Category — Omaha, Nebraska

Police say a suspected case of shaken baby syndrome left a 3-month-old baby in intensive care.

An Omaha man who was convicted of murder on Wednesday said he plans to appeal.

Nebraska abortion proposal could be strictest in U.S. Three years ago Tiffany Cambell and her husband had to make a choice of the worst possible order: Whether to sacrifice one son to save another. Nineteen weeks into her third pregnancy, Campbell was elated to learn she was carrying twin boys.

An Omaha woman who ran into an icy pond to rescue two boys who had fallen through the ice said the cold water felt like it was crushing her.

Nebraska lawmakers consider a bill that would ban people from sending, writing or reading text messages while driving, but deputies said enforcement could be a challenge.

Police are looking for a man who held up a Walgreens Wednesday morning.

A flood warning has been issued for the areas of Cuming, Dodge and southwest Washington counties. The warning is in effect until 11 a.m. Thursday.

A jury has found Daniel Miller guilty of first-degree murder in the 2008 shooting death of a Millard teenager.

An Omaha man has spent the past 10 years developing his labor of love, a pagoda-style home in the hills of northwest Omaha that sits on the highest elevation in Douglas County.

Police said home burglars high-tailed it out of a house Wednesday morning after realizing the owner was still inside.

Nebraska lawmakers are divided over a plan to give teachers raises based on their performance.

Seventeen citizens turned in their petition signatures as they seek to fill a City Council seat vacated by Chuck Sigerson.

U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson was the lone Democrat to vote against a sweeping measure that includes an extension of unemployment benefits.

An ice jam that built up on the Platte River in Sarpy County Wednesday evening prompted evacuations, according to the Sarpy County Sheriff’s Department.

The Omaha area has been named as a site in a nationwide search for Google to test a new, super high-speed Internet service.

University of Nebraska Chancellor Harvey Perlman outlined two major budget cuts in a memo obtained by KETV NewsWatch 7.

Two children were pulled from an icy pond Tuesday evening in southwest Omaha.

The chief crime scene investigator in Douglas County said he didn’t plant evidence in a Bellevue trash bin during the investigation of a 2003 murder case.

Two boys fell through the ice on a pond in the southwest corner of the Omaha metro Tuesday. Two adults trying to rescue them also fell through.

Investigators in Lincoln discovered three rental homes that had been ripped apart and filled with more than 1,000 marijuana plants. The citys police chief said its the biggest growing operation hes ever seen.

Pottwattamie Countys supervisor said there is absolutely no chance an earthen dam will break north of Council Bluffs.

A taxpayer group said the city’s approval of the police union contract proposal didnt go far enough.

Police said an Omaha man threatened to burn down his house with his children inside.

Lincoln police bust what they called the largest indoor marijuana growing operation in memory.

Still wearing his wedding ring, John Dwyer told a Douglas County jury how he watched his wife fly off a tube during a boating accident last summer.

Lincoln-based Nature’s Variety has expanded its recall of chicken-flavored pet food.

The spring high school sports season started one week ago, but its gotten off to a soggy start. Baseball fields either still have snow on them or are a muddy mess. But one school has a definite home field advantage.

The Nebraska Humane Society is cutting the cost to adopt a dog in half. The organization said its being overrun with dogs.

The attorney for an Omaha-based crime-scene investigator facing trial this month in an evidence-tampering case is seeking to drop his client.

The brother of a former fugitive who prompted a heavily-armed manhunt will face trial on three charges.