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Melanin Market Omaha highlights minority-owned businesses
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Food, clothing, lawn care—even health care services—it was all on display at 12th and Nicholas streets for Melanin Market Omaha’s event Saturday. It was the chance for small businesses owned by people of color from the metro—and even as far away as Des Moines, Iowa—to show what they have to offer.
Crash on JFK in Omaha sends one person to hospital in critical condition
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - One person was taken to the hospital after a single-car accident late Saturday. Omaha Police tell 6 News a Nissan Rogue was headed south on the Kennedy Freeway near the Gilmore Avenue bridge when it left the roadway and hit the outside median barrier, then crossed all three lanes and hit the inside barrier where it came to rest. The driver and sole occupant was taken to Nebraska Medicine.
Iowans flocking to states with no state income tax: IRS data
(The Center Square) – Migration data from the Internal Revenue Service shows that thousands of Iowans are leaving the state for Texas and Florida, which have no state income tax. Texas drew nearly 5,000 residents from Iowa but 3,475 Texans left for the Hawkeye state. The state lost a net $68.3 million in adjusted gross […]
1,000 Fines Ahead: Iowa Speed Cameras Enforce Stricter Speed Limits Across Cities
Starting July 1, Iowa implemented new speed cameras in cities like Davenport, Cedar Rapids, and Des Moines, automatically issuing fines up to $1,000 for drivers exceeding the speed limit by over 11 mph, aiming to enhance road safety and deter reckless driving. New Iowa Speed Cameras Aim to Improve Road Safety with Hefty Fines and […]
Workers must break into mysterious pyramid to find world's largest time capsule
NEBRASKA (WKRC) - A town came together to break into a four-ton pyramid so they could uncover the world's largest time capsule which has been buried for half a century. In 1975, Harold Davisson built a 45-ton vault and buried it underground as a time capsule to be opened in 50 years. He included a brand new Chevy Vega, a motorcycle, and a variety of other goodies.
Nebraska Cornhuskers star's no good, very bad offseason continues with hospital trip
It feels like Harper Murray could not be having a worse offseason. The Nebraska Cornhuskers volleyball star, who has had not one but two run-ins with the law this spring, showed off a visit to the hospital earlier this week. Just as things looked like there was light at the...
The Last Man Ever Put to Death in the State of Iowa
Iowa is one of 23 states (along with Washington D.C.) that have abolished Capital Punishment. However, that wasn't always the case. The last time the state of Iowa performed the Death Penalty within its borders was in 1963. The practice would be banned statewide two years later, although there have been several efforts to bring it back in recent years.
Extreme heat and floods are back in the Midwest. How does climate change play in?
“Because our climate is changing overall, there’s pieces of climate change no matter what happens,” said the director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Midwest Climate Hub
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