Category Archives: KLIN News
Man Arrested For 3rd DUI Following Northeast Lincoln Crash
Lincoln Police have arrested a man following a disturbance early Monday morning that involved a bicyclist. Sergeant Chris Vollmer says officers were called to 46th and Cleveland around 2:45a.m. He say...
Jul 14, 2025
LSO Begins Speeding Enforcement Campaign
The Lancaster County Sheriff's Office is taking part in The 'Speeding Prevention' enforcement effort, a nationwide mobilization sponsored by the Nebraska Department of Transportation Highway Safety Of...
Jul 14, 2025
'EPIC Option 2.0' Aims to Nix Nebraska Property, Income, Corporate, Death Taxes
Nebraska residents will have another chance to sign a petition aimed at overhauling the state's tax system through a constitutional amendment. Dubbed "EPIC Option 2.0," the ballot initiative would eli...
Jul 11, 2025 EPIC Option Facebook Page
Lincoln Service Organization Providing Laptops For Ukrainian Students
A grant from Lincoln's Downtown Rotary 14 is helping Ukrainian school students maintain their studies as they take to bomb shelters, move away from the war zone or stay at home during the war with Rus...
Jul 11, 2025
NE-TF1 Crews Continue Grim Search For Missing People in Texas
Search and rescue teams from several states, including Nebraska, continue their work to locate about 160 missing people following catastrophic flooding along the Guadalupe River early on the morning o...
Jul 11, 2025
One Person Injured in Northeast Lincoln Apartment Fire
A resident of the Crescent Plaza Apartments near 52nd and Fremont was injured in a fire at the Crescent Plaza Apartments just after noon on Friday. LFR Public Information Officer MJ Lierman says a mai...
Jul 11, 2025
Nebraska Rep. Smith Talks Rural Hospital Closures, Big Beautiful Bill, US-Japan
Following an eventful week in the U.S. House of Representatives, KLIN News was able to speak with Nebraska's 3rd District Rep. Adrian Smith by phone for a 10-minute interview on Wednesday, July 9, 202...
Jul 11, 2025 The United States Capitol Building | Rep. Adrian Smith (NE-03) | Photo: U.S. House of Representatives — Office of the Clerk
ICE Takes Down High-Ranking MS-13 Gang Leaders in Omaha
The Department of Homeland Security confirms U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security agents arrested two senior MS-13 gang leaders this week in Omaha who are wanted in El Salvad...
Jul 11, 2025
Boat Destroyed in Fire at Branched Oak Lake, No Injuries Reported
A Lincoln man escaped injury but lost his boat in a fire at Branched Oak Lake Thursday morning. According to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, the 35-year-old man was the only person aboard his ...
Jul 11, 2025 Footage of the boat fire at Lincoln's Branched Oak Lake on the morning of July 10. (Photo Courtesy: KOLN - 10/11 Now)
City of Lincoln Honors Late 'Zoo Bar' Owner Larry Boehmer With Street Sign
Downtown Lincoln's Music District, stretching along 14th Street between "O" and "P" streets, now has a new honorary name. Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird was joined by community members Thursday to recogni...
Jul 10, 2025 Lincoln Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird unveils the new honorary "Boehmer Street" sign, outside of downtown's legendary Zoobar, located on 14th Street between “O” and “P” streets. (Courtesy: The City of Lincoln)