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LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Record warmth and record cold temperatures on Christmas Day happened a long time ago for Lincoln. The records for precipitation and snowfall happened a bit more recently. Heading into the holiday week, it looked like record warmth was possible to challenge records from the 1800s. Yet...

Michael Bruntz and Brian Christopherson of Husker247 take a Christmas Morning look at the Huskers' transfer portal wish list and the work Nebraska needs to do when the portal opens Jan. 2.

He's continued to track the details of his craft with a closer eye than the stats that go with it. In his one year at a new position, Heinrich Haarberg has tried to find something every week to dial in on improving. That continues even into this final week as a Husker.

An 86-year-old man is accused of trying to kill a 68-year-old man on Christmas Eve in Saunders County, about 4½ miles southwest of Fremont. The Omaha World-Herald reports a press release from the Saunders County Sheriff’s Office said shortly after 1 p.m. on Wednesday, a 911 dispatcher received a call pertaining to a...

On a windswept county road just north of Hallam, workers in lime green vests and red hard hats attach cables to attach to gleaming metallic pylons to carry power from what will be the Princeton Road station being built by the Nebraska Public Power District to supply the ever increasing demands for electricity.

The months-long search for Jerica Hamre, a Nebraska mother who had been missing since July 2024, reached a tragic conclusion this past week. According to FOX 10 Phoenix, the Lincoln Police Department confirmed that Hamre's remains were discovered on December 17 on a rural farm in Furnas County, near Oxford. A...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – Many stories have left their mark in southeast Nebraska throughout 2025. From tragedies caused by domestic violence to the ICE raids that shook our community — and even significant budget cuts at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln — the Channel 8 team was there for every moment.

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - A Lincoln High School senior collected nearly 2,000 food items in 12 days to help address the growing demand for food at the Center for People’s pantry. Lea Brock, a student in Lincoln High School’s International Baccalaureate program, organized the food drive to combat growing...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - A Lincoln woman was cited following a crash that temporarily slowed traffic in south Lincoln Tuesday. Lincoln Fire and Rescue was called to 40th Street and Old Cheney Road at 10:49 a.m. for a crash in the intersection. The crash report by Lincoln Police shows that...

UNP’s running and walking team, Footnotes, participated in the 25th annual Lincoln Track Club Holiday Run (1-mile and 5K) at Pioneers Park on Sunday, December 7. All proceeds (roughly $4000.00) went to the Capital Humane Society. #RunForBowWowsAndMeowsMeows. I thought the windchill in the teens would deter...