People's City Mission executive director Pastor Tom Barber sitting under the shade outside of the Hy-Vee off of 84th and Holdrege for the 7th annual Gimme Shelter benefit to raise enough cases of bottled water through the summer. (Jeff Motz/KFOR News) LINCOLN–(KFOR June 13)–It’s the seventh year the People’s City Mission has done the Gimme Shelter benefit to raise enough bottled water to have in supply at the shelter this summer for people staying or stopping by to keep cool. Pastor Tom Barber will go without sleep, food and shelter until 9am Friday. KFOR News caught up with Pastor Tom around ..read more

A slide showing the new permanent supportive housing building set to be built at 8th and "J" Streets. (Courtesy of the the City of Lincoln) LINCOLN–(News Release June 13)–Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird today provided an update on Lincoln’s first City-owned permanent supportive housing location, a significant step in her administration’s ongoing efforts to end chronic homelessness, and one of the pillars she announced in her 2023 State of the City address. She announced the selection of Sinclair Hille as the architect and CenterPointe as the operations and services manager for the permanent support ..read more

Credit: MGN LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mortgage rates eased again this week, though the latest pullback leaves the average rate on a 30-year home loan at close to 7%, where it’s been much of this year. The rate fell to 6.95% from 6.99% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate averaged 6.69%. Mortgage rates are influenced by several factors, including how the bond market reacts to the Federal Reserve’s interest rate policy and the moves in the 10-year Treasury yield, which lenders use as a guide to pricing home loans. Yields eased this week following economic data showi ..read more

Front gate to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln City Campus. (Jeff Motz/KFOR News) LINCOLN–(KFOR June 13)–What’s being considered as a modest increase in tuition is part of the proposed $1.1-billion University of Nebraska system budget for 2024-25 should also close the system’s budget shortfall. That’s according to interim University of Nebraska president Chris Kabourek. He will present the budget proposal June 20 to the Nebraska Board of Regents. The tuition increase would be equal to $135 per semester, or $1.29 a day per UNL student, $1.14 per student at UNO and $1 a day per student at UNK ..read more

Lincoln Police cruiser. (Jeff Motz/KFOR News) LINCOLN–(KFOR June 13)–Lincoln Police arrested a man on suspicion of child enticement for luring two young daughters of a woman to his home on June 5. An arrest affidavit says after a woman fell asleep in her home after spending time with 43-year-old John Graves, he allegedly lured the two girls, ages 5 and 7, to his home not far away. Grave supposedly locked the door to his home where the girls couldn’t leave, but before that, the 5-year-old apparently ate something in Graves’ yard that made her sick. About that time, the woman woke up and found n ..read more

Courtesy of AlphaMedia USA Lincoln. UNION–(KFOR June 13)–Clean up continues near Union in far eastern Nebraska following Tuesday afternoon’s derailment of 23 Union Pacific train cars, including one that was carrying a synthetic rubber that was leaking into Wolf Creek. This happened near Highway 75 on the Cass/Otoe County line, according to U.P.  They say a thermal misalignment was the likely cause of the derailment. That’s when heat causes a rail to expand and push out of alignment. No one was hurt and no word yet on when the rail line will reopen ..read more

Courtesy of AlphaMedia, USA-Lincoln. Former Husker Pitchers Square Off In MLB Matchup The first time that two former University of Nebraska pitchers faced each other in a Major League Baseball game happened Wednesday, when Cade Povich and Baltimore Orioles squared off with Spencer Schwellenbach and the Atlanta Braves, with the O’s winning 4-2. Povich went six innings and struck out six batters. Schwellenbach went six innings and struck out three batters. SALTDOGS BASEBALL: Lincoln Ends Losing Skid The Lincoln Saltdogs snapped a seven-game losing streak on Wednesday afternoon, when they defeate ..read more

Josiah Allick (left) and Triston Simpson. (Courtesy of Nebraska Athletics) LINCOLN–(NU Athletic June 12)–Nebraska men’s basketball coach Fred Hoiberg announced Wednesday that Josiah Allick and Triston Simpson will join the Husker basketball staff as graduate assistants for the upcoming season. Allick will serve as a graduate assistant this season, as he rehabs following ankle surgery. He helped Nebraska to one of its most successful seasons in program history in 2023-24. The Lincoln, Neb., native played in 33 games, including 27 starts, in his lone season at Nebraska and averaged 7.3 points on ..read more

The top-ranked and top-seed Nebraska volleyball team celebrates winning the NCAA Regional Title at the Devaney Sports Center, after earning a 3-1 victory over No. 3 seed Arkansas on Dec. 10, 2023. (Courtesy of NU Athletics) LINCOLN–(NU Athletics June 12)–The Nebraska volleyball program and the Big Ten Conference announced the 2024 schedule on Wednesday. The Huskers will play 31 matches – 20 against Big Ten opponents and 11 against non-conference foes. Eighteen of the Huskers’ 31 matches will be played at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. The schedule features 11 matches against teams that finishe ..read more

Credit: MGN COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Food authorities in Denmark have recalled three types of spicy instant noodle products imported from South Korea over possible risks for “acute poisoning.” The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration said children and teenagers are daring each other on social media to eat “a strong bowl of noodle soup” containing capsaicin, an active ingredient in chile peppers but also a chemical that can be a neurotoxin and a health hazard. Spicy food challenges have been around for years. In September, a Massachusetts teen with a congenital heart defect who participa ..read more