Category Archives: KLIN News
Tuesday COVID-19 Update: 54 Cases, No New Deaths
The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department (LLCHD) today announced that 54 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Lancaster County, bringing the community total to 27,256. The total...
Feb 09, 2021
COVID-19 Risk Dial Moves Into "Yellow" - NEW DHM Increasing Capacities Goes Into Effect Friday
Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird and the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department (LLCHD) today announced that the COVID-19 Risk Dial has been moved from orange to elevated yellow, indicating that the ris...
Feb 09, 2021
Applications Close Soon for Nebraska State Patrol Camp 65
There's still time to become a Nebraska State Trooper this year! The Nebraska State Patrol will accept applications until Tuesday, February 16 at 11:59 p.m. for Camp 65, which begins in July and gradu...
Feb 09, 2021
Roy Christensen Announces He's Seeking Re-Election To City Council
Roy Christensen will seek re-election to the Lincoln city council this year. Christensen says the community has to position itself for a post-pandemic world by prioritizing public safety, economic dev...
Feb 09, 2021
Lincoln Police Search For Stolen Gun
Lincoln Police were called to the 8600 block of Lexington Avenue on February 6th before 11 a.m. to investigate a theft from auto report. The victim reported that sometime overnight his 2019 Ford F-150...
Feb 09, 2021
UNL Project Hopes To Address Mental Health For Staff At Long Term Care Facilities
As Nebraska slowly rolls out coronavirus vaccinations across the state, a new project aims to address the mental health of the people who have spent months protecting the state's most vulnerable: staf...
Feb 09, 2021
Shoplifting Suspect Puts Up Quite A Fight With Lincoln Police
A 43 year old woman is facing a number of charges after Lincoln Police were called to the Walmart at 4700 N 27th Street on February 7th around 9:30 p.m. When officers arrived they found the woman tryi...
Feb 09, 2021
Wind Chill Advisory Until 10 AM -- Extreme Cold Forecast for Weekend
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING… Very cold wind chills as low as 20 to 30 below zero at times across portions of east central, northeast and southeast Nebra...
Feb 09, 2021
Monday COVID-19 Update in Lancaster County: 1 Death, 48 Cases
The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department (LLCHD) today announced that one more resident has died from COVID-19. The death was a woman in her 90s who was hospitalized. The total number of deaths ...
Feb 08, 2021
Correctional Services Employee Arrested On Felony Offenses
An employee with the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services was arrested by the Nebraska State Patrol on February 6th for unauthorized communication with a prisoner and for the manufacture/distr...
Feb 08, 2021