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The Oklahoma Sooners face the Mississippi Rebels in Game 1 of the championship series of the NCAA baseball College World Series on Saturday in Omaha, Nebraska. Here's what you need to know about the best-of-three series: How to watch OU vs. Ole Miss ...

OMAHA, Neb. — Omaha police say a Saturday morning crash sent one person to the hospital in critical condition. The crash happened on 84th Street, just below I-80. Officials are still investigating the cause of the crash.

The College World Series championship series is here — and Ole Miss is ready to roll. Ahead of Game 1, the Rebels dropped an incredible hype video as they get ready to take on Oklahoma in the Final this weekend in Omaha. The video features highlights from the season...

Boston Mutual Life Insurance Co. has chosen Omaha as the place to open its first corporate, non-sales office outside its home state of Massachusetts in 130 years.

Fourth of July celebrations are set to kick off this weekend around the Omaha metro area. Here's what you need to know when it comes to regional firework ordinances, and where you can celebrate Independence Day. Lighting fireworks in Sarpy County, Omaha and Council Bluffs, Iowa:. Bellevue | Springfield |...

OMAHA, Nebraska -- The popularity of college baseball is a reliable source of dismay among fans and observers of the sport. The reality is that, while college baseball has risen above the niche status of not so long ago, it's not close to as lucrative or sought-after as football or basketball, the two flagship men's sports at the collegiate level.

Only abortions conducted in cases of a medical emergency are permitted under the state’s trigger ban. Missouri’s last remaining abortion clinic ceased all abortion services Friday.

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The Rebels and Sooners are doing battle on Saturday evening in game one.

The Rebels and Sooners open play for the national championship on Saturday.

(Omaha) -- The June Rural Mainstreet Index from Creighton University sank into negative territory for the first time since September 2020. The Index stretches from zero to 100, with growth territory at an index of 50 and above. Dr. Ernie Goss is co-creator of the RMI, and he says June’s reading of 49.8 is below growth neutral, a place the Index hasn’t been for some time.

OMAHA, Neb. — Gas prices continue to rise across the U.S. but one church in Omaha is hoping to cushion some of that pain at the pump. Salem Baptist Church held a free gas card giveaway Saturday morning. Cars were lined up as early as 5 a.m. waiting to...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Summertime means arts festivals and the metro has plenty of them, each with its own unique twist. Saturday a new kind of art event was calling Omaha home. People met up at Turner Park for the 2022 Native Arts and Crafts Fest. It’s their inaugural event....

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Soccer fans came out to South Omaha to get a free COVID shot and to meet a legend of the sport. More than a dozen local organizations hosted a community event at South High School’s Collin Stadium offering covid vaccines for anyone over five-years-old. First-time shots and boosters were all free.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — Playing on their home field against some of the best teams from across the river, Lewis Central stood their ground and held off Bellevue West, 14-13, to win the NebPreps 7v7 Championship Saturday afternoon. Curtis Witte's interception in the final minute of the game sealed...

The OU baseball team will take on Ole Miss for the 2022 College World Series championship in a three-game series starting at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 25, at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Neb.  The Oklahoma Sooners (45-22, 15-9) advanced to the title series by playing through Bracket One undefeated. The bracket included the Texas A&M...

As the Oklahoma Sooners players entered the stadium for their CWS Finals matchup with Ole Miss, fans greeted them with a huge reception. The players were flanked on both sides by excited fans hours before the first pitch was scheduled to be thrown, showing how important a national title would be for the Sooners program.

OMAHA -- Before Kevin Morse died, he had just enough time to make a phone call. “I’ve been shot and I need help,” he said on the phone to an employee of the assisted living facility he managed. Before Morse could say where he was, the line went...

BELLEVUE, Neb. (WOWT) - The phones have been ringing off the hook at Care Clinics for abortion and reproductive excellence in Bellevue since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade Friday. “In the first 15 minutes we had over 30 something calls,” said Dr. Leroy Carhart. Dr. Carhart says...

No team has overcome a 3-run deficit in Omaha this season. Only Fresno State and Oregon State have completed the task in College World Series history, and Rebels power hitter Tim Elko just catapulted Ole Miss over that threshold in the 3rd inning. Elko’s blast was finalized at 352 feet...