WarHorse Gaming planning $70 million casino expansion in Lincoln
Nebraska’s largest casino operator, WarHorse Gaming, LLC, has secured refinancing of $300 million in startup loans to a favorable 5-year deal that’ll launch the next phase of casino expansions and construction of a new casino. The deal is one of the fastest to come together in the pro...
City Prepared For Arrival of Winter Weather
The City of Lincoln is making preparations for when the snow starts to fly. During a Thursday morning news conference with Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird, LTU Director Liz Elliott says they have added 20 super combo trucks over the past three years to replace the oldest vehicles in their fleet.
Monarch sightings increase around Nebraska, including at Lincoln’s Sunken Gardens
Several of the iconic orange and black pollinators can be seen at Sunken Gardens, as the butterflies make their way to Mexico for the winter.
Starving Puppy Found In A Nebraska Pumpkin Patch Gets A Second Chance At Life
In the middle of a quiet pumpkin patch in Otoe County, Nebraska, a small black puppy named Zephyr lay completely alone. Her tiny body was weak and frail, her ribs jutting out sharply beneath her thin fur. She didn’t have the strength to move anymore. For a puppy not even a year old, life had already been unbearably...
Arrest made in University of Nebraska-Lincoln stalking case
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - A man was arrested Sunday in connection to a stalking incident that occurred at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s City Campus earlier this month. In the early morning of Oct. 1, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Police Department said an officer spotted a suspicious man, later identified as...
This tiny Nebraska farm spawned a Nobel Prize winner who changed human genetics forever
George Beadle’s path from farm boy to Nobel Prize winner starts in tiny Wahoo, Nebraska. After his mom died when he was just four, he worked the family’s 40-acre farm while going to school. His dad wanted him to be a farmer, but a sharp-eyed teacher saw his...
Person Wanted in Wisconsin Homicide Investigation Arrested in Nebraska
The Nebraska State Patrol arrested a man Wednesday morning who is wanted in connection with a Milwaukee homicide investigation. State Patrol spokesman Cody Thomas says they received information about a person of interest who was believed to be traveling in Nebraska. “A trooper spotted the vehicle as it was westbound...
Van Strikes Northwest Lincoln Mobile Home
Lincoln Police are investigating after a van went off the road near N. 4th and NW Adams around 1:00 Wednesday afternoon and struck the side of a trailer home home. LPD believes the driver of the van suffered a medical condition, causing her van to leave the road. It went...
$22,000 2by2 Lotto Ticket Sold in Seward
One 2by2 ticket for last night’s Nebraska Lottery drawing is worth $22,000. The Nebraska Lottery has confirmed ticket was sold at Gas N Snaks in Seward. The winning numbers were Red 18, 21, and White 12, 13. Winning Nebraska Lottery Lotto tickets expire 180 days after the drawing. Prizes...
Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo Joey Born at Lincoln Children’s Zoo
The Lincoln Children’s Zoo has a new addition. Zoo officials say a Matschie’s tree kangaroo joey was born around April 12 to mom, Judie, and dad, Bexley. At birth Matschie’s tree kangaroos are the size of a lima bean. After they are born, they blindly crawl into mom’s pouch where they continue to develop and grow.
