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 one is community acquired, or community spread. A man in his 70s went on a cruise March 8, returning to port in New York City March…
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, April 3rd at 10:00pm and will last until May 11th unless renewed. “Now that we have seen community spread across the state, the State is applying…
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, an executive director for UNMC’s Global Center for Health Security, Dr. James Lawler reminded everyone that it’s important to remember that the situation…
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 be available to those who fill out CHI’s online COVID-19 screening questionnaire and are flagged as needing a follow-up. “They’ll be…
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 officials received 24,572 unemployment claims during the week that ended March 29. The previous record of 15,700 was set in the prior week as state…
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 Outlook present during the hit-and-run that killed 44-year-old Sean Cover the night of March 28th, at the intersection of 38th and Holdredge. “At this…
Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird and the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department (LLCHD) announced that two lab-confirmed case of COVID-19 in Lincoln have been reported, bringing the community’s total to 14. The cases are individuals in their 20s and 70s, one of which was confirmed as a community spread case. Additionally, a case yesterday was confirmed as being community spread,…
Dormitories at all three University of Nebraska campuses could be used as additional “bed space” for COVID-19 patients. Governor Pete Ricketts announced the new partnership between the state and the University System at Thursday’s Coronavirus briefing. “The plan for these beds is to be able to use them for folks who need to quarantine and…
After the governor’s Directed Health Measure (DHM) Monday, all that was left for the Nebraska School Activities Association (NSAA) to do was make it official. The NSAA said in a statement Thursday that all remaining “activity practices and competitions, including district and state competitions, have been cancelled for this school year.” On Wednesday, Governor Pete…
Point guard Cam Mack has officially moved on from Nebraska men’s basketball. The news is somewhat expected: Mack declared for the NBA Draft in March, and added that he would be keeping his eligibility throughout, something that kept the door open for a return to Lincoln. But today’s news of Mack entering the transfer portal dashed…