6 News staff reports
Omaha, Neb.
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A Nebraska health district says it has detected the first human case of West Nile virus for the 2023 season.
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During a signing ceremony, Gov. Pillen highlighted a program that helps connect non-custodial fathers with their children.
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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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Nebraska is one step closer to enacting Voter ID requirements.
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An autopsy indicated the 1-year-old boy died from suffocation.
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The Nebraska State Patrol arrested multiple protestors during debate on the legislative floor Friday afternoon.
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Caught on cam: Good Samaritans help lift car off a man pinned underneath after a crash Thursday in Omaha.
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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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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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Nebraska’s most well-known abortion doctor died overnight.
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The family of missing 11-year-old Ryan Larsen failed to have him presumed dead with a petition, but plans to continue with action against the Papillion-La Vista School District.
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A judge has thrown out a petition that sought to have missing 11-year-old Ryan Larsen presumed dead.
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A controversial abortion bill has failed in the second round of debate in the Nebraska Legislature.
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Former Husker Coach Frank Solich was honored during the 2023 Red-White Spring Game.
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The sheriff’s office says it is unknown why the man had stopped along the interstate
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The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office announced that a man accused in a 1983 murder case has been sentenced.
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A handful of Nebraska and Iowa lawmakers have issued statements on the indictment of former President Donald Trump by a New York grand jury Thursday afternoon.
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A bill to give tax cuts to some Nebraskans is headed to a second round of voting.
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Authorities searching for a missing woman overnight said they found her body Thursday.
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Nebraska lawmakers spent Tuesday morning and afternoon debating a motion to “suspend the rules.”
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An Omaha metro mainstay for family fun will kick off its season this Saturday.
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Nebraska National Guard Soldiers are about to head out on a one-year deployment to the U.S. European Command area of responsibility.
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A Shelby County man died after striking a transport van near the town of Irwin, Iowa Thursday.
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Officials say two victims were found in an east Omaha house fire early Saturday morning.
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State senators moved Nebraska’s permitless conceal-carry bill forward Friday morning.
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La Vista Police Chief Bob Lausten is fighting a subpoena compelling him to testify Tuesday in a hearing that seeks to declare Ryan Larsen “presumed dead.”
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A Thayer County man reported missing out of a small town in south-central Nebraska has been found dead at his workplace.
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Two brothers have been sentenced for their roles in the shooting death of 21-year-old Traquez Swift in at Westroads Mall in April 2021.
A Thayer County man is missing out of Bruning and authorities believe there are suspicious circumstances.
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Supporters of rights for transgender people spoke out at the Nebraska state Capitol, voicing their opposition to a bill on gender-affirming care for youth ahead of a hearing Wednesday.
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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.
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A woman accused of having an illegal abortion has her trial pushed back.
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Lawmakers at the Nebraska Legislature spent Friday debating how to handle an anti-abortion bill.
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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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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Days after Ben Sasse officially vacated his Senate seat, Gov. Jim Pillen has appointed Pete Ricketts as his replacement.
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Deputies found the wreckage about a mile south of the Auburn airport.
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A woman is in custody after her child died from fentanyl.
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The Nebraska Legislature began its new session Wednesday with several new members, a new incoming Republican governor, and nearly $1 billion in cash.
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One man was killed in a garage explosion in Iowa on Tuesday after he cut into a compressed natural gas tank, police said.
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A man was killed in an explosion in a Council Bluffs neighborhood on Tuesday.
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The Douglas County Attorney’s Office announced Friday that they’re upgrading the charges filed against Aldrick Scott.
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Douglas County Sheriff’s Office investigators have confirmed the body found in Topeka earlier this week is Cari Allen.
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Former Nebraska Interim Head Football Coach Mickey Joseph remains in jail and is scheduled to appear in court this afternoon following his arrest Wednesday.
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A mom accused of helping her teen daughter get an illegal abortion has had her trial date moved.
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Former Congressman Jeff Fortenberry has appealed his conviction following what his legal team says was an “unprecedented prosecution.”
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