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OMAHA, Neb. (KOLN) - A Lincoln man was arrested on Sept. 11 following a child enticement sting. Between July 31 and Sept. 11, investigators with the Nebraska State Patrol Investigative Services Division-Technical Crimes Unit conducted online enticement investigations utilizing online social media platforms. According...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The First Alert 6 Weather Day continues tonight as strong storms continue to form. The storms will start out as isolated then become scattered late tonight. The severe storms will form west of the metro then move eastward hitting the metro overnight as people are sleeping. The best chance will be...

Join our team at 7 a.m. weekdays for the latest morning headlines. Accident shuts down west Lincoln intersection, LPD investigating. Around 5:45, Tuesday morning, LPD was called to the pedestrian-involved crash near NW 22nd and West “O” streets. One injured after being hit by car in Omaha’s Midtown...

Iowa Western's diesel technology program is so popular they're using a former greenhouse for students to work. IWCC is asking neighbors to vote in favor of expanding facilities.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The First Alert 6 Weather Team has received reports after rain and hail hit the Omaha area late Monday into Tuesday. Monday evening, spotty severe thunderstorms began to form west of the metro. As lingering showers stayed into early Tuesday, drivers were warned of wet roads for the morning commute.

(Lincoln, NE) -- Nebraska's State Auditor says a part-time government employee defrauded a state agency and an Omaha company by inflating his work hours. An audit alleges the executive director of the Nebraska Abstracters Board collected over $20,700 in unearned pay, often while also working a full-time private...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The man accused of shooting and killing an Omaha man in late July 2023 was sentenced to prison Tuesday. Mark Keesler, 31, was sentenced to 6-15 years in prison for the charge of manslaughter. Officers were called to the area near 28th Avenue and Whitmore Street...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - An Omaha Police report has identified the man who died in a crash last Thursday. Officers were dispatched to the area of 25th and F streets around 2:30 p.m. Thursday for a crash involving two vehicles. An initial investigation found a sedan traveling northbound on 25th...

LINCOLN, Neb. — The Lancaster County Sheriff's Office arrested 25-year-old Norberto Martinez of Omaha after discovering 40 pounds of methamphetamine in a vehicle during a traffic stop on Interstate 80. Chief Deputy Ben Houchin said the drugs were found in the trunk, sealed in a garbage bag. "This was...

September 22, 1920 - To celebrate the 300th anniversary of Pilgrims landing at the future site of Plymouth, Massachusetts, the Ak-Sar-Ben Fall Festival was held for nine days in September 1920. The festival featured a “Pilgrims Pageant” parade, automobile and horse races, an electrical parade and Coronation Ball for...