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Merit Transportation Out Of Business WOWT 6 Channel 6 News learned Wednesday night that Merit Transportation of Omaha is closing. The company had been in Chapter 11 bankruptcy. A 12-year employee of the company said there was an early...
Omaha Police Officer Critically Wounded WOWT 6 An Omaha Police officer shot and wounded Wednesday night was upgraded to critical, but stable condition Thursday morning. A suspect was taken into custody. The officer, whose name has not been...
Higher Heating Costs Expected KFAB Black Hills Enery says the higher price of natural gas, means people should set aside more money this year to pay their heating bills.Vice President Dan Mechtenberg says the company is just as...
Carter Lake Takes Small Step In Casino Debate WOWT 6 Despite objections from Nebraska and Iowa, the Carter Lake City Council voted unanimously Wednesday night to ask for more information on a proposed Indian casino so a final decision will be an...
Crash Kills Omaha Man Monday KETV 7 An Omaha man was killed in a car crash Monday afternoon near Alton, Iowa, said Iowa State Patrol.Donald Lake, 58, was a passenger in a Dodge Avenger that was hit as it entered a...
Oil Tycoon Touts Wind Energy KETV 7 An oil tycoon was in Lincoln Wednesday to pitch his plan for harvesting wind energy.T. Boone Pickens said his plan would reduce the country's dependence on foreign oil by half.His plan...
Medic Almost Dies After Black Widow Bite KETV 7 A Grand Island, Neb., paramedic was the one in need of critical help recently when a black widow spider bit him on the arm.The venom traveling through J.J. Wohlers' arm caused...
OPD Trains Officers For Dangerous Dogs KETV 7 Omaha police are taking steps to keep its officers safe around dangerous dogs.The Nebraska Humane Society will train new Omaha Police Department recruits on how to handle dangerous...
Gas Prices Speeding Up Motorcycle Sales KETV 7 High gas prices and resurging popularity have almost tripled the number of motorcycles on Nebraska roads now compared to a decade ago.Rider Patricia Bliujus got her motorcycle after her husband got...
One Injured In Shooting KETV 7 Police responded to a shooting at 4389 Laurel Ave in Omaha around 9:35 p.m. Wednesday.Police said a 27-year-old man was in front of a relative's house when a vehicle drove past and someone inside...
Murder Suspect To Be Extradited Cox.net Council Bluffs, - The man accused of killing a 68-year-old at his Council Bluffs home on Saturday is expected to be extradited to Pottawattamie County sometime today. Forty-four-year-old Scott...
Murder Charges Filed In Killing Of Couple WOWT 6 Additional charges were filed Wednesday against the man accused of killing a rural Lincoln couple last week. Steven and Carolyn Baily were found shot to death in their Lancaster County home on...
Students Learn Lesson In Dorm Fire Prevention WOWT 6 Fire can move quickly, especially in a cluttered dorm room. Creighton students were taught a valuable lesson Wednesday by the Omaha Fire Department. The charred remains of a makeshift dormitory...
Study Of Forensic Science Growing In Popularity WOWT 6 Television dramas often reflect real life, but at one Omaha school real life is being impacted by TV. The number of students, especially women, studying forensic science as a career is growing. ...
Watch Pump When You Fill Up KETV 7 Officials are telling drivers to be vigilant at the pump after a gas station owner and a fuel distributor were caught allegedly siphoning more than $30,000 from customers in Nebraska...
Can Lightning Strike Twice For Bolt KETV 7 Jamaica's Usain Bolt made history once again at the Beijing Olympics, as he won gold in the men's 200 meters with another world record.Bolt had already won the 100 in world record time...
Minding Your Own Small Business WOWT 6 Ever thought about starting your own business? Those who have joined with the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday in sharing their advice. Juggling all the tasks of a small business isn't...
Investigators Say Evidence Links Crago To Killings KETV 7 Police have charged Brandon Crago in connection with the killing of a Lincoln couple earlier this month.Crago was originally accused in a pair of robberies during a weekend crime spree...
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