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OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A woman was killed after being struck by a pickup truck while crossing the street in North Omaha Saturday night. The crash happened near 40th and Cuming streets shortly after 6:30 p.m. Saturday. OPD said a pickup truck was traveling westbound on Cuming Street when it...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The Omaha Police Department is looking into two separate shooting cases after two injured men arrived at area hospitals Sunday afternoon. In a release, OPD says officers responded shortly after 3:15 p.m. Sunday after a 25-year-old man walked into a hospital with a gunshot wound. He would not...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The woman charged after her children were found living in a van changed her plea on Friday. 33-year-old Chyna Bryant changed her plea to no contest to three counts of negligent child abuse. Five more counts of the same charge were dropped as a result. Bryant’s...

The Omaha World-Herald announced Monday that it will be shutting down its printing press at the end of March. That means Nebraska’s two largest newspapers, the World-Herald and the Lincoln Journal Star, will no longer be printed in the state. Instead, those papers, along with the Daily Nonpareil of...

For many young people looking for their passion in life, there’s one milestone that can make all the difference: their first internship. Last month, more than 200 Omaha high school students had the opportunity to take that first step at Avenue Scholars’ (avescholars.org) annual Internship Fair. Held on Jan. 29 at the...

Fresh off of a two game winning streak against DePaul and Xavier, Providence (14-15; 7-11) went to Omaha looking to continue their recent trend of solid play, and were successful despite being undermanned, holding on for a 79-76 win over Creighton (14-16; 8-11). "Good win... Proud of our guys for...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The Association of Operating Room Nurses held its annual bowling fundraiser Saturday, raising $12,000 in scholarships for junior and senior nursing students in the metro area interested in operating room careers. “We work in a high-stress field, so it’s nice to get everybody together, away from...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - On Saturday, Nebraska students competed for a shot at a robotics championship. The FIRST Tech Challenge is in year two and its growing in participation. With safety goggles on and controllers in hand, robotics teams made the trip for Metropolitan Community College for Saturday’s competition.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Hopefully you took advantage of the sunshine yesterday because we’re not going to see it for a few days. Latest models continues to keep the snow chance south of the metro and I-80. While the metro and areas along I-80 could see a few snowflakes this afternoon, the main target of snowfall will be...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - On Sunday, more than 300 families walked and rolled around Oak View Mall. Its an annual fundraiser that supports critical programming at the UNMC Munroe-Meyer Institute. For more than a century, the MMI has helped families like Ann and Scott Hilger. “We’ve been going to Munroe-Meyer...