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Man Swimming In Holmes Lake Park Ends Up Facing Charges
Police were called to Holmes Lake Park at 63rd and Normal Blvd Monday evening at 8:30 p.m. after receiving a report that a man was yelling and threatening people. Officers found 48-year-old Christophe...
Jul 21, 2020
Mayor Explains Decision on Requiring Masks
Lincoln Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird was a guest on LNK Today with Jack and Friends Tuesday morning. She said that positive COVID-19 case increases was a key point in the decision to implement the updat...
Jul 21, 2020
Omaha's "Little Bohemia" On National Register Of Historic Places
In the early twentieth century, nearly all Czechs living in Omaha lived in the Little Bohemia neighborhood, or as it was alternately called Praha or Bohemia Town. Most of the buildings in this area ar...
Jul 21, 2020
Woman Finds 20-30 Snakes In The Wall Of Her Apartment
It’s bad enough to find rats or mice in the walls of your home, but what if you found snakes? Not just 2 or 3, but 20-30 snakes? This happened to one woman in Aurora, CO. Charlotte Moore, had th...
Jul 21, 2020
Report: Lawsuits Allege NU Mishandled Reports of Sexual Harassment, Assault
Nine current and former students at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln sued the school in federal court Monday, alleging the school mishandled complaints of sexual assault and harassment. As ESPN r...
Jul 21, 2020
52 New COVID-19 Cases In Lancaster County Monday
Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department reports 52 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Lincoln Monday, bringing the community total to 2,482. The number of deaths in the community...
Jul 20, 2020
NSAA: Fall Sports Season to Begin "As Scheduled"
The Nebraska School Activities Association(NSAA) is preparing for the 2020 fall sports season to progress “as currently scheduled.” In a Monday announcement, the NSAA says the first practi...
Jul 20, 2020
$600 Federal Unemployment Payments Scheduled to End July 25
The Nebraska Department of Labor reminds workers that the $600 weekly Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation payments under the CARES Act are scheduled to end July 25. Workers who qualify will sti...
Jul 20, 2020
Troopers Wrap-up Operation Safe Driver Week
Nebraska State Troopers have completed Operation Safe Driver Week, resulting in dozens of citations for excessive speeding and more than 20 arrests for impaired driving. Law enforcement agencies throu...
Jul 20, 2020
Nebraska Democratic Party approves Alisha Shelton for U.S. Senate
The Nebraska Democratic Party State Central Committee voted Sunday to have Alisha Shelton represent the party as our U.S. Senate nominee if Chris Janicek leaves the race by Sept. 1, 2020. The party re...
Jul 20, 2020