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City Pools Not Reopening on Memorial Day, 'Lincoln On The Move' Won't See Major Changes
The nine Lincoln Swimming pools won’t open on Memorial Day as scheduled do to COVID-19. Officials they’re waiting for more detailed guidelines from the CDC to safely reopen the pools. Swim...
May 15, 2020
LPD: Mom, Son and Girlfriend Arrested After Scuffle That Drew Large Crowd, Significant Officer Response
A man, his girlfriend and his mother are arrested by police after a scuffle outside a Lincoln motel. Officer Luke Bonkiewicz says Investigators near Superior and Cornhusker around 8:45 Tuesday noticed...
May 15, 2020
UPDATE: Lincoln Man Killed In I-80 Accident Near Lincoln
A Lincoln man has been killed in a collision along I-80 near NW 48th St. In a statement, the Nebraska State Patrols said they first received reports of a crash around 10:45 am Friday. A maintenance cr...
May 15, 2020
Lincoln YMCA's Announce Phased Reopening
Four YMCA of Lincoln facilities will reopen on Monday, May 25 with modified operations. The Cooper YMCA, Copple Family YMCA, Fallbrook YMCA and Northeast YMCA will open their doors to Y Members for th...
May 15, 2020
Lee Brice New Music "Hey World"
WOW! I heard this song for the first time this morning (05/15) and the lyrics hit me really hard after the week I’ve had. It’s been a week where I’ve questioned a lot of different th...
May 15, 2020
Nebraska Supreme Court Orders State To Release Death Penalty Documents
The Nebraska Supreme Court has ruled that State must release certain information on execution drugs obtained for the execution of Carey Dean Moore. The state argued that the records should be confiden...
May 15, 2020
A Ramen Noodle Crisis
First we had a run on toilet paper, we STILL have a run on cleaning products as well as rice and noodles. Now, we have a new crisis. As if it wasn’t bad enough that the ramen noodle shelf as bee...
May 15, 2020
Lincoln Launches New PPE Website For Local Businesses
Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird and the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce unveiled a new website to promote the local businesses currently supplying personal protective equipment (PPE) to prevent the spread of C...
May 15, 2020
Friday Morning COVID-19 Update
The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) recently updated its COVID-19 dashboard to include death data by county and added data related to hospital capacity – http://dhhs.ne.g...
May 15, 2020
Lancaster County Health Department Reports 5th COVID-19 Death, 698 Cases Total
The Lincoln Lancaster County Health Department is reporting that a fifth person being treated for the novel coronavirus has died in Lincoln. Additionally, 10 new cases were announced, being the commun...
May 14, 2020