Updated: Sep. 3, 2024 at 6:00 PM CDT
|By Kevin Westhues and Gina Dvorak
A husband and wife arrested last week after authorities found their children enduring horrible living conditions including dead animals in the home weeks earlier.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2024 at 6:26 PM CDT
|By Kevin Westhues and Gina Dvorak
The parents of a 4-year-old with developmental disabilities were arrested by Fremont County (Iowa) deputies after the child was found alone in Hamburg on Thursday morning, leading investigators to discover signs the boy and another child had been caged inside cribs.
Updated: Jul. 11, 2024 at 8:50 AM CDT
|By Brian Mastre, Gina Dvorak and Kevin Westhues
The foster mother of the 5-year-old boy found dead in a car Wednesday has been arrested.
Updated: Jun. 6, 2024 at 5:11 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak and Kevin Westhues
The city is proposing annexing property around the new Costco, set to open next month in Northwest Omaha.
Updated: May. 17, 2024 at 1:31 PM CDT
|By Kevin Westhues and Zane Culjat
Get a look at some of the agenda items slated to be discussed next week.
Updated: May. 10, 2024 at 10:23 AM CDT
|By Kevin Westhues and Zane Culjat
Councilmembers are slated to discuss the demolition and redevelopment of a current Westside elementary school and hear from the public on a new Omaha Fire Department contract.
Updated: May. 3, 2024 at 4:26 PM CDT
|By Kevin Westhues and Zane Culjat
Councilmembers are slated to discuss the establishment of a new Business Improvement District and selling three downtown buildings for redevelopment.
Updated: Apr. 30, 2024 at 5:58 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak and Kevin Westhues
The City Council voted unanimously to give $50,000 to PACE Omaha as a gesture of support for the troubled organization, with a possibility that they could send another $50,000 there later this year.
Updated: Apr. 28, 2024 at 12:33 PM CDT
|By Kevin Westhues and Zane Culjat
Councilmembers are slated to discuss the creation of a new city position as well as street improvements in parts of town.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2024 at 11:40 AM CDT
|By Kevin Westhues and Zane Culjat
Councilmembers are slated to discuss possible rezoning of two development areas and creating a new position for sports complex oversight at two city parks.
Updated: Apr. 11, 2024 at 6:11 PM CDT
|By Kevin Westhues
Victims of violent crimes in Nebraska and Iowa have several unique ways to avoid their perpetrators as they try to resume a normal life.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2024 at 10:28 AM CDT
|By Kevin Westhues and Zane Culjat
Councilmembers are slated to vote on a hard-surface parking ordinance, demolition of a home that was the site of a large explosion last year, and possible changes to where registered sex offenders are allowed to reside.
Updated: Apr. 4, 2024 at 6:00 PM CDT
|By Kevin Westhues and Gina Dvorak
Hearing calls to stop a man fleeing from the scene of a shooting that disrupted the end of the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl Championship celebration in February, Paul Contreras reacted.
Updated: Apr. 4, 2024 at 3:34 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak and Kevin Westhues
Douglas County Treasurer John Ewing announced Thursday afternoon that he’s entering the Omaha mayor’s race.
Updated: Mar. 29, 2024 at 10:50 AM CDT
|By Kevin Westhues and Zane Culjat
Get a quick look at a few items on the Omaha City Council agenda for next week.
Updated: Mar. 18, 2024 at 12:41 PM CDT
|By Kevin Westhues and Zane Culjat
Get a quick look at a few items on the Omaha City Council agenda for next week.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2024 at 6:20 PM CST
|By Kevin Westhues and Gina Dvorak
Get a quick look at a few items on the Omaha City Council agenda for next week.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2024 at 5:09 PM CST
|By Kevin Westhues and Gina Dvorak
U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts of Nebraska was asked Wednesday about several aspects of his endorsement of Donald Trump for president in the upcoming election.
Updated: Mar. 5, 2024 at 6:59 PM CST
|By Kevin Westhues and Gina Dvorak
The Nebraska Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a lawsuit that aims to overturn the state’s law on abortion and transgender care.
Updated: Feb. 29, 2024 at 2:19 PM CST
|By Kevin Westhues and Gina Dvorak
A brush fire that ignited Thursday afternoon impacted traffic in the southwest part of the Omaha-metro.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2024 at 6:46 PM CST
|By Kevin Westhues and Gina Dvorak
An Omaha Realtor dropping by an Iowa property Thursday unleashed a shocking scenario for the owners after the family pet was shot.
Updated: Feb. 14, 2024 at 3:51 PM CST
|By Kevin Westhues and Gina Dvorak
A Cass County man was arrested Tuesday night on suspicion of sexually assaulting a child.
Updated: Feb. 13, 2024 at 12:12 PM CST
|By Kevin Westhues and Gina Dvorak
Officers tracking down a driver who left the scene of a December crash that left a pedestrian unconscious ended up investigating a very different sort of crime.
Updated: Feb. 12, 2024 at 3:50 PM CST
|By Zane Culjat, Kevin Westhues and Gina Dvorak
An amendment on a bill that would tighten regulations on games of skill found in bars and restaurants advanced Monday morning in the Nebraska Legislature.
Updated: Dec. 27, 2023 at 11:18 AM CST
|By Roger Hamer, Kevin Westhues and Gina Dvorak
The teen charged in the stabbing death of a 16-year-old in a west Omaha neighborhood has been formally charged with murder.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2023 at 6:14 PM CST
|By Kevin Westhues and Gina Dvorak
The suspect arrested after a Nebraska State Patrol pursuit ended in a crash earlier this week appeared in Cass County Court on Thursday.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2023 at 1:38 PM CST
|By Kevin Westhues and Gina Dvorak
University of Nebraska Regent Jack Stark is suing the City of Omaha and the police chief, among others, claiming his prosecution — for a crime he was aquitted of — was malicious.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2023 at 4:27 PM CDT
|By Bella Caracta, Brian Mastre, Kevin Westhues and Gina Dvorak
Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers announced Wednesday that his office is working to crackdown on deceptive THC-containing products called Delta 8.
Updated: Oct. 12, 2023 at 10:44 AM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak, Katherine Bjoraas and Kevin Westhues
A newborn was left in a box at the front door of an Omaha Fire station over the weekend.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2023 at 5:55 PM CDT
|By Kevin Westhues and Gina Dvorak
It’s become a common sort of social media post this time of year: teens getting creative about asking their date to Homecoming.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2023 at 10:38 AM CDT
|By Kevin Westhues and Johan Marin
The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday rejected an appeal from Omaha serial killer Anthony Garcia for a new trial.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2023 at 4:35 PM CDT
|By Kevin Westhues, Roger Hamer and Gina Dvorak
A vacate order was issued for the tenants of an Old Market building this week.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2023 at 8:03 PM CDT
|By Kevin Westhues and Gina Dvorak
Tip Top Tux, the wedding clothier that left many engaged couples in the lurch when they abruptly closed their shops earlier this month, has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2023 at 3:56 PM CDT
|By Kevin Westhues and John Chapman
Omaha Police officers arrested the driver of a daycare van after a 1-year-old died as the result of being left in the vehicle for several hours on an intensely hot summer day.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2023 at 12:27 PM CDT
|By Joe Harris and Kevin Westhues
Omaha Police say an officer has minor injuries after being bitten by a dog responding to an animal cruelty call at an apartment complex Tuesday.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2023 at 3:15 PM CDT
|By John Chapman, Kevin Westhues and Gina Dvorak
The city of Omaha is planning a big party next Saturday honoring welterweight champion Terence “Bud” Crawford.
Updated: Jul. 25, 2023 at 3:02 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak and Kevin Westhues
The state of Nebraska said Tuesday that it had investigated three deaths by suicide by youth whose families were in contact with the state’s Children and Family Services division.
Updated: Jul. 17, 2023 at 3:07 PM CDT
|By John Chapman, Kevin Westhues and Zane Culjat
The man facing charges in the murders of two Omaha women — his mother and his sister — was denied bond in a court appearance Monday afternoon.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2023 at 4:52 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak and Kevin Westhues
The Nebraska Attorney General said Friday that the U.S. Supreme Court ruling against President Biden’s plan to wipe out hundreds of millions of dollars in student loans kept the nation’s balance of power in check.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2023 at 4:28 PM CDT
|By Kevin Westhues
Omaha authorities investigated a suspicious item downtown near the College World Series on Thursday morning but X-ray analysis revealed it wasn’t dangerous.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2023 at 12:41 PM CDT
|By Kevin Westhues, Gina Dvorak and Roger Hamer
Omaha Police are still looking for the gunman after a woman was injured Thursday while walking on the Keystone Trail, but told 6 News they don’t believe there’s any concern for public safety.
Updated: May. 19, 2023 at 1:10 PM CDT
|By Kevin Westhues
The timeline gets complicated.
Updated: May. 17, 2023 at 1:57 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak and Kevin Westhues
The Council Bluffs man who turned himself in following a four-day manhunt exchanged gunfire with the man killed in the shooting, according to details shared in Washington County Court on Wednesday.
Updated: May. 11, 2023 at 3:26 PM CDT
|By Kevin Westhues
The initiative comes from someone who has overcome challenges during her own young life
Updated: May. 4, 2023 at 6:43 PM CDT
|By Kevin Westhues and Gina Dvorak
Authorities in Council Bluffs are asking for the public’s help tracking down two vehicles they believe were involved in an ATM robbery last week.
Updated: May. 1, 2023 at 9:07 AM CDT
|By Kevin Westhues
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. May 5th
Updated: Apr. 13, 2023 at 3:18 PM CDT
|By Bella Caracta, Kevin Westhues and Gina Dvorak
As firefighters from around the Omaha-metro were working to contain a brush fire that had spread near NP Dodge Park on Thursday afternoon, the governor declared an emergency for the state and issued a ban on open burns for the next few days.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2023 at 11:03 AM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak and Kevin Westhues
Three people involved in a head-on crash in Missouri Valley over the weekend were transported from the scene with serious injuries.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2023 at 3:49 PM CDT
|By Gina Dvorak and Kevin Westhues
A Plattsmouth couple is facing federal charges after an 80-year-old Kentucky woman was convinced to send them money in order to obtain lottery winnings.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 8:18 PM CST
|By Kevin Westhues and Gina Dvorak
A man with a previous DUI conviction is facing charges after the motorcycle he was driving crashed into a pick-up last May.