John Chapman
Reporter
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John Chapman is a veteran member of the WOWT 6 News team. The award-winning news and sports reporter has worked for close to three decades in the Omaha area.
John has covered everything from presidential visits to Husker football.
John likes to spend his spare time with his family and listening to music.
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The Omaha Fire Department got an early morning wake-up call.
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Like many area businesses, the Omaha Public School District has put out its “help wanted” sign.
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With the National Guard still awaiting reimbursement for its help securing the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, the funding shortfall has forced the cancellation of several upcoming Nebraska National Guard events.
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Five additional Nebraska cities want to ride ponies right into gambling dollars linked to casinos.
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Change is in the works along North 24th Street and a new business is on its way on 24th and Wirt.
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Omaha Police had to call in the Fire Department on Monday to help capture a fugitive from justice.
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For now, Iowa is saying goodbye to its drive-thru testing sites.
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Starting on Friday, the Elkhorn Recycling Drop-off Site is temporarily closed.
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Officials with the Douglas County Health Department on Thursday said they are recommending that students eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccination do so — and soon.
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Millions of parents should see more money in their checking accounts as early as tomorrow.
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Omaha is still cleaning up after Friday night’s storm.
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Hurricane force winds that blew through the Omaha metro over the weekend were not kind to our trees, especially the older ones.
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The Black Lives Matter movement was founded about seven years ago, after George Zimmeran was acquitted in the 2012 shooting death of unarmed Black teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida.
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FBI officials in the Omaha area say that, in the past few years, our region of Iowa and Nebraska — and across the country — reports of hate crimes are increasing.
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Business owners along North 24th Street are teaming up to stop the violence in that area.
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For decades, North 24th Street has been fighting an image problem.
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The Delta variant has been detected here in Douglas County, the doctors say we need more people to get vaccinated to prevent it from spreading.
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The explosions have gone quiet but the trash from shooting off fireworks remains in some parts of the Omaha metro.
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It’s not normal for the car you drive to increase in value but right now, that’s exactly what’s going on.
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The Fourth of July holiday will attract more people to city parks, and there is a concern in one Omaha neighborhood over what all the extra visitors might leave behind.
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Omaha residents planning to get away for the Fourth of July should expect a lot of company on roadways, because AAA predicts more than 43 million people nationwide to travel the highways for the weekend.
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It’s the second day of fireworks sales in Omaha and some items are already in short supply.
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Officials say there are no RV campsites located around the stadium.
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For 20 years Pat Lawlor was in the crowd of vendors selling t-shirts around the stadium at the College World Series. This year, Lawlor says he won’t be in the game.
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After more than 100 years, Omaha recognized the lynching of Will Brown today.
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Homegrown vegetables and fruit people like to eat this time of year have been taking it on the chin.
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TD Ameritrade Park Omaha will be full of fans Saturday, when the first pitch for this year’s College World Series is thrown. The series could be the largest in-person event since the COVID-19 slowdown, and fans will see some changes in the usual events.
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Organizers are working to prevent miscommunication between potential food vendors at Native Omaha Days and the Douglas County Health Department
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Organizers say the 23rd Biennial Native Omaha Days Festival will be bigger and better this year.
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There is work going on to save an old building in North Omaha right now.
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Talented entrepreneurs in north Omaha will get a chance to show off their products in the Fourth Annual Taste of Omaha on June 18 and 19.
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All the food in grocery stores arrives on pallets, and currently the pallets that get food to the stores are in short supply.
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Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine said Wednesday that the 19-year-old arrested Sunday after his father was shot won’t be charged at this time.
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More than 40 people were forced out of their homes when a fire broke out in their midtown apartment this afternoon.
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Later this month, College World Series fans who will make their way to TD Ameritrade Park will find an almost touchless environment.
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The first wave of the Olympic Swim Trials will wrap up tonight with the finals.
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Because of COVID restrictions for many of the swimmers, having fans in the stands actually watching in person was uplifting.
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COVID-19 shut down a Florence-area landmark last year. Now, the owner of the Florence Mill plans to have a grand reopening to celebrate the “return to normalcy” and the history of the mill.
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"It was a good deal for both of us. It was a win-win."
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"Prospect Hill Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in Douglas County."
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Many baseball fans have heard of the Negro Baseball Leagues but didn’t know the role Black women played in the leagues on and off the field.
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Memorial Day marks the beginning of how the city of Bellevue shows its appreciation for our fighting men and women.
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In Omaha and across the country, more families went to food pantries for help after the COVID-19 outbreak. The Society of St. Vincent De Paul Food Pantry has been helping people for years but was caught off-guard when the pandemic hit.
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The parade will start in the Old Market and end at the Durham Museum.
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Last week many child care providers in the Omaha metro said they were blindsided by proposed changes of regulations for child care facilities.
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If you have some yard clean-up projects on your to-do list, now is the time to get it done.
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Cole and Katie Stichler own Primrose School, and they say the youngest children will be hit the hardest.
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Lance Sindelar, director for the programs in Bennington, said 375 students are enrolled for the upcoming school year.
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The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services introduced a 250-page document of proposed changes that could drive up childcare costs.