Author Archives: Mark Vail

The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department is continuing COVID-19 vaccination clinics at various locations around the County. In addition, at-home test kits are available at the Health Department....

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to around 45 mph expected. Several hours of winds this strong are forecast during t...

Testimony in the trial of Congressman Jeff Fortenberry continued Monday with testimony from Dr Elias Ayoub. Ayoub made the 2018 phone call to Fortenberry that was recorded by the FBI. Paul Hammel repo...

A Platte County jury returned a guilty verdict Monday evening in the trial of Felipe Vazquez. Vazquez was convicted of first-degree murder in the shooting death of LPD investigator Mario Herrera. The ...

The cause - protecting Christian minorities in the Middle East from persecution was the motivation for a campaign donation to Congressman Jeff Fortenberry in 2016. Paul Hammel with the Nebraska Examin...

The June 2018 phone call between Congressman Jeff Fortenberry and a California doctor who had hosted a fund raiser for Fortenberry in 2016 was played in court Thursday. A defense attorney told jurors ...

A jury of 4 men and 8 women make up the jury that will hear the trial of Congressman Jeff Fortenberry. Several jurors were dismissed after admitting to the judge they didn't trust what politicians sai...

An inmate at the Community Corrections Center - Lincoln has died. 51-year old Daniel Gondringer died March 14th at a hospital in Lincoln. Gondringer's sentence started September 21, 1990. He was servi...

53-year old Melvin Stamper, an inmate at the Nebraska State Penitentiary, died the evening of March 13, 2022. His sentence began on November 18, 2005. Stamper was serving an 18- to 34-year sentence fo...

UPDATE SATURDAY EVENING: Lincoln Police report Terry Wampole has been located safe.   The Lincoln Police Department is seeking the public's assistance in locating a missing at-risk adult: The Lin...