Omaha NE

The 105th Cinco De Mayo Omaha kicks off Friday at 5 p.m. with diverse food, music, and vendors. Shuttle parking from Metro Community College will be available for convenience.

New Archbishop of Omaha reacts to selection of Pope Leo XIV, the first American-born pope. Omaha's new Archbishop, Michael McGovern, commented on the selection of Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV. Updated: moments ago. A day after he was seated as Archbishop of Omaha, the new diocesan leader praised Pope...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - There’s a lot of activity in the Central Leavenworth Street area at the moment. After about a dozen years of sitting idle, and empty lot will soon be home to the Oxworth Apartments. The name of the complex pays homage to the site itself: Ox...

OMAHA — Backhoes digging out a future apartment site in Omaha’s urban core unearthed some unexpected remnants of an old dairy factory that once distributed milk to doorsteps via horse-drawn wagons. Among the surprises: mysterious tunnels; intact ice cream bottle lids that spilled out when a vault was struck and an...

Rivian owners often hear mixed stories about service centers, but every so often, one story stands out that flips the narrative completely. That’s exactly what happened when Nathan Stewart shared his recent experience with the Rivian Service Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa. What could have been a lengthy, complicated...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Police spent more than an hour Thursday night negotiating with an armed person on the southwest edge of the Downtown Omaha area. Omaha Police told First Alert 6 at the scene that officers responded to the area of 19th and Jones Street, near the Douglas County jail, just before 7 p.m. after...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Omaha Division, in partnership with 155 law enforcement agencies across the region, collected 20,628 pounds of unused medication on April 26 as part of National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. Nationally, more than 620,000 pounds of prescription...

OMAHA, Neb.- WarHorse Gaming is celebrating the grand opening of its newly expanded casino and the return of Live Horse Racing this weekend. All three of Nebraska's Heisman Trophy winners will be on-hand for a meet and greet.

Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival organizers are working to keep the 2025 festival going after a $40,000 federal grant from the National Endowment for the Arts was canceled. The organization received the news 12 hours before the announcement of its 2025 schedule. The loss of the grant makes up 12% of the festival's...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — A Mead man was ticketed Wednesday after he crashed an agricultural sprayer into a southeast Nebraska creek. Just before noon, deputies with the Otoe County Sheriff’s Office were sent to County Road D between County Roads 12 and 14, just northeast of Palmyra. Investigators...