Author Archives: Karla James

Following a wave of fentanyl-laced overdoses in Lincoln, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and its Divisions of Public Health and Behavioral Health continue to raise awarenes...

Investigators with the Lincoln - Lancaster County Narcotics Task Force saw a vehicle near 25th and Fairfield make several illegal turns around 10:30 Monday night. The vehicle pulled in to a parking lo...

The man accused of setting an apartment on fire at 15th and Hilltop is out of the hospital and behind bars. 39 year old Veonta Hopper was transported from from the hospital to the jail around 6 p.m. T...

One year ago, Lincoln Police Officer Mario Herrera was shot in the line of duty. Despite receiving many blood transfusions and phenomenal care from our local hospitals and first responders, Officer He...

The Lincoln - Lancaster County Health Department reports 3 more deaths from COVID-19, a woman in her 50's and a man in his 90's were both hospitalized and a woman in her 90's was not hospitalized. Two...

This COVID-19 Risk Dial provides a summary of current conditions in the Lincoln-Lancaster County community. Each color incorporates federal and national guidance published by public health experts and...

(AP) Nebraska's veterans affairs agency is facing questions from a state lawmaker after it published job advertisements for nurses touting the fact that the state doesn't require its employees to get ...

An employee at Industrial Services Inc. noticed on July 15th that fraudulent charges had been made on a company credit card. During the investigation, police learned that an employee, 31 year old Jord...

At 11 a.m. on Monday, August 23rd, Lincoln Police were called to a home in the 4200 block of Cornhusker to investigate a robbery. A neighbor had called police to report seeing two men walking up to a ...

There are two more COVID-19 deaths in Lancaster County, a man in his 40's and a man in his 60's, both were hospitalized and unvaccinated. This brings the number of deaths to 259. The Health Department...