Omaha NE

Some places in Nebraska look ordinary from the parking lot and then hand you something you did not expect. Picture walking a wooden bridge thirty feet up in the treetops, eye to eye with a screech owl that has a name and a rescue story printed right beside its enclosure.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - An Omaha man has been booked into Douglas County Corrections for 1st-degree murder in the shooting death of another man in August, according to court records. A warrant was issued for the arrest of Diontrey Rodgers, 32, who was booked into jail Wednesday evening on charges...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A line formed around Bloom Works Floral in Council Bluffs by 7:30 a.m. Monday. Tina Shannon was first in line. “I got here about 10 till 7,” Shannon said. It’s Good Neighbor Day at Bloom Works. They celebrate by giving out roses. The flowers are...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A crash has shutdown soutbound 72nd Street near Peters Parkway and Giles Road, according to authorities. The accident was between a car and a motorcycle. Papillion Police said the motorcyclist was transported with critical injuries after they rear-ended a car. Alcohol is not believed to be a factor

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A man has entered a plea to charges in connection with a fiery Benson crash that killed an Omaha woman in April. Chase Rivera, 23, pleaded no contest to motor vehicle homicide and driving under the influence on Sept. 2 in Douglas County District Court before Judge Kimberly Miller Pankonin.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A Lyons, Nebraska man was booked into Douglas County Corrections on Tuesday for allegedly burglarizing an apartment and stealing - among other items - an urn of the resident’s mother’s ashes. Bud Minshall, 49, faces one count of burglary - a felony. The Omaha...

An Old Market business owner is frustrated after plants outside his restaurant were damaged 5 times in 6 weeks — and security camera footage is capturing it happening.

In early September, the Nebraska Humane Society Animal Control responded to an unusual call: Employees were clocking in to work at an office building in Omaha when they saw a small bat crouched on the floor of their office space. Once the bat was safely secured, staff immediately transported it...

Kansas City is getting a second location of a thrift store chain next week. Thrift World , an Omaha-based organization, is opening a second Independence location at 17403 E US Hwy 24 on Sept. 14, the company announced in a Facebook post Tuesday. Since 1996, Thrift World has been selling donated items at affordable pric

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Repairs to a sinkhole that opened in a downtown Omaha alley are complete, the city confirmed, though a legal dispute over who is responsible for the damage is still ongoing. The sinkhole formed in January 2025 when the road collapsed under a garbage truck in an...