Category Archives: KLIN News
44 New COVID-19 Cases Tuesday, DHHS Reports Testing Problems
Over the weekend and through today, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services has experienced technical difficulties reporting lab test results. The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Departme...
Sep 08, 2020
LPD Chief Bliemeister Tests Positive For COVID-19
On Saturday, September 5th, Lincoln Police Chief Jeff Bliemeister started to experience symptoms of COVID-19 On Sunday, September 6th, he was tested and later notified that his test results were posit...
Sep 08, 2020
Man Gives Clerk ID, Then Accused Of Robbing Walgreens
A robbery at Walgreens at 14th and Superior sent police rushing to the store on Monday, September 7th at 7:11 a.m. The clerk said a man walked in and asked for cigarettes. The clerk ringing the order ...
Sep 08, 2020
Clerk Threatened With Gun During Convenience Store Robbery
Lincoln police are looking for two suspects in the violent robbery of the U-Stop at 2925 NW 12th Street around 12:15 a.m. Monday, September 7th. A female employee told police that an adult male and fe...
Sep 08, 2020
Lincoln Man Struggles With Officers, Wanted For Larceny
Lincoln Police were called to North 64th and Gregory Avenue on Saturday, September 5th at 3:23 a.m. after they received a call of a person trying to open car doors. Police found 20 year old Joshua Pat...
Sep 08, 2020
Man Charged With Assault on a Lincoln Police Officer
On Saturday, September 9th, Lincoln Police were called to 17th and Old Glory around 1:20 a.m. after receiving a report of a possible weapons violation in progress. Police say a 14 year old reported th...
Sep 08, 2020
NU System Sees Increases In Enrollment After Bucking Previous Trends
University of Nebraska President Ted Carter announced today that enrollment across the NU system is up 1 percent this year, powered by growth among Nebraskans and underrepresented students following a...
Sep 08, 2020
MAYOR ISSUES PROCLAMATION FOR PERIOD OF MOURNING TO HONOR OFFICER HERRERA
Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird today issued the following proclamation: Period of Mourning: Whereas, Lincoln Police Department Investigator Luis "Mario" Herrera began working for LPD in 1997, after servin...
Sep 08, 2020
Lincoln-Lancaster County Adds Over 100 Cases Labor Day Weekend
Thirty lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported in Lancaster County Monday bringing the community total to 4,498. The number of deaths in the community remains at 20. The positivity rate remains ...
Sep 08, 2020
ICYMI: City Leaders, Community Mourn Loss of Fallen LPD Officer
Investigator Mario Herrera: End of Watch, September 7, 2020. A covered LPD badge outside the Hall of Justice, September 7, 2020. “Sadness does not begin to describe fully our community’s s...
Sep 08, 2020