Month: December 2024

By LORI PILGER – Lincoln Journal Star, Neb. (TNS) Two teenagers died in separate crashes on Christmas Day, one in a rollover in rural Buffalo County and the other in a two-vehicle crash in Grand Island. The first happened just before 3 a.m. Wednesday. The Grand Island Police Department said officers were sent to South

By SHELLY KULHANEK – Lincoln Journal Star, Neb. (TNS) Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen underwent a second successful surgery on Christmas Day to help stabilize the broken ribs he suffered when he fell from a horse on Sunday. “The procedure was a success and Gov. Pillen was returned to the step-down unit where he will continue

By MATT OLBERDING – Lincoln Journal Star, Neb. (TNS) A 16-year-old was arrested Tuesday after police say he shot and killed his 20-year-old brother in a case of mistaken identity. Lincoln police said at a news conference Tuesday morning that they were called to the Bridgeport Apartments near 14th and Superior streets at about 12:30

By JENNA EBBERS – Lincoln Journal Star, Neb. (TNS) Three local organizations were recently awarded thousands of dollars in grant funding to expand after-school programs and other opportunities available to Lincoln students throughout the year. Lincoln Community Learning Centers, Partnership for a Healthy Lincoln and the Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center received a combined $264,000

By L. KENT WOLGAMOTT – Lincoln Journal Star, Neb. (TNS) In “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence,” a reporter famously says, “When the legend becomes fact, print the legend,” which is what director James Mangold, his co-writer Jay Cocks and his superb cast do with Bob Dylan in “A Complete Unknown.” Loosely based on Elijah

By ALEX VARGAS – Lincoln Journal Star, Neb. (TNS) A 78-year-old Lincoln man who was found dead in his home early Christmas Eve after a fire in central Lincoln has been identified as James Ihrie. His death was declared accidental in an autopsy, the Lincoln Police Department said in a news release Thursday. Officers were

By MARGARET REIST – Lincoln Journal Star, Neb. (TNS) Accessible playground, 12.19 Lincoln Parks and Recreation Director Maggie Stuckey-Ross (from left), Alex Toalson and Brent Toalson pose for a portrait at the Antelope Park playground last week in Lincoln. The first time Brent Toalson and Maggie Stuckey-Ross worked together, he was a teacher at Lincoln

By ALEX VARGAS – Lincoln Journal Star, Neb. (TNS) Lincoln Police news conference on fatal shooting, Dec. 24 A 16-year-old has been charged as an adult with manslaughter in the fatal shooting death of his 20-year-old brother on Christmas Eve in what police said was a case of mistaken identity. Kentrail McDaniel was charged Thursday

By NEAL FRANKLIN – Lincoln Journal Star, Neb. (TNS) Lego Party Bus, 12.19 Abel Handly, 13 (right), and Ezra Tanner, 12, inspect the Lego castle they built together during a competition inside the Brick Bus on Dec. 19. For an experienced Lego builder, entering the Brick Bus starts with a challenge. On this day, six

By Lincoln Journal Star, Neb. (TNS) Boy Scout Tree Pickup, 12.26 Boy Scout Troop 8’s Harrison Bishop tosses a Christmas tree off a trailer onto a collection pile in December 2023 at Woods Park during a “Scouting for Trees” pickup day. The city is again providing Christmas tree drop-off sites this year through Jan. 20

By ALEX VARGAS – Lincoln Journal Star, Neb. (TNS) A 78-year-old man was found dead in his home early Christmas Eve after a fire in central Lincoln. The Lincoln Police Department was called to a home in the 500 block of South 39th Street at about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday for a welfare check after a