Nebraska Weather Alert: Dangerous Heat and 107°F Heat Index Through 8 p.m. Sunday
Omaha, Nebraska – A scorching Sunday will bring heat index values up to 107°F across eastern Nebraska, with dangerous wind gusts and a rising threat of severe storms and flooding early next week. According to the National Weather Service Omaha/Valley, a Heat Advisory is in effect from 10...
Cars and Cornhole raises money at April Sampson cancer center
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Both car and cornhole enthusiasts in Lincoln got their fix on Friday, while also helping out a good cause. At the April Sampson Cancer Center on the southern edge of Lincoln, about 200 people gathered together to raise money for local cancer patients and kids in need.
Paddles Up: Lincoln Embraces Pickleball
LINCOLN, Neb. — On a windy afternoon at Eden Park, the rhythmic pop of a paddle meeting a plastic ball echoes louder than the gusts. Once a curious sound to most, it's now instantly recognizable — the soundtrack of pickleball, the fastest-growing sport in the United States. What...
Nebraska trending for potential flip as WR recruiting momentum builds
Nebraska is gaining steam for a committed WR target after a weekend visit turned heads in Lincoln
Weekend Weather Alert Days: Dangerous heat and humidity continue
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The extreme heat that began on Friday will continue through Sunday as high temperatures in Lincoln may reach or eclipse 100 degrees three days in a row!. Let’s start with those heat alerts. Extreme heat warnings in central and eastern Nebraska will run until Sunday evening where feel like...
The Bay enters a new chapter with expanded youth programming in Omaha
The Bay, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting Nebraska youth through community building, mentorship and workforce development, has expanded beyond Lincoln and beyond its popular skateboarding programming. As The Bay establishes itself in Omaha at the Benson Community Center, the organization has taken ownership of...
TE Luke Sorensen commits to Nebraska: ‘That team culture at Nebraska is unbeatable’
Anaheim (Calif.) Servite tight end Luke Sorensen had plenty of options. Ole Miss made a nice run at him. Penn State was in contention. But after visiting Nebraska officially earlier this month, he knew he wanted to call Lincoln home. “That official visit did it for me,” Sorensen told On3. “Everything I knew about...
Gov. Pillen, Dairy Industry, and Local Leaders Celebrate Groundbreaking of Milk Processing Facility in...
Governor Jim Pillen, state and local leaders, and Nebraska’s dairy industry celebrated the groundbreaking of a milk processing plant at the Seward Rail Campus. The facility is being built by DARI Processing, LLC of Rising City—a fourth-generation dairy company run by the Tuls family. “Nebraskans raise the finest...
Lincoln (NE) Man Allegedly Punched Paramedic Who Tried to Get Him Out of Heat
Lincoln Journal Star, Neb. A Lincoln man was arrested Thursday after allegedly punching a Lincoln Fire and Rescue paramedic who tried to get him out of the heat. Police said firefighters were sent to the intersection of North 50th Street and Baldwin Avenue, along the border of Nebraska Wesleyan University, at about...
One person dead after two homes catch fire in southwest Lincoln trailer park
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — One person died early Saturday in a fire at a southwest Lincoln trailer park. About midnight, Lincoln Fire & Rescue responded to Southwest 15th and West Peach streets, in the Harbour West mobile home park. LFR said the fire started in one trailer home and...