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Man barricaded himself in north Lincoln house for hours, police say
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Lincoln Police say a man barricaded himself inside a north Lincoln home Friday night. Police arrived near Ninth and Manatt streets in the Belmont neighborhood about 5:30 p.m. A neighbor said police were using a megaphone to tell the suspect to come out of the...
Six vehicles involved in crash in northwest Lincoln
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) -Emergency personnel responded to a crash in which six vehicles were involved in northwest Lincoln Friday. The incident occurred around 3:35 p.m. near Northwest Fourth Street and West Cornhusker Highway. According to LPD, eastbound traffic shut down at Northwest Sixth Street. LPD said three people suffered minor...
Motoryclist dead after crash on Highway 6 east of Lincoln
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — A woman was killed Friday in a crash east of Lincoln. It happened about 4:30 p.m. on Highway 6 at the interchange with Interstate 80 near Waverly. A motorcyclist failed to yield while turning onto the highway from I-80, according to the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office.
Woman arrested in deadly north Lincoln hit-and-run
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — A Lincoln woman was arrested Thursday night in a crash that left the father of her child dead. Police said 22-year-old Cindy Martinez turned herself in and was arrested on suspicion of leaving the scene of an injury or death accident. About 8:20 p.m. Tuesday,...
Man killed in crash with southeast Lincoln house is identfied
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – The man who died after crashing into a southeast Lincoln house Tuesday has been identified. Police said 30-year-old Levi Bowman rear-ended a northbound car near 56th Street and Pioneers Boulevard around 2 p.m. Bowman lost control, went off the road and rolled into a house...
Iowa DOT worker killed in construction zone crash on I-80 in Pottawattamie County
POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY, Iowa — One person was killed in a crash on Interstate 80 Thursday morning. The crash happened near a construction zone outside of the town of Weston. The Iowa State Patrol says 41-year-old Clifford Miller, of Pennsylvania, tried to pass a semitruck in the eastbound lanes around 9:15 a.m. ISP says Miller, a USP driver, hit 36-year-old Matthew Dickerson of Neola as he was doing patch work in the left lane.
'There's no words for it': Crash victim reunites with officers who saved his life
LINCOLN, Neb. — A motorcycle crash victim was reunited with the women who saved him following a serious crash last month. Nineteen-year-old John Howell was hit by a car while riding his motorcycle near Nebraska Parkway and 33rd Street. The wreck left him with a severe brain injury and...
Lincoln man gets over 15 years in federal prison on meth charges
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – A Lincoln man will spend over a decade in federal prison on meth charges, the U.S. Attorney’s Office says. Patrick Carey, 38, was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years and eight months in prison for possession to distribute meth and a meth mixture. On March...
Taylor Bradley in Court: Victim’s family reacts as bench trial begins
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - It’s been over a year since investigators arrested Taylor Bradley in a chaotic scene at the lodge apartments, where two maintenance workers will killed. Both of their families were in attendance on Friday as the trial proceedings began. Bradley’s trial is a bench trial, meaning...
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