6 things you need to know on Tuesday, July 15

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – First Alert 6 has the headlines you need to know to get your Tuesday started.

Pedestrian hospitalized after being hit by car in Omaha

One person is in the hospital after they were hit by a car in Omaha on Monday night.

The Omaha Police Department was called to the crash near 20th and Miami streets just after 9 p.m. Monday.

Police dispatch confirmed the details of the crash with First Alert 6, but did not specify the victim’s condition.

$1M bond ordered for man accused in deadly wrong-way Omaha crash

A judge ordered a $1 million bond Monday on a man accused of killing two people in a head-on collision in Omaha.

Christian Stephens, 22, is charged with two counts of felony motor vehicle homicide DUI in connection to a crash last Friday.

Investigators say Stephens was driving the wrong way on Interstate 480 when he hit a car head on. Two of the four people inside the car died — 21-year-old Nicholas Humbert and Adrianna Estrada.

When searching his vehicle, officers say they found an empty vodka seltzer and beer can in his passenger seat and other containers in the bed of the truck.

Investigators say when his blood was drawn at the hospital three hours after the wreck, he tested at .08 — the legal limit to drive.

Omaha Rapid Response to deploy to Texas to help flood victims

Volunteers with Omaha Rapid Response are set to head to Texas to help offset the devastation caused by the July 4 floods.

Just last April, the group responded to several Nebraska and Iowa communities when the metro was hit with severe weather.

There will be 15 groups of volunteers sent just west of Kerrville, the hardest hit area, to help with the devastating aftermath.

Before volunteers leave Sunday, they are asking for help from the public to load supplies. You can sign up on their website.

Nebraska Task Force 1 joined the effort last week. Crews are using rescue boats, helicopters, trained dogs and other equipment to search for survivors.

Omaha restaurant location to reopen Tuesday after subpoena from DHS

An Omaha restaurant announced that they it is ready to reopen one of its locations Tuesday after an employee compliance review.

On Sunday, Fernando’s Café and Cantina said it was given a subpoena from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security asking for documentation of its employees.

Fernando’s says there were no ice operations involved, but that the subpoena has resulted in the departure of some workers.

In a social media post, the restaurant’s owner says the 114th and Dodge location will be open for dine-in from 11 a.m. until 9 p.m. Tuesday.

Omaha Metro Transit to hold public meeting over services Tuesday

There will be three more public meetings this week over Metro Transit’s new services in Omaha.

One of the proposed changes is reducing the ten-minute wait time for MOBY vehicles to five minutes.

The other major change is a new pilot program, Metroflex, that works similarly to Uber or Lyft. You can call or book a ride through an app in one or three areas: North, South and West Omaha.

The meetings started last Wednesday. Here are the dates, times and locations for this week’s meetings:

• Tuesday, Omaha Public Library’s South Omaha Branch, 2:00 – 5:00 p.m.
• Thursday, Omaha Public Library’s Florence Branch, 4:00 – 7:00 p.m.
• Sunday, Aksarben Farmers Market, 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

McDermott shares coaching plans for Creighton men’s basketball

After finishing his 15th season, Greg McDermott’s future as head coach of men’s basketball at Creighton University has become a little clearer.

With a successor already set to take over, First Alert 6 found out Monday McDermott plans to coach for two or three more years.

His successor, Alan Huss, played for Creighton from 1997 to 2001 and worked as an assistant under McDermott for six years.

“He’s an outside-the-box thinker,” McDermott said to First Alert 6 in May. “He’s one of the best offensive minds I’ve ever been around and I think everyone saw what he’s capable of when he went to High Point. He’s a terrific well-rounded head coach and he’s going to be successful for a long, long time.”

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