John Chapman
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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.
Except for families, there will be no fans allowed in stadiums for Big Ten football games this season.
Firefighters in Columbus say they had not had a fatal fire in years -- but all of that changed early Saturday morning.
Kamala Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, is visiting North Omaha today for an early vote event.
Gretna High School has traced a surge of over 40 cases back to a large gathering on October 3 and is now urging students to take advantage of free testing Friday.
Our weather forecasters say strong winds could increase fire dangers in our area, but could they also increase the travel of the coronavirus?
For more than 50 years the Keystone Little League has provided a baseball league for hundreds of youngsters.
At home and across the country, customers are seeing some historic price increases in lumber.
The Love’s Jazz & Arts Center has been operating for about 15 years. But city leaders and Love family members say the doors will re-open again.
The 2020 election is drawing more people to the polls in Douglas County than ever before and there are also more new voters planning to get involved in this year’s election.
We’ve heard the terms for months, mask mandate. Many people in Omaha are following the mandate by wearing a mask while in public, but words do matter.
Fifty-four days and counting. That’s how long Omaha neighborhoods will have to wait to see those new trash and recycling cans be put to use.
Organizers say once the constitution is changed to allow gambling in Nebraska -- the state will never be the same.
The Douglas County Health Department is encouraging Omaha’s City Council to extend its mask ordinance.
Researchers continue to work on a vaccine for COVID-19, but there seems to be one group left out of the clinical trials: children.
Retailers are expecting the number of people shopping online this Christmas season to increase.
Dealing with a record number of early voting requests, officials with the Sarpy County Election Commission had to make a couple of additions so collecting all those ballots is a little easier for voters.
For years the Heart Ministry has provided food, healthcare, and job programs to an underserved area of the city.
Luck hasn’t been on the side of members of the Sons of Italy for decades. The organization has helped area and international charities, but lately, the Sons of Italy have been fighting to keep the bills paid and the doors open.
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the Empowerment Network’s 9th Annual African-American Leadership Conference to be a virtual event this year.
Nebraska Medicine is currently addressing a security incident affecting some of its IT systems, and that is affecting patients who had scheduled appointments for care.
A $500 million project will take the place of the old Crossroads. The mixed-use project will include retail restaurants, apartments and office space.
Now NorthStar will be able to help more boys expanding their current facility from 33,000 square feet to more than 50,000 square feet.
Wednesday’s announcement that the Huskers will play football was welcomed news in north downtown and the Capitol District.
The City of Bellevue has made a deal with a local businessman to clean up and reopen Haworth Park.
On Monday, most of Nebraska is getting some COVID-19 restriction relief, as all counties except Lancaster County move into phase four of reopening.
There is a discussion of charging Omaha cab drivers a fee to pick up passengers at Eppley Airfield.
Craig Wiech, a former Bellevue officer appeared in court Thursday for allegedly tampering with evidence following his girlfriend’s death.
The rain that has been falling lately might have helped our dry lawns a bit, but we will need much more rain to catch up with the precipitation we’ve been missing.
An Omaha non-profit that supports first responders and their families were encouraged to see the community come together to support fallen Lincoln police officer Mario Herrera.
Labor Day celebrations in Omaha were hijacked this year by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Health experts across the country worry big crowds gathering to celebrate the end of the summer holiday could cause a wave of COVID-19 cases.
A former associate pastor removed from his position for what the Archdiocese of Omaha claims were significant boundary violations with young adults and minors, is suing the Archdiocese of Omaha for more than two million dollars.
The City of Omaha has put out the Help Wanted sign, as the Parks and Recreation Department will open three community centers and employees are needed to work in the facilities.
A metro area restaurant is getting some blowback from customers upset because their dining room is closed.
The Carver legacy Center, a black-owned financial center, is launching a financial center near 24th and Lake that will focus on building black wealth.
OPS officials say students are engaged and eager to learn as the district continues its 100 percent remote learning.
The COVID-19 pandemic could add extra dollars to the cost of the $119 million juvenile justice center.
Neighbors in a North Omaha neighborhood are hoping recent acts of vandalism won’t turn into something more serious.
A support group to help blind and visually impaired parents help their children with remote learning will meet for the first time later this week.
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, seasonal illness is on the way.
One of the tallest pieces of heavy equipment did some heavy lifting today as construction continues on west Omaha’s 500-acre Heartland Preserve Development.
A letter sent to Douglas County voters is causing some confusion on how to request an early ballot for the upcoming November election.
If the first day of school depends on computers, there is a chance there will be difficulties.
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced Habitat for Humanity Omaha to change its annual home building event.
Many people in the metro are still cleaning up after Monday morning’s storm that blew strong winds through our area.
Two retired Air Force sergeants were some of the first African-Americans to serve in the military after integration in 1948.
A car theft ring that police believe was responsible for close to a million dollars’ worth of stolen cars and car parts has been busted. Omaha Police worked with several law enforcement agencies to capture the thieves.
No criminal charges will be filed against law enforcement officers involved in the fatal shooting of 39-year-old Leslie Flynn Junior back in April.
District officials say COVID-19 is a very real thing and a very real concern, and the district is only a couple of weeks away from going back to school.
Some business owners in Douglas County believe their financial losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic should qualify them for a property tax break recently afforded to property damaged by natural disasters such as floods, tornadoes, or fire.