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Family and friends gathered at Millard North to honor 17-year-old Sevyn Bellar-White, remembering his impact and supporting each other days after arrests in his shooting death.

In the current economic climate, many individuals are finding it challenging to make ends meet with their regular full-time jobs. One such individual, based in Omaha, shared their struggle on social media. Despite earning $18 per hour and having an associate degree in human services, they are finding it difficult to...

Three North Omaha churches served over 500 people as partial SNAP benefits left families short, with Pastor Rollerson stressing community support for all neighbors.

The crash happened in the area of 26th and Douglas streets shortly before 1:15 a.m. Sunday, according to a release from the Omaha Police Department.

Omaha police officers got a call for a fight near 31st Street and Dewey Avenue shortly after 1 a.m. Sunday.

A homeowner has taken to social media to share their distress over discovering a mouse in their home for the first time in three years. The homeowner, who prides themselves on maintaining a clean environment, was shocked to find the rodent scurrying from under the stove to a small crack by the dishwasher. The...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Over a dozen new paramedics joined the Omaha Fire Department Friday after completing intensive training at Creighton University, but their graduation comes at a critical time when Nebraska faces a paramedic shortage that threatens rural communities statewide. The ceremony at Creighton...

With a three-story “book robot,” community event space, 3D printing lab and genealogy research hub, Omaha’s new main library is one of the largest investments in a public library system in the United States in recent years. And it now has an opening date. “Mark your calendars...

The Douglas County Sheriff's Office has issued a warning on social media alert warning residents of a significant disruption affecting the CodeRed notification system across the state. The system, designed to keep the community informed in times of emergency, encountered an outage that prompted a statewide...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - It’s been more than two weeks since Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 storm, leaving at least 45 people dead. A group from One Life Church in Plattsmouth, Nebraska — a mix of doctors, nurses and builders — is in the country contributing to recovery efforts.