6 News staff reports
Omaha, Neb.
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Omaha police are actively investigating a shooting that happened early Sunday morning.
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A convicted murderer has his life sentence upheld after an appeal.
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Nebraska lawmakers are set to wrap up the legislative session a little sooner than planned.
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John Beasley died in a hospital in his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska. He had been undergoing tests on his liver.
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Florida Governor and presidential candidate Ron DeSantis is touring multiple cities in Iowa, including a stop in Council Bluffs Wednesday afternoon.
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Nebraska is one step closer to enacting Voter ID requirements.
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Omaha Police are investigating after one woman died and three more people were injured Tuesday afternoon in a crash involving at least three vehicles at a busy intersection in north-central Omaha.
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Police are investigating an early morning shooting.
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A train derailed in Council Bluffs and multiple intersections are blocked as a result.
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An autopsy indicated the 1-year-old boy died from suffocation.
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The University of Nebraska Board of Regents will have a special meeting to discuss budgets and board bylaws.
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The suspect in a Mother’s Day shooting appears in court and is given a bond set in the millions.
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An Omaha woman who was originally sentenced to probation for child neglect resulting in death has been arrested once again.
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A look at the intense storms that tore through the area northwest of Omaha and across the greater region Friday.
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Nebraska state senators will debate LB574, the bill to ban gender-affirming care for minors, next week.
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Below is a roundup of sentences handed down last week in federal court in Omaha, according to updates from acting U.S. Attorney Steven Russell.
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A man was arrested Monday at Children’s Hospital after allegedly threatening to harm himself and others with an AR-15-style rifle.
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A woman has been arrested in connection to a shooting that killed one person and injured two others at a sports bar.
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Another suspect in a 2022 fireworks attack on a Sarpy County family has been sentenced.
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One person was sent to the hospital and a house was destroyed due to an early morning fire.
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A woman serving a 15-20 year sentence for attempted sexual assault has died.
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Nebraska State troopers arrested a David City man after a pursuit near Grand Island Wednesday morning.
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A former Omaha Police officer facing federal child pornography charges changed his plea to guilty on one of them Monday.
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State Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh is taking a break from her filibuster.
A former Nebraska State Trooper will spend decades behind bars.
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An OSHA investigation says the death of a northeast Nebraska man did not have to happen.
he Nebraska State Patrol arrested several impaired drivers on state roadways during the first weekend of a traffic safety campaign during the NSAA state basketball tourneys.
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Officials say two victims were found in an east Omaha house fire early Saturday morning.
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Nebraska’s Senators in Congress, Deb Fischer and Pete Ricketts, are visiting the U.S.-Mexico border.
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The one-woman filibuster of the Nebraska Legislature continued Tuesday.
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Traffic fatalities in Nebraska were down in January of 2023 compared to last year.
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Gov. Jim Pillen has appointed a new Chief Medical Officer for the Division of Public Health for the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Gov. Jim Pillen announced a “major mentoring initiative” alongside former Huskers Coach Tom Osborne at a noon news conference on Monday.
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Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium unveiled plans for its next big project.
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Police are planning to allow customers who fled the shooting scene at a west Omaha Target store to return there briefly to obtain the personal items they left behind.
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A Target store in west Omaha will remain closed as police continue to investigate a fatal shooting incident Tuesady that many witnesses told 6 News could have been far more deadly.
All members of the university and broader communities are invited to attend the sessions,
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An inmate housed at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution has died.
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The mother of Ryan Larsen is petitioning to have her son presumed dead in what may be an attempt to go after the school district.
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The Nebraska State Board of Education is looking for a new Commissioner.
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A man was arrested on several charges after allegedly running from police.
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State lawmakers introduced 49 more pieces of proposed legislation on Friday, bringing the total number of bills proposed so far to 464.
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The man who had hundreds of animals seized from a Papillion home was sentenced to prison Tuesday.
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Nebraska state senators introduced dozens more bills on Friday as the 108th Legislative session begins to take shape.
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Authorities are investigating after a man died while Omaha Police were responding to a domestic dispute call.
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Gov. Jim Pillen announced two hires for his communications team Monday.
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Officers found Tucker Dobberstein, 19, of Fremont, Neb., dead inside an apartment. He had been shot at least once.
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A woman is in custody after her child died from fentanyl.
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