From stolen lottery tickets to a chance encounter with an Omaha Police officer, 6 News is learning more about how investigators caught a suspected armed robber.

If you show up, you'll get to indulge on Swedish desserts, pastries and baked goods.

The University of Nebraska Board of Regents has unanimously approved Ted Carter as the eighth president of the University of Nebraska system.

Fire damaged several garages at a metro apartment complex Thursday morning.

A Michigan man told a Lancaster County Sheriff's Deputy he was bringing drugs from Michigan to sell in Colorado when he was pulled over in Nebraska.

Authorities are searching for an inmate that has gone missing from the Community Corrections Center-Omaha.

The victim in a shots fired incident in Omaha's Little Italy neighborhood Wednesday has died in the hospital.

Omaha Police Homicide Investigators made four arrests in connection to a suspicious death that happened near 45th and Decatur in August.

Omaha Public Schools confirmed that the principal at Beveridge Magnet Middle School is on leave.

A southeastern Nebraska man has been charged under a new law that makes it a crime to post pornographic images of others without their permission or to use the images for blackmail.

Omaha Police were called to the area of 5th and William streets for a shots fired call Wednesday at 2:30 p.m.

It was a scary situation in Schuyler Wednesday afternoon.

The Schuyler Fire Department has ordered the evacuation of downtown Schuyler for a possible gas leak.

Amigos in downtown Lincoln is set to close after 37 years.

A 28-year-old man is facing charges of sexual assault of a child after reportedly assaulting a 10-year-old in rural Lancaster County.

Leaders of the Omaha suburb of Bellevue have voted down a measure that would have allowed the firing of elected officials for engaging in misconduct or leaking information from closed-door meetings.

Omaha Police have announced three people had been arrested in connection with a man found dead Monday morning in Millard.

A 40-year-old woman already on parole for fraud in Colorado has been arrested on suspicion of embezzling from a Lincoln chiropractic business where she worked.

The Papillion City Council unanimously approved authorizing a lawsuit Tuesday against the city of Gretna.

A convicted sex offender is now charged in a cold case.

A North Carolina man has been sentenced for enticement of a minor in Lincoln.

Omaha Police are searching for a suspect in an attempted bank robbery on Tuesday.

Residents who don't have plans for Christmas Day have an option for how to spend the holiday.

It happened on Tuesday near 13th Street and 26th Avenue.

If you plan on driving around Platte County this holiday season, make sure you do it while sober.

Nebraska Medicine has released a statement Tuesday regarding a data breach that was discovered in early October.

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The Nebraska Army National Guard held a departure ceremony for its Cyber Protection Team.

Nearly 800 Nebraska State Penitentiary inmates — more than half the Lincoln prison’s population — have signed a petition sent to state officials and various news outlets decrying conditions at the prison.

Lincoln Police arrested a man after he delivered 24 grams of cocaine to an undercover officer.

A man has been arrested for robbing First State Bank & Trust in Fremont Thursday, Nov. 21, according to police.

The city of Papillion is using signs to try to slow traffic at a downtown intersection where a 10-year-old girl was fatally hit by a car earlier this year.

The Christmas tree is at the Capitol!

Lincoln Animal Control rescued a cat that had its head stuck in a jar on Monday.

The Columbus City Council added one more piece to the puzzle of building new police and fire stations.

Omaha Police have released more information on what they are now calling a homicide investigation in a Millard neighborhood.

Lincoln Police have released a surveillance image of a man trying to break into vehicles in southeast Lincoln.

Police say the alleged abuse happened in early 2018.

Omaha Police are investigating a suspicious death in west Omaha.

Lawyers for the Metropolitan Omaha Property Owner's Association wants a judge to order a temporary injunction against the city's new landlord registry ordinance. It takes effect Jan. 1.

The Seward County Sheriff's Office is searching for a man with a warrant who fled from them Sunday night.

A Neligh woman with two arrest warrants faces additional charges after a disturbance over the weekend.

A man facing charges of motor vehicle homicide in connection to a crash that killed a UNL band member pled no contest to the charges on Monday.

Blues artist Michael Charles has returned to play not one, but two free shows Friday and Saturday.

The Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce wants you to do your holiday shopping at local stores.

An Omaha woman who contracted hepatitis A after eating blackberries she bought at a Fresh Thyme grocery store has sued the company.

The American Red Cross and Hy-Vee will recognize James Wilke as Nebraska's 2019 "citizen hero."

Lincoln Police have arrested a man for assault after the victim showed up to a police station with a cut on his neck.

Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium has announced the birth of an Eastern mountain bongo calf.

Two inmates who assaulted a prison captain at the Nebraska State Penitentiary in Lincoln have been given more time behind bars.

Preliminary work on the Lincoln South Beltway project will begin soon, according to the Nebraska Department of Transportation.

A man accused of fatally shooting a Lincoln resident wants to take back pleas he entered.

In a news release Wednesday, the city said the Columbus Community Center is closed.

The city of Columbus says they're faring well cleaning up after the storm.

Thanksgiving travel got off to a slippery start in Nebraska.

Transportation officials are discouraging travel on eastern Nebraska highways.

Snowfall is supposed to continue overnight into Wednesday, with forecasters predicting six inches or more for Columbus.

Council Bluffs Police have arrested a man for first-degree murder in connection with a body found wrapped in a sheet.

A community corrections inmate has been returned to the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services.

Authorities have dropped a child abuse charge that was leveled against a city councilman in the Omaha suburb of Papillion.

The city issued a press release about closures.

The Lancaster County Sheriff's Office has identified a Seward man as the victim of a fatal accident in a crash at Highway 34 and Northwest 48th Street on Monday afternoon.

Columbus Public Works said its crews are already working on keeping the roads clear while the winter storm looms.

Natural Gas customers in the Winside area are enjoying warm homes and hot showers after a service outage threatened to leave them in the cold during today's winter storm.

Forecasted snowfall is expected to reach 6 to 9 inches, with northeast winds 20-25 mph and up to 40 mph wind gusts.

A Grammy-elected blues musician is coming to Columbus to play a couple shows.