Nebraska

A road-rage dispute near 144th and Harrison Streets that escalated into gunfire has landed an Omaha-area man a four-to-eight-year prison sentence. Trevor Masters was sentenced for discharging a firearm after a confrontation that began on the road and continued at a nearby convenience store, shattering a victim's car window as he tried to drive away.

A man in Nebraska has learned his fate for shooting at another driver's car during a road rage attack in which he threatened he would "put" the victim "on a T-shirt." The post Ford pickup driver who threatened to put a man 'on a T-shirt' before he fired gun and shattered windshield learns his fate first appeared on Law & Crime .

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A Kansas City woman is the third of three suspects to be arrested for her alleged role in a Medicaid fraud conspiracy worth millions of dollars, according to court records. Dawn Brockington AKA Dawn Reed, 64, was booked into Douglas County Corrections Wednesday for theft by...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN)—A year after H.R. 1, known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” led to new work requirements and eligibility restrictions for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in Nebraska, advocates say food insecurity is nearing a crisis point. Nebraska Appleseed hosted a virtual roundtable Tuesday...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Lincoln police are searching a home for possible human remains in connection with the Lincoln Police Department’s oldest unsolved missing persons case, the department said Thursday. Investigators are working with an excavating crew and digging up the basement of a house near 68th Street and...

Rising food, rent and utility costs are pushing more Omaha-area families to seek help as local organizations see growing demand for assistance

LINCOLN — Amid concerns raised by a Nebraska legislative committee, the state's director for economic development Wednesday defended her team's handling of a roughly $235 million grant program aimed at lifting North and South Omaha. The hearing before the Economic Recovery Special Committee featured a question-answer period between four...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - First Alert Six continues an investigation into an alleged travel scheme that left more than 100 customers without prepaid vacations. After the initial stories, the FBI made the rare move of asking potential victims to file reports. Another federal agency is involved. A special getaway that...

This story is made possible through a partnership between Flatwater Free Press and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. The Omaha Public Power District is running low on available power capacity for its biggest potential users. That could threaten the region’s ability to develop economically, attract companies, add jobs and grow.

LANCASTER COUNTY, Neb. (KLKN) — The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office has been dealing with cases of people stealing stop signs. The stop signs have been stolen from the area of Southwest Lancaster County. The theft occurred around Oct. 18-20. Chief Deputy Ben Houchin said five stop signs had...