Category Archives: KLIN News
NU System Sees Increases In Enrollment After Bucking Previous Trends
University of Nebraska President Ted Carter announced today that enrollment across the NU system is up 1 percent this year, powered by growth among Nebraskans and underrepresented students following a...
Sep 08, 2020
MAYOR ISSUES PROCLAMATION FOR PERIOD OF MOURNING TO HONOR OFFICER HERRERA
Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird today issued the following proclamation: Period of Mourning: Whereas, Lincoln Police Department Investigator Luis "Mario" Herrera began working for LPD in 1997, after servin...
Sep 08, 2020
Lincoln-Lancaster County Adds Over 100 Cases Labor Day Weekend
Thirty lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported in Lancaster County Monday bringing the community total to 4,498. The number of deaths in the community remains at 20. The positivity rate remains ...
Sep 08, 2020
ICYMI: City Leaders, Community Mourn Loss of Fallen LPD Officer
Investigator Mario Herrera: End of Watch, September 7, 2020. A covered LPD badge outside the Hall of Justice, September 7, 2020. “Sadness does not begin to describe fully our community’s s...
Sep 08, 2020
UNL Offering Three-Week Session Before Spring Semester Begins
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln will open 2021 with an optional three-week session before launching its spring semester on Jan. 25. The proposed academic calendar is a flip of the current fall sche...
Sep 08, 2020
BREAKING: LPD Investigator Mario Herrera Dies
A Lincoln Police officer who was shot while attempting to serve a search warrant on Aug. 26 has died from his injuries sustained. Investigator Mario Herrera, who was on the LPD force for 23 years, was...
Sep 07, 2020
33rd & O Will Remain Closed For The "Foreseeable Future"
After receiving reports of a natural gas odor from a nearby business, Black Hills Energy has completed a thorough leak investigation in the area of 33rd and O Street in central Lincoln. Technicians de...
Sep 04, 2020
Nebraska Applies For Additional Unemployment Benefits Through FEMA
The Nebraska Department of Labor announced Friday that Nebraska will apply for the federal Lost Wages Supplemental Payment Assistance program, or LWA. If the Federal Emergency Management Agency approv...
Sep 04, 2020
LFR Battles Two Fires Thursday
Lincoln Fire & Rescue was called to 4300 N. 10th Thursday at 1 p.m. for a house fire. Heavy fire reported on the back of the home. It took firefighters 20 minutes to get the fire under control. I...
Sep 04, 2020
Toxic Blue-Green Algae Alert At Pawnee Lake
The state has issued health alerts for Harmful Algal Blooms, also known as toxic blue-green algae, at Pawnee Lake, both east and west beaches in Lancaster County. and Swan Creek Lake, also known as Wi...
Sep 04, 2020