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ARLINGTON, Neb. (WOWT) - The owner of a Washington County junkyard faces more charges after failing to clean up an eyesore. Last year Michael Pick paid a $100 fine for violation of Washington County zoning regulations. Today he entered a not guilty plea. The county attorney filed 61 misdemeanor charges...

Access to mental health care in Nebraska is increasing. According to a University of Nebraska Medical Center study, there was a nearly 50 percent rise in the number of licensed behavioral health providers in Nebraska since 2010.The study found a 24 percent increase in the number of rural practitioners. A...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - We are not quite done with frost potential in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa. However, if you are in Omaha, I think any plants should be fine. The clouds that have been over us on Tuesday will start to push south overnight. Northeast Nebraska and northwest Iowa could have scattered frost when you wake up Wednesday morning. Expect morning lows in...

(Glenwood) -- Mills County officials have renewed their law enforcement contracts with multiple communities, with some slight tweaks. At its regular meeting Tuesday morning, the Mills County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved law enforcement services contracts with the cities of Emerson, Pacific Junction, Malvern, Hastings, Silver City, and Henderson for the 2027 fiscal year, which begins July 1st. Mills County Sheriff Greg Schultz says the...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The chief of the Valley Police Department submitted his resignation effective May 29. Chief Bobby Martinez told First Alert 6 he has another job lined up in law enforcement. Mayor Linda Lewis confirmed Martinez is leaving for a job at Metro Community College. Lewis said she...

Editor’s note: This story is part of a collaboration between Flatwater Free Press and The Reader examining Omaha’s future streetcar. Ernest Wintroub ushered his 7-year-old son Frank out the door of their Dundee home on a brisk spring evening in 1955. They stood on the street corner and listened for the familiar rumbling.

BELLEVUE, Neb. (WOWT) - A warning about an alleged scheme targeting those who love to sew and quilt. A search online for less expensive embroidery machines could end up costing thousands of dollars with nothing in return. For Lorraine Carter, quilting is like thread that runs from her hands to...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The CEO of BioSecurity Technology is facing several charges alleging he committed securities fraud worth millions of dollars after promising investors the company would go public while withholding key information. Court records state that Daniel Lynn, 71, was booked into Douglas County Corrections on Tuesday morning...

MCDONALD COUNTY —A teen drowned on a Missouri river just after 4:30p.m. Sunday in McDonald County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 15-year-old Omaha, Nebraska boy jumped from a mud bank into the Elk River five mies north of Southwest City, Missouri. The boy intended to swim across the river. He became distressed, went under and did not resurface.

Nebraska has added a late 2026 commitment from Omaha (Neb.) Westside three-star wide receiver Maurice Purify II, who has signed with the Huskers and will enroll this summer. “Nebraska called me out of nowhere today and offered me a full ride,” he told Inside Nebraska on Monday. “I took it without hesitation because that’s always been the dream offer to play at home...