The Omaha Public School Board has approved a contract to use metal detectors at some basketball games. The detectors will be used at random and they will not be announced ahead of time.

A neighborhood lake dredging project is in deep water financially. But an attorney for the Sanitary Improvement District doesn’t think engineering miscalculations will cause a tax increase.

A state budget panel estimates Iowa will collect about $34 million more in taxes than previously expected for the current budget year.

A man wounded Monday afternoon in an officer-involved shooting has died. Police were attempting to arrest him on charges of sexual assault and strangulation. Channel 6 News spoke to the victim Monday night who described a rough relationship with the man.

In the span of a single weekend, a number of Iowa hunters were injured in one fashion or another. All involved shotguns.

Authorities say Colorado apparently has more medical marijuana than it can use, and some of the excess is showing up in Nebraska - illegally

Sales taxes will increase in three Nebraska cities on January 1.

New superintendent picked for the Louisville Public School District.

The University of Nebraska's online credit hours have jumped nearly 30 percent, and officials plan to continue expanding the virtual offerings.

Amazon's one store you can buy big ticket items and expect good customer service.

The Labor Department reported Friday morning that the nation's unemployment rate has increased to 9.8%. The jobless rate has now topped 9 percent for 19 straight months, the longest stretch on record.

It's a question creating a moral dilemma...what to do about a growing population of feral cats? A recent study at the University of Nebraska says they should be killed and that programs intended to reduce the population are not effective. The Nebraska Humane Society disputes that claim.

Some livestock producers in northeast Iowa are considering extra security measures in the wake of vandalism at three hog operations last weekend.

The number of Americans signing up for unemployment benefits rose last week.

Iowa prisoners could soon be making their own toilet paper to save taxpayers money and provide jobs.

Funeral services for Sgt. 1st Class Wallace Bob Slight will be in his hometown Friday. He was killed in action during the Korean War in 1950. Slight grew up in Stuart, Iowa about 90 miles east of the metro.

A crash involving an SUV and a van closes several lanes in the area of 38th and Dodge Wednesday morning.

The latest Midwest economic survey from Creighton University Professor Ernie Goss suggests the nine-state region will continue a modest economic recovery in the months ahead.

Gov.-elect Terry Branstad wants to reopen contract talks with Iowa's largest state employee union and is proposing a pay freeze just weeks after a tentative agreement was reached with outgoing-Gov. Chet Culver.

More than 100 Christmas trees were on their way to Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota, as a gift from Kansas tree growers.

Officials say they'll have to drain water behind Bruning Dam to repair damage caused by vandalism.

Shortly before 10 a.m. Omaha Police began responding again to non-injury car crashes. They has suspended that activity for much of the morning because the number of crashes across the metro were too numerous to track.

Dennis Adams parks his work truck in his driveway. Early Monday morning a thief got behind wheel, not to steal the truck but what was inside.

A garage destroyed by fire Friday morning west of Louisville.

It appears a former employee of a Kansas adult video store has been up to no good. Parents in the Hutchinson area complained after their children began receiving multiple requests to be a friend of “Spice it Up Video’s” page.