Category Archives: (KLIN-AM News/Talk 1400) KLIN News
Concern As COVID-19 Cases And Hospitalizations Increase
Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department officials reported today that they are closely monitoring a recent increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations and it appears the delta variant is a driv...
Jul 20, 2021
Staff Appointments Made At Nebraska Department Of Corrections
Director of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services , Scott R. Frakes announced two executive-level staff appointments. Shaun Settles has been promoted warden of the Community Corrections Cen...
Jul 20, 2021
City Awarded $3.5 Million Health COVID-19 Literacy Grant
Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird and local health officials today announced that Lincoln has been awarded a $3.5 million grant to help communities disproportionately impacted by the pandemic access COVID-19...
Jul 20, 2021
Lincoln Police Cite Teen For DUI After Crash
A woman was hospitalized with serious, but non life-threatening injuries after a crash around 12:40 Tuesday morning at 40th and Normal. LPD Captain Max Hubka told KLIN News a northbound vehicle ran a ...
Jul 20, 2021
StarTran Seeks Public Input For Transit Study
Lincoln Transportation and Utilities invites the public to participate in a survey regarding a proposed Transit Development Plan for StarTran, Lincoln's transit system. The TDP will assess the existin...
Jul 20, 2021
Mayor Defends Decision To Close Homeless Camp
Lincoln Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird is defending the City's recent decision to remove a homeless encampment that had been set up in a wooded area just off Sun Valley Blvd Mayor Gaylor Baird told LNK To...
Jul 20, 2021
Man Threatens Another Who Refused To Help Pick A Bike Lock
Lincoln Police were called to the State Office Building at 301 Centennial Mall around 10:40 a.m. on Monday, July 19th to investigate a man with a knife call. Police spoke with a 48 year old man who sa...
Jul 20, 2021
100 New Cases of COVID-19 Saturday through Monday - 1 Additional Death From April
Vaccinations administered (vaccination goal is 75%): Initiated vaccinations (first doses): 180,850 Completed vaccinations (second doses and J&J vaccine): 171,381 Residents age 16 and older who are...
Jul 19, 2021
City Council Approves Teresa Ewins As Next Lincoln Police Chief
Teresa Ewins is officially the next Police Chief for the City of Lincoln. The City Council voted 7-0 Monday afternoon to approve Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird's selection. Ewins told the council she's lo...
Jul 19, 2021
Man Found Dead Near Columbus Had Been Hit By 3 Vehicles
Investigators say a man who died on U.S. Highway 30 near Columbus had been hit by three vehicles. The Platte County Sheriff's Office says the fatal accident happened around 11 p.m. Saturday about 12 m...
Jul 19, 2021