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Fire officials were investigating two fires, one of which occurred in a service garage in southwest Omaha.

Brandon S. Norton, 37, has been charged with second-degree murder. Norton went to the Sarpy County Jail on Tuesday evening to tell authorities that he had killed his wife.

The wanted man was booked into the Pottawattamie County Jail on suspicion of eluding arrest, reckless driving and having no insurance.

Douglas County 911 dispatchers said the vehicle was later found abandoned near South 35th Street and Ninth Avenue in Council Bluffs.

No witnesses or video surveillance of the crash could be found, police said.

More upper-level disturbance will move in Friday and Saturday nights, ushering in more storm chances.

There are, according to one estimate, more self-storage businesses in America than McDonald’s restaurants. And self-storage businesses appear to be growing in number and visibility in Omaha. Increasingly, they are fancy garages with features like climate control and drive-thrus. Clearly…

Omaha City Council Vice President Chris Jerram is considering introducing a youth curfew proposal that would apply only during the summer.

A man is in custody in Council Bluffs after he led officers on a high-speed chase that ended in a collision with two vehicles.

Tim Francis sits on the gray green porch of his sage green home in the Hawley Neighborhood.