Omaha News

An Omaha Police Officer is in critical condition and a suspect is in custody after a shooting around 10:45 Wednesday night.

A fire in a downtown apartment Sunday morning displaced a resident of one unit, an Omaha fire official said.

Lucky Boy, a 2-year-old chocolate-colored Labrador retriever mix, died in unlucky circumstances.

A statewide agency created 30 years ago to prepare migrant and seasonal farm-workers for other jobs is shutting down its Omaha office.

Monday, the U.S. Senate Ag Committee held a field hearing in Omaha, Nebraska. Iowa Senator Tom Harkin chaired the meeting.

Someone fired at least 20 shots into a house near 38th Street and Grand Avenue this morning, grazing one man and causing a woman to fall off the couch and injure her tailbone.

An inmate at the Douglas County Correctional Center in Omaha has died, and authorities are investigating.

Three children were able to safely flee from a fire at their Omaha home Sunday night.

A young man is fighting for his life after a stabbing in Midtown Omaha. Cops rushed to the scene near 47th and Charles Street on Sunday night.

Taiana Matheny is headed to the state women's prison in York. For how long is yet to be determined.

The pros and cons of corn-based ethanol are being recited at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing in Omaha.

An Omaha police officer fired his gun just once when he killed a dog that had bitten him at a south Omaha home, a police spokeswoman said Monday.

An Omaha man shot last month while his home was being robbed has died. Omaha police say 28-year-old Random Goynes died Friday at Creighton University Medical Center.

A fire destroyed an Omaha home Saturday evening, firefighters said. Crews saw flames coming from the back of the home at 48th and Fort streets when they arrived around 7 p.m. The house sustained smoke and water ...

The canvasses are open to the public. Barack Obama's campaign recently confirmed its interest in Nebraska's five electoral votes by hiring a state campaign director, Nebraskan John Berge.

ConAgra Foods Inc. has received tentative approval from the Labor Department to fund employee benefit risks through its Arizona-based captive insurance company.

Dara Torres had just become the oldest swimmer to win an Olympic silver medal, but her body language was still apologetic as she climbed out of the pool on Sunday alongside rivals young enough to be her ...

Katie Hoff looked exhausted when she pulled herself out of the pool Thursday inside the Water Cube.

The $4 million pilot plant at the company's research center in Scotland, S.D., will produce about 20,000 gallons of cellulosic ethanol per year, said Jeff Broin, Poet's chief executive.

BEIJING -- Kirsty Coventry and Margaret Hoelzer turned the 200-meter backstroke at the Olympic Games into an Auburn University intrasquad race.