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Bob Pierce, the Hall of Fame Dirt Late Model driver, chassis builder and crew chief for his son Bobby, underwent successful surgery today at an Omaha, Neb., hospital, the team announced. In an evening Facebook update of the 74-year-old’s condition, the younger Pierce said he had a morning “health scare”...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Students with children at the University of Nebraska Omaha are unsure of their future as fall classes approach, still dealing with the loss of the only daycare center on campus. University officials closed the facility at the start of the summer, saying it was operating at...

Bobo’s Noodles and Dumplings opened in April on the corner of 14th & Cuming Street, a block west of Charles Schwab Field. Its owners are Jian “Peter” Pan and his wife Maomao. Peter and Maomao also own Bo Bo China in Millard and Blue Hawaii in Aksarben.

Officers with the Omaha Police Department were called to the crash near 144th and Corby streets just before 12:30 a.m. Thursday.

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Neb. (WOWT) - A 7-year-old was taken to the hospital after a metro crash between their bike and a car Wednesday evening. According to a social media post from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, the crash happened shortly before 7:30 p.m. near 165th Street and Cleveland Boulevard.

SHUQUALAK — A warrant has been issued for a woman in connection with a July 4 shooting outside a Shuqualak café that left another woman wounded, and investigators believe the suspect has fled to Nebraska. Sherika Yates is charged with aggravated assault in the shooting, which wounded Brendasha...

According tothe boys' aunt, five-year-old Zaiden has died from his injuries; his brother 10-year-old Prestin died last week.

Eighteen months ago, the Greater Omaha Chamber’s Workforce Excellence team started driving and flying to college campuses around the country with one goal: get talented students to give Omaha a real look. Not a brochure. Not a Zoom call. A real look, in person, over four days. We handed...

LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) - An Omaha man the DOJ has said was the mastermind behind a plot to attack the Freedom 250 UFC event last month at the White House is being extradited to Ohio. Abraham Hermosillo Alvarez, 31, was arrested by the FBI in Omaha on June 14 after...

Amazon Prime Air drone deliveries are coming to Papillion, Nebraska, making the Omaha metro the 11th U.S. city to get the service.