Author Archives: Mark Vail
1 Dead Following 3 Separate Shooting Incidents Overnight
Lincoln Police released additional details about 3 separate shooting incidents Saturday into early Sunday morning. Around 1:30 am Sunday LPD Officers responded to a fight in the 100 Block of North 11t...
Sep 08, 2024
UPDATE: 1 DEAD / 3 People Shot Overnight in 2 Separate Incidents
UPDATE: LPD HAS PROVIDED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. THE STORY IS UPDATED HERE **** Lincoln Police report 2 separate shooting incidents overnight in Lincoln. About 11:30 Saturday night a 20-year-old Linco...
Sep 08, 2024
Downtown Street Closure for Water Main Repair
Lincoln Transportation and Utilities (LTU) announced Saturday morning that a portion of the westbound lanes of "O" Street between 12th and 13th streets are now closed for water main repairs. There wil...
Sep 07, 2024
LPD Says 10-Year-Old Brought Gun to Belmont Elementary
A rusty, unloaded gun was found at Belmont Elementary School Thursday afternoon. LPS staff initiated The Standard Response Protocol of Hold while administrators and staff searched the school and ident...
Sep 06, 2024 Lincoln Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Paul Gausman (left) and Lincoln Police Assistant Chief Ryan Dale during a Thursday afternoon briefing regarding an security incident at Belmont Elementary School. (Courtesy: Lincoln Public Schools)
Omaha Man Shot in the Haymarket Area Thursday Night
Lincoln Police are investigating a shooting that injured an Omaha man in the Haymarket late Thursday night. Public Information Officer Erika Thomas says it happened near Canopy and 'Q' Street around 1...
Sep 06, 2024 The corner sign of Canopy Street and "Q" Street. (Tom Stanton, KLIN News)
LPD Handles Assaults and 2 Robberies Overnight
Lincoln Police were busy late Monday night into early Tuesday morning after two men were assaulted and two businesses were robbed. Lieutenant Jason Goodwin tells KLIN News the two men, ages 42 and 49,...
Sep 03, 2024
Missing Inmate from Community Corrections Center Found
An inmate who went missing from the Community Corrections Center - Lincoln (CCC-L) has been arrested by the Metro Area Fugitive Task Force. Obiomachuckuka Njokanma was taken into custody Spetember 3, ...
Sep 02, 2024
Man Killed In UTV Crash In Lancaster County Identified
The Lancaster County Sheriff's Department has identified the man killed in a UTV crash near 1st and Davey Road Sunday night. "The victim is 45-year-old Andrew Koss from Madison, Nebraska," says Captai...
Sep 02, 2024
Two Men Sought In Sunday Night Robbery
Lincoln Police were called to 48th and Adams Street about 7:40 Sunday night to investigate a robbery. LPD Lt. Jason Goodwin says the victim told officers he was there to meet someone who wanted to buy...
Aug 26, 2024
Minor Injuries in Rollover Accident Sunday Afternoon
Just after noon Sunday, Lincoln Police responded to a rollover accident at 83rd & Holdrege. The LPD investigation reports a vehicle was traveling southbound in a commercial parking lot when it ent...
Aug 25, 2024 Photo Courtesy of KLIN's Doug Fitzgerald