Ash Hollow Youth Mentored Waterfowl Hunt is Oct. 19
Youth ages 11-15 may register for the Ash Hollow Youth Mentored Waterfowl Hunt, which is Oct. 19 at Clear Creek Wildlife Management Area near Lewellen. In addition to a mentored hunt with a Nebraska Game and Parks Commission conservation officer, this free event includes learning stations, lunch, door prizes and...
Harper Murray, adidas gift custom jacket to Coach Dani Busboom Kelly ahead of home...
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Nebraska head coach Dani Busboom Kelly will head into the home opener with a customized gift from Harper Murray and adidas. Murray, who signed an NIL deal with adidas in August, presented Busboom Kelly with a custom, sequin-covered adidas Firebird Jacket featuring her name and the names of her...
Police identify man who died after crash in southeast Lincoln
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Authorities have identified the Lincoln man who died from injuries sustained in a crash on Aug. 26. A crash report from the Lincoln Police Department showed a Honda Civic driven by 78-year-old Len Ostrowsky was heading northbound on 70th Street, just south of Yankee Hill Road, and a Tesla...
Smoke billows from burning semi on I-80 near Greenwood
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — A semitrailer went up in flames Friday on Interstate 80 in eastern Nebraska. It happened shortly after 6 p.m. in the westbound lanes at the Greenwood interchange. A Channel 8 employee captured video of the fire, and it was also caught on Nebraska Department of...
Nebraska’s Matt Rhule Doesn’t Want Repeat of ‘One of the Worst Moments’ in Coaching...
Akron coach Joe Moorhead, while at FCS Fordham, shocked Rhule’s Temple team on a last-second Hail Mary
‘The best kid in the world’: Eagle Raceway mourns death of 11-year-old boy
EAGLE, Neb. (KLKN) — The Eagle Raceway community is mourning the loss of an 11-year-old boy who impacted the lives of many. Zane VanArsdall died Friday morning. His parents found him unconscious days ago. He was rushed to the hospital and placed in a medically induced coma, but he did not survive.
Lincoln mayor unveils police contract proposal to boost officer retention
LINCOLN, Neb. — The mayor of Lincoln has announced a new police contract proposal designed to enhance officer retention and public safety. The proposal includes a 17% wage increase over the next three years, pending approval by the City Council. "This work and other investments we have made in...
Health alert extended for toxic blue-green algae at northern Nebraska lake
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Neb. (KOLN) - A health alert for Harmful Algal Blooms, also known as toxic blue-green algae, has been extended at Cub Creek Lake in Jefferson County. Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services shared the update on Friday. Bluestem Lake in Lancaster County has been removed from the...
Lincoln Board of Education to consider naming John Skretta LPS superintendent
Ian Hatfield, 16, did not show up for school on Thursday. They say he left his home around 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Hatfield is from Swedeburg, which is just north of Ceresco off of Highway 77. CHI Health Nebraska Heart is offering discounted vascular disease screenings on September 20 from...
‘A demographic cliff’: Nebraskans push to restore funding to internship program to slow brain...
LINCOLN — A state-funded internship program that was slashed this year to balance Nebraska’s budget still has a push behind it as a means of keeping young talent in the state. Earlier this year, State Sen. Jason Prokop of Lincoln filed an interim study to consider the internNE program’s impact on brain drain in...
