Category Archives: KLIN News
Wednesday Morning COVID-19 Update
An 11th person died of COVID-19 in Lancaster County. The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department reports the person is a man in his 60s who was hospitalized. LLCHD reported nine new cases Tuesday. ...
Jun 24, 2020
Parks and Rec Plans To Reopen City Playgrounds By July 4
Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird today announced that the Lincoln Parks and Recreation Department has begun to gradually reopen the 89 city playgrounds that have been closed due to the pandemic. The five pa...
Jun 24, 2020
Lancaster County Records 11th Death Due To COVID-19, Nine New Cases Reported
Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird and the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department (LLCHD) today announced that an 11th resident has died from COVID-19 in Lincoln. Nine lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 have...
Jun 23, 2020
UPDATE: Former Husker RB Maurice Washington Found Safe
Lincoln Police confirm Former Husker running back Maurice Washington has been found safe in Lincoln after being reported missing by the Nebraska State Patrol Friday, June 19th. No further details were...
Jun 23, 2020
LPD To Review Excessive Force Policy, Decisions Announced June 30
Lincoln Mayor Leirion Gaylor Bair announces city police will have a mid-year, expedited review of their use of force policy in response to concerns of nation-wide police brutality. Gaylor Baird said p...
Jun 23, 2020
LPD: Man Reports Being Robbed At Gun Point Near Home
A man reports being robbed at gunpoint in broad daylight. Officer Erin Spilker says police reported to an alley the 3800 block of South 48th St. around 1 p.m yesterday on a report of a robbery. "The v...
Jun 23, 2020
LPD: Suspect Sought In Evening Stabbing, Robbery
A man reports being stabbed in the torso during an evening robbery. Officer Erin Spilker said police were called to a hospital just after 7 pm Monday after staff reported a man with a stab wound had c...
Jun 23, 2020
BREAKING: City Officials Select Proposal For Pershing Center Block Redevelopment
The Pershing Center Block will be revived after sitting lifeless for eight years with an announcement Tuesday morning it will become a 100-unit affordable housing complex. “Although a great deal...
Jun 23, 2020
LPD: Officers Talk Down Juvenile Threatening To Jump Off Bridge
Lincoln police talk down a teenager threatening to jump from an area bridge. Officer Erin Spilker reports that around 2:30 a.m.Tuesday, police were sent to a railroad bridge near Havelock and Cornhusk...
Jun 23, 2020
Penrod Named New Southeast High School Principal
Lincoln Public Schools announced Tuesday that Tanner Penrod will be the next principal at Southeast High School. Penrod will follow Brent Toalson, who is retiring at the end of August. Penrod has serv...
Jun 23, 2020