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Hazardous Waste Collection Events Set For September
Lincoln and Lancaster County residents are encouraged to dispose of their household hazardous waste at two collection events in September. The events are free for Lincoln and Lancaster County resident...
Aug 27, 2020
Eight Nebraska Football Players File Lawsuit Against Big Ten
A group of Nebraska football players have filed a lawsuit against the Big Ten Conference in an attempt to reverse the decision to postpone fall sports and find out more on how the decision to postpone...
Aug 27, 2020
Nebraska Medicine and Bellevue Medical Center Change Visitor Policy
Effective today, Nebraska Medical Center and Bellevue Medical Center are allowing one authorized visitor per patient, following five months of stricter COVID-19 restrictions. That person must be docum...
Aug 27, 2020
Teen Selling iPhone Online Ends Up Thrown Off Of Moving Vehicle
Lincoln Police are investigating a case involving the sale of an iPhone that ended with two teenage girls being thrown off a moving vehicle. Police were called to 16th and Prospect around 8:30 Wednesd...
Aug 27, 2020
Luke Bryan Reads Thirst Tweets
We’ve seen celebrities, musicians and other well-known people read “Mean Tweets” on Jimmy Kimmel Live, but BuzzFeed took it a step further and had Luke Bryan read fans “thirsti...
Aug 27, 2020
Health Department Urges Residents To Reduce Mosquito Breeding Areas
The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department reminds residents that the community is currently in mosquito-borne illness season. Humans can be infected with the West Nile Virus after being bitten by...
Aug 27, 2020
Lancaster County Attorney Charges Two In LPD Shooting, Other Charges Pending
The Lancaster County Attorney released a statement charging Flipe Vasquez and Orion Ross with Escape after yesterday’s events near Hartley Elementary School in central Lincoln. Pat Condon’...
Aug 27, 2020
Nebraska Medical Marijuana Amendment Clears Signature Requirements for Ballot Qualification
Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana announced today that their signature drive succeeded in collecting enough signatures to put their constitutional amendment to legalize medical marijuana on the 2020 st...
Aug 26, 2020
Lancaster County Records 20th COVID-19 Death
The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department today announced that a 20th resident has died from COVID-19 in Lincoln. The individual was a man in his 60’s who was hospitalized. Mayor Gaylor Bai...
Aug 26, 2020
Phase 3 and Phase 4 Directed Health Measures Extended Until Sept. 13
Phase 3 directed health measures (DHMs) that are in effect until Aug. 31 are being extended through Sept. 13. A total of 66 Nebraska counties are currently in Phase 3. All counties in Phase 3 will mov...
Aug 26, 2020