Category Archives: KLIN News
Hy-Vee To Start Limiting Meat Purchases
Hy-vee has announced that beginning Wednesday, May 6th, stores nationwide will follow the example of Kroger, Sams’s Club, and other large grocers in limiting how many meat purchases a customer c...
May 05, 2020
Lincoln-Lancaster County Updates DHM Through May 10
Pat Lopez, Interim Director of the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department (LLCHD), today signed an updated COVID-19 Directed Health Measure (DHM). The original DHM for Lancaster County, scheduled ...
May 05, 2020
CHI Health St. Elizabeth To Process State COVID-19 Tests
A Lincoln hospital is announced as the primary process location for state COVID-19 tests. Governor Pete Ricketts announced at today’s COVID-19 press briefing that a lab has been built at CHI Hea...
May 05, 2020
Off-Duty NSP Trooper Assaulted While Investigating Hit-and-Run
An off-duty Nebraska State Patrol trooper is assaulted while investigating a hit-and-run. Lincoln Police officer Erin Spilker says at around 11 am Monday, an off-duty trooper in plain-clothes and in h...
May 05, 2020
Lincoln Police Officer Tackles Suspect Attempting To Flee On Bicycle
A Lincoln police officer runs down and tackles suspect attempting to flee on a bicycle. Officer Erin Spilker said officers were called to the 2800 block of Jameson North around 5 am Tuesday after rece...
May 05, 2020
Lancaster County Passes 400 Confirmed Cases of COVID-19
Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird and the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department (LLCHD) announced that 40 new lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Lincoln Tuesday morning, bringing the ...
May 05, 2020
Wind Advisory Until 6PM Tuesday Evening
…WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING… * WHAT… Northwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected across portions of east central, northeast and southeast N...
May 05, 2020
"We Run Around With Masks On" Lincoln's Long-Term Care Facilities Manage Ongoing Crisis
One of the hardest-hit populations from the new coronavirus are the elderly and in some cases, they face the biggest risks in long term care facilities. At Pemberly Place in Lincoln, the virus also ta...
May 05, 2020
Schuyler-based Cargill Closing Plant Amid Coronavirus
Nebraska’s second meatpacking plant is closing due to high positive lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19. The Schuyler-based Cargill plant which processes beef cattle announced Monday night it would ...
May 05, 2020
Tuesday Morning Statewide COVID-19 Update
The first COVID-19 case in Boone County has been reported to the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Local health departments are reporting deaths and cases in their jurisdictions...
May 05, 2020