Omaha NE

PLATTSMOUTH - The Cass County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of 35-year-old Shawn Boger of Mason City, Iowa. Boger is charged with burglary in September of 2023. He is scheduled for a first appearance in Cass County Court today on four counts of burglary, including Frontier Coop of Manley, Westover Rock & Sand...

OPPD is rethinking its plan to convert the North Omaha Power Station to natural gas as energy needs grow, renewing concerns about health, trust, and long-promised commitments.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - An opening date is finally set for Omaha’s new Central Library. The building at 72nd and Dodge will open to the public on April 19. It’s largely empty now; there are still no books, and some landscaping work needs to be done. What’s complete...

A fire broke out at a house in the area of 12th and Martha Streets just after 6:30 a.m. Friday.

Pacific Junction, IA — A Pacific Junction man is facing a long list of charges after deputies arrested him late Saturday morning. Mills County Sheriff’s officials say 46-year-old Christopher Joseph Brown was taken into custody shortly before 10 a.m. on Lincoln Avenue in Pacific Junction. According to the Sheriff’s...

It was the first of many bitterly cold fall mornings in Omaha. Temperatures never broke 40 degrees as sleet pelted a service road behind the Omaha Correctional Center, a minimum-to-medium-security prison near Eppley Airfield. Thirty-three incarcerated men, some of them in tank tops and shorts, lined up at the...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The Omaha Police Department is searching for a man suspected of murder related to a shooting in Benson on Wednesday. Police are searching for Ve’Angelo Moore, 22, for the alleged murder of Joshua Perrin, 34. He is considered armed and dangerous. He is described as...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - All Omaha Public libraries are closed today and tomorrow as they update their software. Members will also need to make new PIN numbers. According to the Omaha Public Library website, the library is updating its behind-the-scenes software this November, and patrons will see some disruptions to...

Joseph Jaworski, 21, won Silver City's mayoral race by 2 votes after neighbors encouraged the college student to bring fresh leadership to Iowa town.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Work has begun to give the intersection of 72nd and L a new look. The bridge over 72nd Street is being demolished to create a ground-level intersection. Officials say that will be safer for drivers moving through the area. Construction crews are snapping off pieces of...