Mike McKnight

2 days ago | 1011now.com | Mike McKnight

WAHOO, Neb. (WOWT) - Most senior citizens need every penny of their retirement payments to pay the bills. But a former postmaster has not been getting a big chunk of her federal pension. For 20 years, Donna Novotny near Wahoo served as a small-town postmaster, but in retirement, another federal agency is doing her a disservice. “I think someone needs to go into the computer and correct it, and nobody is,” Novotny said. $840 a month.

1 week ago | 1011now.com | Mike McKnight

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - An Omaha cancer patient wanted to make a special purchase while he still has time to enjoy it. But instead, may have fallen victim to an elaborate scheme. So to avoid being the target of other scams, he will not be identified, but Mike McKnight has a heartbreaking story that could prevent others from losing their money. “Ed” is undergoing treatment for melanoma that’s affected his strength but not his love for muscle cars.

1 month ago | 1011now.com | Mike McKnight

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - It’s a game that seems like no one’s ever too old to play. Softball can be played be seniors from 50 to 75. However, this week brought a whole new meaning to ‘keeping your heart in the game.’Players in Nebraska Senior Softball learned that how they react on the field can be life or death. Last Monday, 65-year-old John Erwin collapsed at second base, suffering what doctors call a ‘widowmaker’ heart attack. “The only reason he’s alive is because of this team. This community.

1 month ago | 1011now.com | Mike McKnight

WAHOO, Neb. (WOWT) - A First Alert 6 investigation last year prompted the filing of charges seven months after a motorcyclist died in a collision with a car. In happened on a highway just west of Omaha. On Thursday, the driver faced justice — and the victim’s widow. Friends in a motorcycle club paid tribute to fellow rider Ben Roberts of Ralston, who was killed at a highway intersection near Mead, Neb., when a car pulled through a stop sign and into his path while he was on a spring day ride.

1 month ago | kktv.com | Mike McKnight |Andrew Mcmunn

WARNING: This story may contain images that are disturbing for some viewers. OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT/Gray News) – While taking out the trash, a man in Nebraska was shocked to find someone had dumped a dog into the dumpster as if he were garbage. Jaymie Spencer said the dog was in a kennel with no food or water and appeared to be barely alive. “It was covered in its own feces, had mange, bugs all over it and flies sticking to it,” he said.