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Lincoln officials announced plans Thursday to make it easier for property owners to build second smaller dwellings on their properties. Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird has proposed changing the city’s zoning code to allow what are called accessory dwelling units on smaller lots. Currently, property owners can build the...

LINCOLN–(KFOR Feb. 4)–Lincoln Police are now asking for your help in another missing person’s case. LPD public information manager Erika Thomas on Wednesday said they are investigating the disappearance of 27-year-old Harrison Schreurs of Lincoln, who was reported missing on January 28 after not coming home from work.

At nearby universities, more than 450 students from Bellevue received recognition for their academic excellence by earning a spot on the Fall 2025 Dean’s List or Chancellor’s List. To earn a spot on a university Dean’s List, students must maintain a 3.5 GPA or higher while taking a minimum of 12 credit hours. UNO...

LINCOLN – Integrity, a Nebraska work ethic, and relationships were key themes that emerged while celebrating the three newest members of the Nebraska Business Hall of Fame on Jan. 29. Nebraska business leaders DJ Eihusen of Chief Industries in Grand Island, Rodrigo Lopes of Amerisphere Companies, and the late...

Two University of Nebraska–Lincoln scientists, partnering with American Farmland Trust, extension educators and four Nebraska farmers, have established a biochar on-farm research network which is among the first and largest in the United States. According to ongoing research at Nebraska, applying biochar to...

Kimberly Heimann, a fourth-grade teacher at Cozad Elementary School, was named the K–5 Smart/Maher VFW National Citizenship Education Award winner for Nebraska at the VFW Awards Banquet held at the Cornhusker Marriott Hotel in Lincoln on Friday, Jan. 30. Heimann spoke eloquently from the heart as she accepted her...

"We just have to be ourselves, calm and collected.”

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Lincoln Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird will announce proposed changes to regulations regarding Accessory Dwelling Units to increase affordable housing on Thursday at 10 a.m. This story will be updated.

The future Nebraska quarterback has worked hard since his commitment to bring in top prospects to Lincoln.

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The death penalty is on the table for the Lincoln man accused of murdering his half-brother and his wife who was 32 weeks pregnant. Sterling James, 24, and his wife Sayde Titus, 22, were arraigned in Lancaster County Court on Thursday. They’re accused in the murder of Hannah Neville, 26, and...