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Wildfire in Banner County Burns About 4,000 Acres
Multiple resources have deployed to the Hubbard Gap Fire in the Wildcat Hills south of McGrew, Nebraska. The fire, in several canyons, is estimated at about 4,000 acres and had threatened farmstead, r...
Aug 28, 2020
LPS Names New Director Of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
Lincoln Public Schools on Friday announced that Vann Price has been named the school district's director of equity, diversity and inclusion, a newly created position. Price also will remain the school...
Aug 28, 2020
Witness Alert Lincoln Police Of Car Break-Ins
An alert resident is credited for helping Lincoln Police locate suspects in a vehicle break-in spree around 1:30 a.m. on August 27th. This happened at the Pine Lake Heights Apartment parking lot in th...
Aug 28, 2020
Nebraska Task Force 1 Returning Home Following Texas Hurricane Deployment
Nebraska Task Force 1 (NE-TF1), the Urban Search and Rescue team (USR) based with Lincoln Fire and Rescue began a demobilization process and will depart their staging area in Texas this morning. NE-TF...
Aug 28, 2020
LPS Weekly Update Shows An Additional Eight Cases Reported Last Week
Forty-five people within Lincoln Public Schools are under quarantine or self isolating from COVID-19. The data is shown on the LPS COVID-19 data dashboard where an additional eight cases were reported...
Aug 28, 2020
UNL Releases COVID-19 Data Dashboard, 107 Confirmed Cases Since Mid August
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln unveiled their COVID-19 data dashboard. The dashboard available on the University’s website will be updated around 5 pm daily. It shows the daily and overall t...
Aug 28, 2020
The Tire? It's Smashing!
We have seen the damage that a car accident can cause at a variety of speeds. At 65 mph, cars can do some real damage. …but what if, it was only a tire and no actual cars were involved? Well, th...
Aug 28, 2020
Lancaster County Sees Jump In COVID-19 Cases For Thursday, Risk Dial Updated Today
The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department announced 61 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Lancaster County Thursday, bringing the community total to 3,802. The number of deaths...
Aug 28, 2020
ICYMI: LPD Identifies Officer Shot, Asking Community To Donate Blood
Lincoln Police identified the 23-year-veteran who was shot Wednesday late morning while trying to serve a warrant as Mario Herrera. Investigator Cole Jennings, who returned fire at the suspects after ...
Aug 28, 2020
LPD Shares Donation and Support Info for Investigator Mario Herrera
Lincoln Police released information for those wanting to help LPD Investigator Mario Herrera and his family. Investigator Herrera was shot while on duty Wednesday. LPD Investigator Mario Herrera Blood...
Aug 28, 2020