The Omaha Police Department's executive deputy chief said "quite a few" have been arrested because they did not understand ...

In question is whether newly constructed homes should require an emergency disconnect on the meter to cut the power, a whole-home surge protector, and GFCI outlets in some locations.

Local electrician Jon Nebel said the updates could cost homeowners an extra $500 per project but the safety benefits are worth it. “It keeps us safe, it keeps anyone touching electricity or using ...

A controversial decision about North Omaha's power plant sparked a heated confrontation at OPPD's board meeting. The State of Nebraska accidentally overpaid Omaha Public Schools to the tune of at ...

John Ewing Jr., at podium, holds his first news conference since being elected to lead Nebraska's largest city. He said he'll keep staff and department heads of Jean Stothert, a three-term mayor he ...

Omaha Mayor-elect John Ewing’s lead over incumbent Mayor Jean Stothert grew in the latest round of unofficial results released by the Douglas County Election Commission on Friday. Ewing led Stothert ...

History was made after Ewing, the Douglas County Treasurer, beat Stothert, who served for 12 years, in a rare fourth term race in Nebraska's largest city. Omaha, Nebraska’s first female mayor, Jean ...

SEVEN. ALL RIGHT. WE’LL FIND OUT SOON. THANKS, MADISON. MAYOR STOTHERT ADDRESSED THE PUBLIC TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HER CONCESSION SPEECH LAST NIGHT. SHE OFFERED SOME WORDS OF ADVICE FOR HER ...

NEWSWATCH SEVEN AT SIX. IT WAS AN HISTORIC ELECTION LAST NIGHT HERE IN OMAHA. GOOD EVENING. I’M JULIE CORNELL, AND I’M ROB MCCARTNEY. JOHN EWING IS ELECTED AS THE FIRST BLACK MAYOR OF THE CITY, ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - John Ewing Jr. is making history as Omaha’s first elected Black mayor. The Douglas County Treasurer and former Omaha deputy chief of police unseated Mayor Jean Stothert on Tuesday ...

Voters in Omaha, Nebraska, have ousted three-term Republican Mayor Jean Stothert after she blanketed airwaves with anti-trans attacks during her recent bid for reelection. Stothert was defeated on ...

Omaha, Nebraska, has long been known as a blue dot in a red, conservative state. But for over a decade, there's been a Republican mayor at the helm, the first woman to hold that position. Now, in what ...