Category Archives: KLIN News
LPD Stepping Up Seatbelt Enforcement Efforts
The Lincoln Police Department has kicked off a seatbelt enforcement project. "The initiative is part of the nationwide "Make It Click" Campaign with LPD officers focusing on peak times when seat use t...
May 15, 2026
Three Block Stretch of 'O' Street to Close Monday in Downtown
Lincoln Transportation and Utilities O Street between 13th and 16th streets will close for extensive infrastructure upgrades as part of the ongoing Project O Street initiative. City officials said the...
May 15, 2026
Gov. Pillen Signs Emergency Order to Speed Wildfire Supply Transport
Governor Jim Pillen today re-issued an executive order aimed at helping ranchers recover from this season's wildfires. The order allows commercial motor carriers delivering supplies to impacted ranche...
May 15, 2026 Photo: Rocky Mountain Complex Incident Management Team 1
Clinic Name Change Honors Longtime Public Health Leader
The public health clinic at the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department has been officially renamed the Pat Lopez Health Clinic, honoring the former health director's decades of service to the comm...
May 15, 2026
SCC Campuses Closed After Threat of Violence
Southeast Community College officials say they received a threat of violence directed at their Lincoln campus Friday morning and Lincoln Police have been investigating. Public Information Manager Erik...
May 15, 2026
Strong Storms Possible Through Early Next Week
It will be hot and humid today with a high in the mid-90s. For the next few days, repeated rounds of showers and storms are forecast. The severe weather potential is primarily expected during the afte...
May 15, 2026 5-15-26 NWS A
Portion of Downtown "O" Street to Close Beginning May 18
Lincoln Transportation and Utilities will be closing "O" Street between 13th and 16th streets on Monday, May 18, for water main replacement and Black Hills Energy utility work. LTU says the closure is...
May 14, 2026
Potential for Several Rounds of Severe Weather in Eastern Nebraska
After a long dry spell, the National Weather Service in Omaha says eastern Nebraska could see several rounds of severe weather through Monday along with extreme heat . Meteorologist Katie Gross tells ...
May 14, 2026
Nebraska Man Launches Independent Bid For Congress
A Norfolk-born investigative reporter is launching an independent bid for Congress in Nebraska's First District. Austin Ahlman has announced he will challenge Republican Congressman Mike Flood, runnin...
May 14, 2026
Gov. Pillen Orders Flags to be Flown at Half-Staff For Peace Officers Memorial Day
Governor Jim Pillen has ordered all U.S. and Nebraska state flags to be flown at half-staff on Friday, May 15 in observance of Peace Officers Memorial Day. The directive follows a national proclamatio...
May 14, 2026