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OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Developers are planning to convert a historic warehouse at 12th and Nicholas streets in Millwork Commons into the Millwork Hotel, a lifestyle hotel featuring a destination restaurant, a rooftop bar, and locally curated amenities. The building has been standing since the early 1920s. The project...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The Rev. Jarvis Ellis Sr. is set to become the next pastor of Salem Baptist Church, Nebraska’s largest Black church and a longstanding institution in North Omaha. Ellis has been serving as pastor at Salem since last August. He said he initially turned down the...

Danielle Shenk and Craig Allison recap LPD's briefing regarding the overnight officer-involved shooting near Office Depot.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - One person had to go to the hospital after getting in a crash early Thursday morning. Authorities were called to the area of 102nd and California Streets just after 2:15 a.m. Video taken by a First Alert 6 photographer on scene showed a car had ended...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - One man was arrested after a standoff with police in southwest Omaha early Thursday morning. Omaha Police told First Alert 6 officers responded to an apartment complex near South 96th Street and Park Drive. OPD says officers were responding to an assault call, and officers received...

Neighbors got creative in last week's snow. Thanks to a viewer's email, we found some cool-looking sculptures at 32nd and Redick, including a shark, a lizard, and an octopus! A week after the snow, and they have seen better days thanks to the snow melt. Much like the Omaha region has seen better winters.

Paridad Education Consulting will be hosting its sixth annual Multilingual Special Education Symposium on April 16-17. This virtual symposium is designed for educators, practitioners, and school leaders working at the intersection of multilingual education and special education. The focus of this year’s symposium is...

Homeowners sued in 2024, lost, and appealed in 2025. The Nebraska Court of Appeals has now ruled against them, denying their effort to hold the city responsible for road repairs.

The State Board of Education ultimately rejected a learning community plan for Omaha-area schools in a 4-4 vote on Tuesday after postponing the vote for two months. The community achievement plan is a collaboration with the Learning Community of Douglas and Sarpy Counties and 11 Omaha-area school districts, including...

Drivers are being told to avoid the area as there are fears the void that led to the sinkhole stretches far further than is obvious. Shocked witnesses have described the moment a sinkhole suddenly appeared on a Nebraska street, swallowing two cars and forcing police to shut down a section of the road.