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Police arrested the boy's 47-year-old father on charges of criminal homicide, use of a weapon and prohibited possession of a firearm.

Omaha police expressed appreciation for the community’s assistance in providing tips during the investigation.

Police say they received three separate calls about suspicious activity Monday evening, all with similar motives and possibly the same suspect.

The mother of a teen at the center of an illegal abortion case in northeast Nebraska has been sentenced to prison.

An investigation revealed an employee arrived for work and found the victim in the deep end of the pool.

A day care driver picked up the 1-year-old victim and two of her siblings. While her siblings were removed from the van, the victim was not.

A 6-year-old boy has been taken off life support after he nearly drowned at a Nebraska water park.

John Beasley died in a hospital in his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska. He had been undergoing tests on his liver.

An autopsy indicated the 1-year-old boy died from suffocation.

Police responded to an active shooter call at an Omaha, Nebraska, Target.

She is charged with negligent child abuse resulting in death.

One man was killed in a garage explosion in Iowa on Tuesday after he cut into a compressed natural gas tank, police said.

As thick black smoke billowed above the fire, officials were recommending residents nearby evacuate.

A man described as heavily armed was pulled over in Cass County, Iowa, last week while on his way to the White House, according to a report from NBC News.

A mannequin with breast pumps was set up in protest over the Nebraska Capitol's nursing mothers room being used as office space. It was placed outside the office of State Sen. Dan Hughes, who leads the executive committee in charge of the changes.

Drake Geiger’s family told WOWT the 6′3″ tackle was taken to the emergency room within 10 minutes of his first day of practice at South High School’s Collin Field.