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Tree Removal to Close Portion of South Cotner Blvd Tuesday
Lincoln Transportation and Utilities has announced that South Cotner Boulevard from Sumner to South 48th streets will be closed from 8:30 a.m. to noon Tuesday, July 23, for a tree removal project. The recommended detour is South Street to South 48th Street. Travelers are encouraged to seek an alternate route...
Woman loses nearly $2,000 in Lincoln Police sergeant impersonation scam
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - A woman lost nearly $2,000 on Saturday after she gave money to a scammer pretending to be a sergeant with the Lincoln Police Department. A 75-year-old woman reported receiving a call from someone claiming to be “Sgt. Randy Clark” with LPD. The caller told her she had a warrant for her arrest for failing to appear in court and needed to pay $2,400 to avoid jail.
Second round of Summer EBT payments going out
LINCOLN — The second round of Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) payments will be sent out by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) today. Eligible households will receive a new Summer EBT card with $120 per child starting on July 19. Households will receive only one card with the full benefit amount for all eligible children.
Couple more days below normal with spot storms
This past weekend was a nice change of pace compared to the extreme heat we endured the weekend before. Temperatures topped out in the upper 70s on Saturday, thanks to a lot of cloud cover and some rain. Sunday featured some more sun, and temperatures responded by warming slightly. We...
Monday Forecast: Warm with a chance of rain
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible throughout the day. Below average temperatures look to continue for a few more days. The second half of this week should be hot and mainly dry. Areas of fog are likely this morning. Otherwise, today will be partly...
The Weekly Rundown: A new-look Big Ten takes center stage in an ever-changing college football landscape
As Nebraska prepares to enter its 14th year as a member of the Big Ten Conference, the league will see drastic changes, as will college football as we head into 2024. The post The Weekly Rundown: A new-look Big Ten takes center stage in an ever-changing college football landscape appeared first on On3.
Fire caused $80,000 damage to east Lincoln home, LFR says
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – Several LFR crews battled a cooking fire in east Lincoln early Monday morning. Lincoln Fire & Rescue responded to the home near 70th and O streets around 1:45 a.m. Battalion Chief Jeremy Gegg said crews found smoke and fire inside the single-story home. Firefighters extinguished...
Huskers land top-ranked 2025 North Dakota recruit Kade Pietrzak
The Nebraska football team landed its 17th recruit from the class of 2025 and its third top-ranked state recruit. Kade Pietrzak, the top-ranked recruit of North Dakota, announced he is committing to the Huskers. Pietrzak is a four-star defensive lineman who is 6-feet-5 and 260 pounds. He has a 31-inch vertical jump, a 9-foot-4 broad jump, and a 4.8-second 40. He is ranked 35th in the class of 2025 for defensive lineman and helped West Fargo Sheyenne High School finish 8-3 on the season, falling in the NDHSAA Division AAA Semi-Finals. Pietrzak chose Nebraska over Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and Kansas State after visiting Lincoln officially in mid-June. This is Nebraska’s third top-ranked 2025 recruit from within its 500-mile radius. Pietrzak joins Colorado’s Tanner Terch and South Dakota’s Shawn Hammerbeck. He also joins Omaha four-star Tyson Terry and Hitchcock, Texas four-star Malcolm Simpson as defensive line commits for the Huskers in the 2025 class. COMMITED‼️🏠@HuskerFootball @CoachMattRhule @Coach_Knighton @HuskerCoachTW #GBR pic.twitter.com/SAXF1FOQ2J — Kade Pietrzak (@KadePietrzak) July 21, 2024 Contact/Follow us @CornhuskersWire on X, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Nebraska news, notes, and opinions.
Husker and now Olympian, Rhema Otabor previews the Paris Games
Rhema Otabor is a back-to-back javelin national champion for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. At this year’s NCAA Championships, she broke the collegiate record with a throw of 64 meters, which also secured her spot in the Olympics. Nebraska Public Media’s Aaron Bonderson spoke with Otabor ahead of the Paris Games starting Friday. The women’s javelins starts on Aug. 7.
Husker Camp Countdown: No. 18 Marques Buford
The Omaha World-Herald and Lincoln Journal Star are counting down the top 50 Nebraska football players you need to know heading into the season. A healthy offseason will have been a blessing for Buford, who spent the previous summer rehabbing from a season-ending knee injury. Nebraska opted to be cautious...
Baeza hits for cycle in Saltdogs close first half of season on historic note
CLEBURNE, TX – The Saltdogs (21-42) explode for 10 runs in the sixth inning to take the series over Cleburne (38-27) by a final of 17-8. INF Alex Baeza posted his first career cycle, the first for Lincoln since the 2017 season. He went on to reach base a total of six times without being retired.
Büyüktuncel Turns in Solid Effort in FIBA U20 Eurbobasket Finale
LINCOLN, Neb. — Press release courtesy of Nebraska Athletics:. Incoming sophomore Berke Büyüktuncel turned in a solid performance during the FIBA U20 Eurobasket for his native Türkiye this week. The 6-foot-9 sophomore forward closed tournament action on Sunday by totaling 15 points, 14 rebounds, three steals and two blocks in a 96-95 loss to Iceland.
Wrestling: Team Nebraska Impresses in Fargo in Greco-Roman Behind Finalist Ornelas
After the 16U and Junior Freestyle portion at the Fargo National Championships, we did a big write-up for you outlining the performances of Nebraska’s commit Cade Ziola, some of the possible targets for Nebraska, and some in-state talent that turned some heads. Between both freestyle age groups, Team Nebraska...
PJ Fleck has reportedly been on the lookout for other jobs
Does the Matt Rhule revamp of the Nebraska football program have some other coaches in the conference nervous? Does the new look Big Ten have some of the middling programs in the conference a bit anxious about falling even further behind the cream of the crop?. If PJ Fleck did...
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