after the 9/11 attacks, and 12 to 15 flights were diverted to Omaha.

Nebraska diesel hits a record high of $5.68 per gallon. Ollie the Trolley's CEO warns customers may soon pay more if prices keep rising.

Emergency crews rushed to the scene at the Interstate 80 and Interstate 680 interchange just after midnight Friday.

Positioned in the middle of the United States, Nebraska has played an outsized role in disrupting terrorism across the country over the past 25 years, since the most significant terrorist attack in our nation’s history on Sept. 11, 2001.  At 3:07 p.m., just hours after the twin towers and the Pentagon were struck by ai

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - An Omaha Police officer is hurt, according to an on-scene lieutenant, and a driver is in custody after an incident Thursday night. Officers were called to reports of a vehicle driving recklessly at 36th and Hamilton streets, in North Omaha, just after 10:15 p.m. Thursday. As...

Nebraska has quietly produced a remarkable variety of singers whose voices have reached far beyond the Great Plains. From country and folk to rock, pop, jazz, and alternative music, artists with Nebraska roots have brought originality, emotion, and unmistakable personality to the national stage. Some emerged from small

Robert Thayer looked up from his computer as a churning weedwacker-like sound interrupted the silence of his west Omaha home. As he noticed his grass swaying, he thought: That must be the drone. The tech worker walked out his front door to find a blue-and-white robot hovering above his yard.