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OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A power outage Sunday evening impacted over 2,000 Omaha Public Power District customers. As of 7 p.m., OPPD’s outage map showed about 2,055 customers in Douglas and Sarpy counties in the southwest Omaha area impacted by outages. In an 8 p.m. update, OPPD said while...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - We’re starting with clouds over the area and some T-showers to the southwest. Those will stay mostly to the south of the city this morning but there is chance of rain as far north as the metro before 1pm. After the rain and cloud exit...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - One person is in the hospital after a cutting Sunday evening at a grocery store in South Omaha. The Omaha Police Department was called to the cutting at the Family Fare Supermarket near 25th and Spring streets at about 8 p.m. Sunday. In a release, OPD...

Midwest convenience retailer Mega Saver has acquired three Kum & Go c-stores in Nebraska from Maverik, a Mega Saver spokesperson confirmed to C-Store Dive. All three c-stores are located on the west side of Omaha, and the transaction officially closed on June 10, according to Mega Saver’s spokesperson, who declined...

June 28, 2025 (Ashland, Neb.) — The Nebraska State Patrol is investigating an incident in which a person died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound near Ashland. The incident occurred in the presence of an Ashland Police Officer. At approximately 4:30 a.m. Saturday, NSP was contacted by the Ashland Police...

NSP investigates incident involving man shooting himself in front of Ashland Police. The Nebraska State Patrol is investigating an incident in which a man shot himself in front of police officer near Ashland on Saturday. Phillips County Sheriff’s deputy dies, suspect dead after gunfire exchanged in Phillipsburg....

Storms come overnight, most likely to affect neighborhoods south of I-80. These storms could produce some gusty winds. Any storm risk ends in our area by 9 am. Though some showers may linger into lunch. The sunshine comes out for the rest of Monday, though it will be slightly cooler...

Once the sunshine comes back out, it'll be a quick warm-up to near 90 before our next round of storms arrives late in the afternoon and this evening. As we head closer to the evening, showers and storms will quickly start to pop up as the cold front slowly marches south into Omaha. A couple of the storms could be...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A 20-year-old Omaha man was sentenced to federal prison for selling weapons to a felon on Wednesday. A release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office says Erixon Menjivar-Alfaro, 20, was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison for selling firearms to a felon. Since there is...

The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Fremont County in southwestern Iowa... Mills County in southwestern Iowa... Southwestern Pottawattamie County in southwestern Iowa... Sarpy County in east central Nebraska... Northeastern Lancaster County in...