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ELKHORN, Neb. (WOWT) - Elkhorn is set to have their own fire departments after the current contract with the City of Omaha is up. A release from the Elkhorn Suburban Fire’s 2nd District says they are reinstating its operating fire department when its contract with the City of Omaha ends on December 31, 2027.

MADISON, Wis. -- The two men arrested after a reported hazing incident at an unsanctioned Madison fraternity earlier this year will not be criminally charged.

The Cap Times is an independent newsroom serving Madison and Wisconsin. Sign up for the Morning Update to receive news in your inbox each morning. Jenna Peterson was fed up with Chromebooks. As a middle school teacher in the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District, Peterson felt frustrated last school year...

OKLAHOMA — Strong tornadoes are possible Monday evening across Kansas and Oklahoma, with both Wichita and Oklahoma City inside the area where an EF-2 or stronger tornado cannot be ruled out. The tornado threat is expected to continue after dark as storms move through the region. A broader lower risk stretches from southeast Nebraska and the Kansas City area south into north Texas near Dallas.

This Halloween weekend, the Notre Dame hockey team took on the No. 2 Wisconsin Badgers in a two-game series to open Big Ten play. The Irish got the short end of the early-season schedule, having to travel to Madison to face the highly-ranked Badgers. Notre Dame decisively lost both matchups with scores of 7-1 and 9-1. This leaves the Irish 2-6 on the season and 0-2 in conference play. In both of these matches, Notre Dame never fully got comfortable, instead being overrun by the Badger offense.

Kansas City, Missouri – Kansas City’s relationship with the Big 12 has never been limited to a few tournament dates on the calendar. For generations, the city has been woven into the conference’s identity, and Mayor Quinton Lucas says departing Commissioner Brett Yormark helped make sure that connection remained strong during one of college athletics’ most unsettled periods.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Kansas City leaders and police are pushing back after false social media posts alleged widespread violence and emergency system failures unfolded across the city on Halloween night. Posts circulating widely across platforms over the weekend claimed at least 14 shootings, four house fires, 28 overdoses,...

Northwest Arkansas faces a Level 2 severe weather risk as a powerful system approaches Monday.

Strongest storms expected between 5 and 9 p.m. Monday, with dangerous weather potentially lasting until midnight.

All politics is local, as the adage goes. In Arkansas, this year’s midterm campaigns are revealing that data center politics is primarily local too. The concern over data centers has prompted a local backlash in Arkansas, with several communities enacting measures to block their construction or impose new restrictions.  But unlike in states like Ohio […]