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LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — The Waverly nursing home where a woman was wrongly pronounced dead is on probation. The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services provided several documents to Channel 8 on Friday in response to a public records request. The documents shed new light on how the mistake… Read more »

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Health officials in Lancaster County on Thursday confirmed two human cases of West Nile virus. The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department said mosquito bites are the most common method of transmission to people. “It’s important to stay vigilant,” Chris Schroeder, the department’s environmental health supervisor, said in… Read more »

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – Two Lincoln women are ushering in new life to a vacant building in south Lincoln. Kristie Jones and Peggy Robinette are opening a new daycare called Wiggles and Giggles near South 14th Street and Nebraska Parkway. The two women previously operated a daycare out of their… Read more »

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – The opening ceremonies at this year’s Olympics have officially wrapped up. Fourteen current and former Nebraska athletes have earned a spot in the Paris games, and they are ready to take center stage in the City of Light. Five Huskers will represent Team USA: Tyronn Lue… Read more »

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – Pride flags in an east Lincoln neighborhood have been vandalized multiple times this summer. One homeowner who wanted to remain anonymous said his flags were defaced twice this week. On Wednesday, he captured surveillance video of a person spray-painting pride flags in his front yard. He… Read more »

Temperatures for Saturday in the upper 80s and lower 90s across the state. Dew points cooling off by a few degrees in the lower to upper 60s. With the dewpoints in the middle 60s, the feel like temperatures still in the lower 90s for your Saturday. Houston Hall Storm Alert… Read more »

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – A man was injured on Friday afternoon in a tractor crash just east of Lincoln. Bennet Fire & Rescue responded just after 1 p.m. to an area near 190th Street and Yankee Hill Road, northeast of Bennet, on reports of an injury accident involving a tractor.… Read more »

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is getting his name on Nebraska’s 2024 general election ballot, officials announced Friday. The Nebraska Secretary of State’s Office has certified RFK’s nonpartisan presidential candidate petition, which garnered over 5,000 signatures. The campaign needed valid signatures from at least 2,500 registered Nebraska… Read more »

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – A woman was assaulted Thursday evening on a trail in south Lincoln, police say. Around 6:20 p.m., a 20-year-old woman was on the Tierra Williamsburg Trail near 33rd Street and Nebraska Parkway. She exchanged “pleasantries” with a man who went by on a bicycle, police said. … Read more »

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – Police are investigating an overnight clothing heist at a south Lincoln retailer, police say. On Thursday around 9 a.m., officers responded to The Buckle at SouthPointe Pavilions on a report of a break-in. A maintenance employee found the retailer’s glass door had been shattered, according to… Read more »