Author Archives: Mark Vail
67 Positive COVID-19 Cases Reported Wednesday in Lancaster County
Lab-confirmed cases reported Wednesday: 67 Total number of cases: 32,594 Deaths reported Wednesday: 0 Total number of deaths: 243 Hospitalizations for COVID-19 positive patients: 58 with 42 from Lanca...
Aug 05, 2021
StarTran Changing 5 Route Schedules Beginning August 19th
Lincoln Transportation and Utilities (LTU) transit system, StarTran, announced service changes on five bus routes effective August 19 through January 5, 2022. The following routes will have hourly ser...
Aug 04, 2021
COVID-19 Cases Climb to 86 Tuesday in Lancaster County
Lab-confirmed cases reported Tuesday: 86 Total number of cases: 32,527 Deaths reported Tuesday: 0 Total number of deaths: 243 Hospitalizations for COVID-19 positive patients: 49 with 35 from Lancaster...
Aug 04, 2021
Gun Shots Overnight in Lincoln - 2 People Critically Injured
Two men were critically injured about being shot about 8pm Monday evening in Southeast Lincoln. A confrontation in the parking lot of the Edgewood Shopping Center near 56th & Highway 2 lead to the...
Aug 03, 2021
146 COVID-19 Cases Friday-Monday in Lancaster County
Lab-confirmed cases reported over the weekend: 72 (44 Saturday, 28 Sunday) Lab-confirmed cases reported Monday: 74 Total number of cases: 32,441 Deaths reported Monday: 0 Total number of deaths: 243 H...
Aug 03, 2021
Lancaster County Reports 61 COVID-19 Cases Thursday - Vaccinations Reach 68%
Lab-confirmed cases reported Thursday: 61 Total number of cases: 32,217 Deaths reported: 0 Total number of deaths: 242 Hospitalizations for COVID-19 positive patients: 39 with 27 from Lancaster County...
Jul 30, 2021
Heat Advisory Noon to 9 pm Friday - Air Quality Issues Through the Weekend
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... Heat index values up to 105 are expected in Jefferson, Johnson, Otoe, Saline, Richardson, Seward, Gage, Lancaster, Pawnee...
Jul 30, 2021
43 Positive COVID-19 Cases Reported Wednesday in Lancaster County
Lab-confirmed cases reported Wednesday: 43 Total number of cases: 32,156 Deaths reported Wednesday: 0 Total number of deaths: 242 Hospitalizations for COVID-19 positive patients: 43 with 25 from Lanca...
Jul 29, 2021
Heat Advisory Continues Until 9pm Thursday
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... Heat index values up to 110 can be expected across portions of southeast Nebraska and southwest Iowa. Hot temperatures and high humidi...
Jul 29, 2021
COVID-19 Risk Dial Move To Yellow Explained
The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department (LLCHD) announced Tuesday that the COVID-19 Risk Dial has moved to yellow, which indicates that the risk of the virus spreading and the impact on our com...
Jul 28, 2021