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OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - It’s through listening and studying music that James or “boby” can just be himself. It can also help when dealing with the loss of his parents. Though he can’t always verbalize it, he’s still grieving. “He wasn’t able to articulate our...

A 38-year-old father of four was fatally stabbed at his home south of Benson Park on Monday night, and a 14-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with his death. Police identified the victim as Christopher J. Jackson of Omaha, who died from a stab wound to the chest following a disturbance at his home at 6602...

Police identified the suspect they said shot at officers responding to a burglary report in West Omaha early Thursday.

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OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT/Gray News) - Omaha police had to be contacted after a child reportedly brought a loaded gun to a day care for show-and-share. According to a message received by families from the day care, staff told families a child brought the gun to school for show-and-share in a bag in their backpack.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Firefighters responded to a house fire Friday night in North Omaha. OFD reports being dispatched to the area of 18th and Evans Streets at 8:23 p.m. for a house fire call. On arrival, firefighters saw heavy smoke and flames from the second-floor windows of a house.

One person was hospitalized after a shooting near 69th and Dodge Streets early Saturday, according to authorities.

After more than a decade, Greyhound buses are back on the roads of Nebraska, with stops in Omaha, Lincoln, Grand Island, and Lexington. The nation’s largest intercity bus provider added these stops last month along its Chicago-to-Denver route, following the closure of Burlington Trailways’ Nebraska intercity service,...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - One person was hospitalized after a shooting near 69th and Dodge Streets early Saturday, according to authorities. Omaha police officers report responding to the scene at a parking lot where they said an altercation escalated to a man shooting another man “in the rear end.”

"Just be a little bit more patient with them because they are underneath a lot of stress right now," Scofield said.