Top Omaha Area Local News Stories
Source: KETV.com - Local News
A 14-year-old girl was killed in a rollover crash on Highway 191 near Neola, Iowa, as she and her three friends drove to Tri Center High School.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:13:45 CDT
A woman who lost control of her car near 156th Street and Giles Road Wednesday has died.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:12:46 CDT
KETV NewsWatch 7 has learned the city is prepared to pay up to $750,000 to hire private contractors to fill potholes around town.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:47:37 CDT
An investigator testifying in the trial of her supervisor who's charged with evidence tampering said she spent six hours scrutinizing a car linked to two murder suspects but found no blood evidence tying them to the crime.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:23:59 CDT
Some Omaha paramedics are under investigation for letting a boy talk on an emergency radio.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:19:09 CDT
The party was just getting started Wednesday morning for St. Patrick's Day revelers. For local law enforcement, it was shaping up to be a busy night.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:22:41 CDT
Eileen Rasnick has been serving lunches to the kids at OmahaÂ’s Holy Name School for the past 25 years. Now this lunch lady is getting national recognition.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:50:31 CDT
Two shootings Wednesday evening injured three people in Omaha.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:58:23 CDT
Harrah's Entertainment Inc. is offering to pay Iowa $7 million a year to stop subsidizing purses at the state's greyhound tracks -- in effect ending the racing but not the money.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:30:16 CDT
A man who was the subject of an Iowa amber alert that prompted a multi-state search for him and a 14-year-old girl has arrived in Pottawattamie County.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:20:56 CDT
Artistically created benches will soon replace old wooden benches in downtown Omaha's Gene Leahy Mall as part of an effort to target signs of the park's age.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:49:12 CDT
An Omaha man was hospitalized and in critical condition after a fire broke out in his apartment building Tuesday night.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:46:42 CDT
Iowa is closing a loophole in a state law that was cited in allowing a 17-year-old girl to strip onstage at a Hamburg club in 2007.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:08:07 CDT
An overnight robbery in Papillion led to a police pursuit that ended in Council Bluffs early Wednesday morning.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:38:25 CDT
Lincoln police have raided two more pot-growing operations, bringing the total to eight this month.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:10:35 CDT
Neighborhood advocates were frustrated Tuesday with the City Council's decision to send a liquor license application to the state without a recommendation.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:18:15 CDT