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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
U.S. Ag Secretary Perdue Promotes Nebraska Forests
Governor Pete Ricketts, United States Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, and University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Ronnie Green signed an agreement at the State Capitol to promote good steward...
Sep 04, 2020
Woman Recovering From Violent Beating By Several Suspects
Lincoln Police are looking for suspects in the assault of a 28 year old woman at 9 p.m. Thursday night at 9th and P Street. When police arrived they saw a group of people leaving the area. The woman r...
Sep 04, 2020
LPD Welcomes Two New K-9's To the Department
The Lincoln Police Department would like to welcome two new police service dogs. Koby, assigned to Officer Matthew Pulec, is an almost 2 year old German Shepherd/Belgian Malinois who is the first expl...
Sep 04, 2020
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Announces Phase 2 Cuts at $23 Million
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln announced an additional $23 million dollars in budget cuts. The additional $22.56 million in proposed budget reductions as part of a larger plan to address a $38.2 m...
Sep 04, 2020
Candle Fans, Dairy Queen Now Delivers...Candles
Now, I am not one to stick my nose in ice cream, but I fondly recall the taste of it. (I can’t have it now, as I have well…an issue with milk, we will just say). Some of the most popular s...
Sep 04, 2020
The Crusade To Change Boneless Chicken Wings Continue
A crusade against the label of boneless chicken wings at the Lincoln City Council. “At some point or another, the Lincoln City Council will have to do something about it. Ander Christensen’...
Sep 04, 2020