Omaha neighbors gathered to remember another homicide victim.Police say 20-year-old Derrick Hayes Jr. died at the hospital Saturday night.Officers found Hayes shot at North 52nd Street and Ames Avenue. A first responders’ prayer walk began at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday at the scene of the crime.Police have not yet announced any arrests in this case.Anyone … Read more
Two metro mothers and best friends gave birth to their baby girls, not only on the same day but in the same hour at the same hospital, with the same midwife. When Emily Jones and Heather Jameson found out they were expecting, the obvious thoughts quickly followed.”We always joked about how we thought it would … Read more
A team of truckers parked on Interstate 680 in Omaha as first responders helped someone suffering a mental health crisis.The incident occurred around 10:15 a.m. Monday morning near Blondo Street on I-680 when officers saw a woman holding onto the fence on the interstate bridge, according to authorities.Omaha police said they worked with the Nebraska … Read more
For 105 years, a Nebraska family has celebrated their ties to Omaha.The Bryant-Fisher family has grown by the hundreds since 1917 when Emma Early Bryant-Fisher brought the family together to celebrate boys venturing off to serve in World War I.”She wanted to see everybody together, but they were too large for the house,” family reporter … Read more
JULIE: BACK IN DOUGLAS COUNTY COURT, PROSECUTORS SAY THIS IS THE MAN RESPONSIBLE FOR A RENTAL LOT FILLED WITH STOLEN PROPERTY IN BENSON. INVESTIGATORS SAY QUIM HEREDIA-SANCHEZ STOLE AT LEAST 11 VEHICLES, WORTH $106,000. POLICE RECOVERED THOSE VEHICLES LAST MONTH FROM A PROPERTY NEAR 61ST AND BINNEY STREETS. A JUDGE SET BOND AT $250,000. HEREDIA-SANCHEZ … Read more
OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — A tour bus belonging to Machine Gun Kelly parked near the Farnam Hotel in downtown Omaha was tagged on Thursday and 3 News Now was there as the graffiti was cleaned up. On one side of the bus, there was an inappropriate drawing and on the other, homophobic slurs. A woman in the … Read more
Some people ease gently into their 50th birthday with the caution of a middle-aged adult dipping a toe in the waters of retirement. Mike Straub is not one of those people.“You live your passions,” said Straub, who has the license plate “Y WAIT” on his Corvette.The Omaha man is on an adventure he’s planned for … Read more