Category Archives: KLIN News
13 Nonprofits Receive Initial Grants From Lincoln COVID-19 Response Fund
Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird announced Saturday that the Lincoln COVID-19 Response Fund has distributed $189,000 in grants to 13 local nonprofit organizations. She said the grants are a coordinated firs...
Apr 04, 2020
More Deaths Reported In Nebraska From COVID-19
Two deaths related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) were reported to the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) today bringing the state total to eight. Both were Douglas County...
Apr 04, 2020
Lincoln's COVID-19 Case Total Now 18. 100 Individuals Being Monitored
Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird and the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department (LLCHD) Saturday announced that four more lab-confirmed case of COVID-19 in Lincoln have been reported, bringing the commu...
Apr 04, 2020
14 COVID-19 Cases in Lincoln - 3 Community Spread
Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird and the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department (LLCHD) announced that one of the two lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Lincoln Friday is travel related, and on...
Apr 04, 2020
Governor Ricketts Expands Covid-19 Health Measures - Entire State
Governor Pete Ricketts announced the State's ninth COVID-19 related Directed Health Measure (DHM), which adds the remaining counties not already under one. The DHM will be in effect beginning Friday, ...
Apr 03, 2020
At COVID-19 Briefing, UNMC Doctor Warns Nebraska Is Still In Early Stages of Outbreak
A medical advisor to the governor warns the worst is yet to come as Nebraska prepare’s for a tough April in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. At Friday’s gubernatorial news briefing, a...
Apr 03, 2020
CHI Introduces Instant Message Chatline To Help Address COVID-19 Concerns
CHI Health has introduced a new service to help those who think they have COVID-19. Division Director for Patient Access at CHI Health, Mikey Brewer, says the service is called Provider Chat and will ...
Apr 03, 2020
Another Week For Record Unemployment Claims
Nebraska saw another record-setting surge in unemployment claims last week as the new coronavirus forced more businesses to close and lay off workers. The U.S. Department of Labor says Nebraska offici...
Apr 03, 2020
Police Asking For Public's Help Locating Vehicle Present At Fatal Hit-And-Run
Lincoln Police are asking for the public's help locating a vehicle that witnessed a hit-and-run fatality. Police Officer Erin Spilker says investigators need to speak to the occupants of a Saturn Outl...
Apr 03, 2020
Latest Local COVID-19 Update: 12 Cases in Lincoln Area, 10 Travel-Related
Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird and the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department (LLCHD) announced that three lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Lincoln were reported today, bringing the community’...
Apr 02, 2020