Omaha, NE

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Temperatures are starting the day and the week in the 10s and 20s, well below average for this time of year. We’ll get a chance to warm and melt off the rest of yesterday’s snow this afternoon with highs in the 40s for most of us. Clouds will increase all day as we warm though.

Rusty’s 6 First Alert Forecast - Increasing clouds on a chilly Monday

Nebraska State

Three metro mayors were able to get a look at the growing level of food insecurity in Omaha thanks to the Food Bank for the Heartland. Google makes $150,000 donation to Food Bank for the Heartland. Updated: 5 hours ago. Google is helping out with meeting the need of food...

Goodwill opens job training center in south Omaha

Wyoming State

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after several articles of jewelry were taken from Omaha-native fighter Terence “Bud” Crawford’s residence last week. A sheriff’s deputy responded to a home near 89th and Wyoming streets at about 1:45 p.m. on March 20....

Boxer Terence Crawford reports burglary at his northwest Omaha home

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Carrying closure for his mother, Dan Whited leaves Kremer Funeral Home with remains of her longtime partner. The body of 78-year-old Billy Lorenz was brought to Kremer Funeral Home in early January for cremation, but owner Travis Sheffield didn’t provide ashes in a boxed urn until Monday morning.

Families receive ashes from bankrupt Omaha funeral home

Iowa State

There are some strong connections to Omaha in elite basketball. Man ends standoff with OPD after spending hours on roof of McDonald's. An arson suspect allegedly made his way to the roof of a McDonald's in Blackstone and refused to come down. Narrow band of heavy snow tonight. Updated: Mar....

Snow moving out, afternoon sunshine

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Goodwill’s new training site could provide a solution to those in South Omaha who have struggled to be fully employed after the pandemic. “We have circumstances where people are unemployed but still underemployed maybe are employed or part of a low-income job,” Douglas County Commissioner Roger Garcia said.

South Omaha opens new Goodwill job training site to help increase employment

Families of lost loved ones are finally getting their ashes and urns and preneed from a bankrupt Benson funeral home. Two men were killed in an apartment complex parking lot in Lincoln Monday after the suspect allegedly intentionally ran them over. Nebraska congressmen discuss TikTok ban issue. Updated: 5 hours...

BREAKING: Man disrupts lunch with religious messages at Millard South HS

Colorado State

OMAHA, Nebraska (KCRG) - The University of Nebraska at Omaha will start offering a new reduced tuition rate program to students from 11 states, including Iowa, starting this fall. In a press release, staff with the university said the Omaha Urban Rate Tuition program, or OUR Tuition, will make students...

Univ. of Nebraska at Omaha offers reduced tuition rate program for Iowa, 10 other states

Millard South High School families were made aware of an incident Monday when a man entered the school lunchroom making religious statements. Two men were killed in an apartment complex parking lot in Lincoln Monday after the suspect allegedly intentionally ran them over. Nebraska congressmen discuss TikTok ban issue. Updated:...

Family members getting ashes from bankrupt Benson funeral home

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Millard South High School staff and families were notified Monday about a man who “disrupted the day” by yelling religious comments in the lunchroom. 6 News was contacted by several family members of Millard South students on Monday who expressed concern about the incident at the southwest Omaha high school.

Millard South notifies families about lunchtime disruption

There are some strong connections to Omaha in elite basketball. Man ends standoff with OPD after spending hours on roof of McDonald's. An arson suspect allegedly made his way to the roof of a McDonald's in Blackstone and refused to come down. Snow moving out, afternoon sunshine. Updated: 14 hours...

Clear and quiet tonight

Texas State

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Those coming home from combat don’t always show the outward signs of disability. P.T.S.D. and other related mental health illnesses are fueling a staggering number of veteran suicides each year. The V.A. recently announced all veterans - whether they are in the system or not...

Nebraska Disabled Warriors pheasant hunt brings veterans together

We've learned the names of the two men killed in Lincoln Monday when a woman hit them with her car at an apartment complex. Nebraska Sec. of State testifies regarding Voter ID law. Updated: 8 hours ago. Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen spoke regarding the state's new Voter ID...

UNO announces reduced tuition rate for students from 11 states

Council Bluffs, IA

Warm and windy to end the week with damaging wind gusts possible. We've learned the names of the two men killed in Lincoln Monday when a woman hit them with her car at an apartment complex. Nebraska Sec. of State testifies regarding Voter ID law. Updated: 11 hours ago. Nebraska...

BREAKING: Council Bluffs Community School District votes to close Crescent Elementary

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A major group of health systems and medical centers in Nebraska announced Monday a plan to move away from mask requirements. Masks will be optional in most areas of all local groups of healthcare systems, medical centers, and clinics by Monday: Boys Town, Bryan Health, Children’s Hospital & Medical Center, Madonna, Methodist Health System, and Nebraska Medicine. This follows CHI Health lifting masking requirements on March 20.

Nebraska health systems, medical centers lifting mask requirements

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The Grammy-nominated duo ODESZA will soon start a new nationwide tour, which includes a stop in Omaha. The duo will be at the CHI Health Center on October 4. Bob Moses, TOKiMONSTA and QRTR & Olan will also be featured in the performance. “ODESZA’s live performances...

ODESZA coming to CHI Health Center this fall

Lincoln, NE

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Lincoln Police found a missing 13-year-old girl on Tuesday. Police said on Twitter that 13-year-old Shaye Ruel had been safely located. LPD thanked the community for their assistance.

Lincoln Police find missing 13-year-old girl

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - It was 50 years ago Wednesday when the last American combat troops left Vietnam: March 29, 1973. It’s an anniversary that gives even more meaning to why we have National Vietnam War Veterans Day. The Omaha National Cemetery will hold a ceremony marking the national...

Omaha National Cemetery to host ceremony marking 50th anniversary of last troops leaving Vietnam

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Lincoln Police are investigating a fatality in south Lincoln. Police were called to assist at the Lodge Apartments, which is near 48th Street and Nebraska Parkway, around 2 p.m. The initial dispatch call was for pedestrians that had been struck by a vehicle. According to a...

Lincoln Police investigate death outside apartment in south Lincoln

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Omaha’s First Star Recycling facility has more than a year’s worth of recycled items from around the metro that are now being transformed into something useful. Plastics that typically would have gone to the landfill or are harder to recycle than other products are...

Hard-to-recycle items transforming into lumber at Omaha facility

Up and down temps with some warmth before the weekend. Family members getting ashes from bankrupt Benson funeral home. Families of lost loved ones are finally getting their ashes and urns and preneed from a bankrupt Benson funeral home. Updated: 13 hours ago. Millard South High School families were made...

Two men killed in Lincoln apartment parking lot

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A woman serving a 15-20 year sentence for attempted sexual assault has died. According to the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, the inmate died Tuesday at an Omaha hospital. The inmate identified as a trans woman and in 2021 while incarcerated, legally changed her name to...

36-year-old inmate dies while incarcerated at Omaha Correctional Center

Missouri State

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - One person died and another was arrested after a crash this weekend involving a pickup truck and a motorcycle. According to Omaha Police, at 2:20 a.m. Saturday, officers were called to a crash at 26th and L Street. Police say the driver of a 2021 Chevy...

Motorcyclist dies, pickup truck driver arrested after fatal Omaha crash

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Two families are still in shock Tuesday as they deal with the unexpected loss of their loved ones. Lincoln Police said a woman who lived at The Lodge Apartments intentionally hit and killed two maintenance workers with her car Monday afternoon. Taylor Bradley, 27, was arrested...

Homicide victims worked at Lincoln apartment complex where suspect lived

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The man who allegedly tried to start a fire, climbed to the top of a McDonald’s and refused to come down for hours made a court appearance. Brandon Wright, 33, appeared in court Monday afternoon for several charges. According to Omaha Police, the incident happened...

Man accused in standoff on roof of Omaha McDonald’s charged with felony

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A man accused in a fatal shooting last year has been sentenced to decades in prison. Daniel Atherton, 26, was recently in Douglas County Court for a sentencing hearing. He was sentenced to a combined 48-76 years in prison, with 302 days of credit for time served.

Man accused in fatal Omaha shooting sentenced to prison

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Lincoln Police arrested a woman after they say she intentionally hit and killed two men with her car. Police were called to to an area near the Lodge Apartments, which is near 48th Street and Nebraska Parkway, around 1:22 p.m. on a report of two pedestrians hit by a car.

10 Day Forecast

Comments / 0