Category Archives: KLIN News
Health Department Advisory That Flu Season Is Here, Vaccinate Now
The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department reminds the public that a flu vaccination is the most effective way to reduce the risk of getting influenza. Influenza is a highly infectious disease of ...
Oct 05, 2020
UNMC COVID-19 Registry Grant To Provide Gold Mine Of Information
As the world watches, new information about COVID-19 is coming to light. The Great Plains Institutional Development Award Clinical & Translational Research Network headquartered at the University...
Oct 05, 2020
State Capitol Arson Investigation
Lincoln Fire and Rescue and Lincoln Police were called to the south side of the Capitol Building at 14th and K Street around 6 p.m. on Wednesday, September 30th. A witness reported seeing two people l...
Oct 05, 2020
Lincoln Man Booked For Drugs, Weapons, Outstanding Warrants And Hit & Run
On Friday, October 2nd, Lincoln Police saw 28 year old Cyrus Thompson riding a bike near 21st and F. Officers knew he had several out of county felony warrants and followed him to the U Stop at 21 and...
Oct 05, 2020
Drive By Shooting Damages House at 7th and A
Lincoln Police were called to 7th and W A Street on October 3rd just after midnight when a woman reported she heard gunfire and then a vehicle speeding away. Officers found shell casings in the street...
Oct 05, 2020
Fischer, Sasse Test Negative For COVID-19
Nebraska’s US Senators tested negative for COVID-19 after Friday’s announcement President Trump tested positive. The two Republicans both attended a White House ceremony for the announceme...
Oct 05, 2020
Inmate Missing From CCC-Lincoln
An inmate walked away from the Community Corrections Center-Lincoln (CCC-L) shortly after 6:00 p.m. Friday. Bailey Scruggs left after taking out the garbage, one of his assigned duties at the facility...
Oct 05, 2020
130 Positive COVID-19 Cases in Lancaster County This Weekend
46 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported in Lancaster County Sunday. On Saturday there were 84 lab-confirmed cases. The community total is now 6,876 and the number of deaths in the community r...
Oct 04, 2020
Pandemic Leads To Decrease In LPS Student Enrollment For First Time In 21 years
COVID-19 has an impact on Lincoln Public Schools, and that includes enrollment during the pandemic. On Friday, LPS released the official enrollment for the 2020-2021 school year as submitted to the Ne...
Oct 02, 2020
Lancaster County Risk Dial Remains Mid-Orange, High Risk For Week 5
This COVID-19 Risk Dial remains unchanged the mid-orange or high risk category. The dial provides a summary of current conditions in the Lincoln-Lancaster County community. Each color incorporates fed...
Oct 02, 2020