Category Archives: KLIN News
UNL Homecoming Parade & 'Cornstock' Festival Set for Friday, Oct. 4
This year's University of Nebraska-Lincoln homecoming week will reach its peak Friday, Oct. 4, with the 2024 homecoming parade and "Cornstock" festival. The annual homecoming parade starts at 6 p.m. F...
Oct 03, 2024 Herbie Husker and Amani Mfinanga cheer from a tractor-pulled wagon in the Homecoming parade. October 27, 2023. (Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.)
Lincoln Police Arrest Two in September Haymarket Shooting
Lincoln Police have made two arrests in connection to last month's shooting that occurred after a concert at Canopy and "Q" Streets. Just before 9 a.m. this morning, October 3, 18-year-old Delshon Lev...
Oct 03, 2024 The corner sign of Canopy Street and "Q" Street. (Tom Stanton, KLIN News)
Nebraska Election Observers Needed for Nov. 5
Civic Nebraska is looking for volunteers to serve as Election Protectors to monitor Nebraska's November 5th general election. "Election Protectors act in a passive role, monitoring elections and polli...
Oct 03, 2024
Striving to Reduce Carbon Footprint, Lincoln Expands Heat Pump Program
After a successful pilot initiative earlier this year, the City of Lincoln is expanding it's Heat Pump Incentive Program. The program, launched in January, supplied 329 Lincoln homeowners with heat pu...
Oct 03, 2024 Heat pump unit. (City of Lincoln)
Friday & Saturday Events Downtown & Haymarket Street Closures Announced
It's Homecoming Week for the University of Nebraska Lincoln campus with many activities on the calendar. Ahead of the Saturday 3 pm football game against Rutger's, homecoming and basketball activities...
Oct 03, 2024 Downtown Lincoln. (Tom Stanton, KLIN News)
August Statewide Gaming Tax Receipts up 74.2%
August Gaming Tax Receipts were sharply higher according to the Nebraska Racing and Gaming Commission. Statewide receipts totally nearly $3.2 million-dollars - up 74.2% from July. WarHorse Omaha poste...
Oct 03, 2024
Lincoln Church Paints Pink Lawn Ribbons for Breast Cancer Awareness
Two massive 35-foot pink ribbons have been painted on the lawn of St. Mark's United Methodist Church near 84th and Pioneers in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month. Chip Shield is a member of the co...
Oct 02, 2024 Photo Courtesy: Stuart Saunders
South Haymarket Skate Park Grinding Towards $25 Million Fundraising Goal
A large check was passed this morning over the fertile grounds dedicated to Lincoln's forthcoming South Haymarket Skatepark. After local thrashers raised about $8,000 for the project this summer at a ...
Oct 02, 2024 Mock-up designs for Lincoln's forthcoming South Haymarket Skatepark, displayed above the future site for the park. (Chase Porter, KLIN News)
LPD Holds 'Coffee With a Cop' Events Wednesday
Lincoln residents got to sip and share with LPD officers Wednesday morning during four 'Coffee With a Cop' events. KLIN News stopped in at the Hy-Vee at 50th and 'O' Street where community members enj...
Oct 02, 2024
Lincoln Man Arrested In String of Lancaster County Burglaries
A Lincoln man has been arrested for a series of burglaries and thefts in southeastern Lancaster County in the past two weeks. "It was a total of six burglaries to the outbuildings and garages and two ...
Oct 02, 2024