Category Archives: KLIN News
$330,000 Nebraska Pick 5 Winning Ticket Sold in Lincoln
One lucky player who bought a Nebraska Pick 5 ticket for the Friday, July 18 drawing in Lincoln has won $330,000. The Nebraska Lottery has confirmed that one ticket sold matched all five winning numbe...
Jul 21, 2025
Lincoln to Host Celebration for Refugee And Immigrant Youth
Lincoln will host an event on Wednesday that brings together the city's diverse communities for an evening of soccer and fellowship. It's called the Youth World Cup Celebration and features refugee an...
Jul 21, 2025 (Photo: Reprinted with permission from Lincoln Journal Star)
100 Citations Issued During Southeast Lincoln Enforcement Effort
Lincoln Police says officers from their Southeast Team wrote 100 citations during an enhanced traffic enforcement project in June. Officers worked overtime to focus on areas with high incidents of tra...
Jul 20, 2025
LPD Releases Results of Northwest Lincoln Traffic Enforcement Effort
Lincoln Police has released results of an enhanced traffic enforcement project conducted by the Northwest Team in June. Officers worked overtime to specifically address traffic concerns reported by co...
Jul 19, 2025
Nebraska Lawmakers Helped Push Trump Admin to Unfreeze Education Funds
Following pressure from Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) announced Friday will release $1.3 billion in previously withheld grant money to states for after-s...
Jul 18, 2025 Empty Classroom | Pixabay | pexels.com
LFR Names 2024 Firefighter of the Year
A surprise ceremony was held Friday morning at Station 14 as Lincoln Fire & Rescue named Dave Backhus as the 2024 Doug Wells Memorial Firefighter of the Year. Public Information Officer MJ Lierman...
Jul 18, 2025
City Launches 'Downtown Dinners' Food Truck Series Starting July 24
The City of Lincoln is launching a new evening food truck gathering series called "Downtown Dinners at the Food Truck Zone." The first event in the series is set for Thursday, July 24, from 4:30 to 8 ...
Jul 18, 2025 Food Truck Zone at 7th and "K" Streets near Lincoln's Haymarket | (Photo: City of Lincoln)
LPD Warns of Scammers Posing As City Planning Department Employees
The Lincoln Police Department has issued an alert of ongoing attempts by scammers to pose as the City of Lincoln Planning Department. Public Information Manager Erika Thomas says they learned in May t...
Jul 18, 2025
Nebraska Task Force 1 Coming Home
The 45-member Nebraska Task Force 1 Urban Search and Rescue team will be leaving Texas and heading home to Lincoln early next week. Lincoln Fire and Rescue Public Information Officer MJ Lierman says t...
Jul 18, 2025
Authorities Identify Woman Found Dead After Nebraska Chase
Authorities have identified the woman found dead in a crashed vehicle near Lincoln early Wednesday morning as Dorinda Segebrecht, of Dodgeville, Wisconsin. Segebrecht was the subject of an endangered ...
Jul 18, 2025