6 News staff reports
Omaha, Neb.
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Omaha Police are investigating a shooting that occurred Tuesday afternoon.
That’s right: It’s Giving Tuesday, the day when Omaha-metro nonprofits make their first push — primarly online — for year-end donations.
Omaha Police have identified the two people who died Monday in what investigators told 6 News was an apparent murder-suicide.
A portion of Farnam Street that has been closed since April will reopen in a just a few days — and right on schedule.
Bond was set in Douglas County Court on Tuesday morning for the man accused of killing his 10-year-old son.
An Omaha man is headed to prison for his role in a murder.
Two people are dead after an apparent murder suicide Monday at an Aksarben area apartment complex.
The second man arrested Friday in connection with an Omaha woman’s murder last month was denied bond in court Monday morning.
The Bellevue Police Department said over the weekend it has finalized a procession route and interment plans for Officer Christopher Abbott.
Officials say one person was taken to the hospital after an early-morning crash in central Omaha.
Sarpy County authorities are investigating after an inmate was found unresponsive in his cell.
Omaha fire crews are working to determine the cause of a Friday afternoon blaze at a north Omaha duplex.
Two people are in the hospital after a Bellevue apartment building caught fire Friday night.
Omaha Police made a another arrest in connection to the killing of a 19-year-old woman last month.
Omaha Police are investigating the shooting death of a 10-year-old boy.
Authorities in Omaha are investigating the death of a man after a chase across the metro late Wednesday.
A man is behind bars in Omaha in connection to a death investigation that began in Lincoln.
Alicia Dallman Shoemaker was named the 2024 National Language Teacher of the Year by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, or ACTFL.
An overnight house fire in Omaha was deemed to be accidental.
Area agencies and are helping you and yours have a safe Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
Huskers Coach Matt Rhule said Wednesday morning that Chubba Purdy will start as quarterback against the Hawkeyes.
The City of Omaha says a water main break Tuesday morning in a west Omaha neighborhood will affect commuters over the next several days.
The two men arrested Monday in connection with four Walgreens robberies in Omaha made their first appearances in court Tuesday morning.
The man charged in a deadly Omaha hit-and-run crash was sentenced to prison and had his license revoked Monday.
A former Boy Scouts leader in Nebraska already charged with child sex crimes is now facing additional related felonies.
The teen charged in the stabbing death of a 16-year-old in a west Omaha neighborhood had his bond revoked in court Monday morning.
Council Bluffs police are investigating after a pedestrian was struck and killed Sunday evening.
Omaha Police say they have arrested two men in connection with a string of Walgreens robberies last week.
Saunders County authorities are investigating after the driver of the vehicle they were in pursuit of died early Sunday.
Omaha Police say six people were hurt in a two-vehicle accident in north Omaha Saturday night.
Ralston fire crews spent part of early Sunday morning battling an apartment blaze.
Ashland Police say the Omaha man wanted for a foray of stolen vehicle cases out of several eastern Nebraska communities has been captured.
The Bellevue Police Department is mourning one of their own.
Omaha fire crews made quick work of a blaze at a midtown apartment Saturday afternoon.
Omaha Police are investigating an overnight homicide Friday.
Colfax County authorities are investigating after a father was arrested on felony child abuse charges.
Omaha Police confirmed Friday that the 16-year-old stabbed in the head last week has died.
The Papillion man suspected of assaulting former Arizona Sen. Martha McSally on a metro jogging trail made his first appearance in a Pottawattamie County courtroom Friday morning.
Fire crews in the Omaha area had a busy morning Friday.
The plan includes installing a segment of sewer line between Highway 50 and 63rd Street in southern Sarpy County as part of a wastewater project.
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy stopped by western Iowa on Thursday to talk with voters there about his campaign.
A woman said she called 911 shortly after arriving home late one night last week to find a strange man trying on her clothes in her apartment.
The driver in a fatal crash that killed one person in Omaha received his sentence today.
An Omaha man is behind bars accused of throwing an explosive at a car.
Tuesday, the Omaha City Council approved via a resolution a $6 million bid for construction near downtown on the riverfront. It’s for another pedestrian bridge connecting the ballpark and arena area to the Bob Kerry Pedestrian Bridge.
The Omaha Police Officers’ Association had more to say Wednesday about a recent alleged drive-by shooting following the arrest of four juveniles.
The Nebraska Department of Transportation released new traffic data Wednesday.
Washington County authorities on Wednesday made public the identity of the man who was ejected in an overnight crash near Fort Calhoun and died.
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office named the man who died in a house fire over the weekend.
Authorities are planning to rally community participation in the search for an elderly man with dementia who disappeared this summer.
