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Andrew Ward

Lincoln

Sports Director at KLKN-TV (Lincoln, NE)

Morning anchor for @Channel8ABC. Former sports guy. Nebraska Grad. Iowa native. Opinions = mine. Send story ideas to [email protected].

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  • 2 months ago | klkntv.com | Andrew Ward

    LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Lincoln Youth Football is preparing for it’s inaugural season of girls flag football. The organization is hosting a camp as well on Sunday, April 27th. Several organizers joined Channel 8 News at midday to talk about this new opportunity in Lincoln. PRESS RELEASE: Lincoln Youth Football (LYF) and the Lincoln Community Learning Center are excited to announce that Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird will proclaim April 27, 2025 as Girls Flag Football Day in Lincoln, Neb.

  • Mar 28, 2025 | klkntv.com | Andrew Ward

    LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Lincoln Police say two people were taken to the hospital early Friday morning after crash in southeast Lincoln. LPD said it happened around 5:45 a.m. near S. 56th and Stockwell Streets. Police said a car and a garbage truck collided. The driver of the car and a 1-year-old child were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. According to a Channel 8 reporter at the scene, the car had major damage to its front-end. Traffic was closed for about an hour on S.

  • Mar 19, 2025 | klkntv.com | Joseph H. McCarty |Andrew Ward

    LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Two people are dead and a teenager is in critical condition after a shooting Wednesday in central Lincoln, police say. LPD said it happened around 12:10 a.m. at an apartment complex near 22nd and G streets. When officers arrived on scene they found a man and a woman both dead with gunshot wounds. LPD said a teenage boy was taken to the hospital and is now in surgery. Two other children were found at the apartment, LPD said.

  • Mar 18, 2025 | klkntv.com | Joseph H. McCarty |Andrew Ward |Nolan Dorn

    LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Police are investigating a suspected murder-suicide at a central Lincoln apartment complex Wednesday morning. Around 12:10 a.m., a 13-year-old boy called 911 to report that he and his 40-year-old mother had been shot at an apartment complex near 22nd and G streets. When officers arrived, they found a 44-year-old Lincoln man who had appeared to have shot himself, according to Police Chief Michon Morrow.

  • Mar 12, 2025 | klkntv.com | Andrew Ward

    LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — The Southview Baptist Church in Lincoln is gearing up for it’s annual Easter play, which is entering it’s 31st year. Sylvana Airan with Southview Baptist stopped by Channel 8 News at midday to talk about the performance.

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Andrew Ward
Andrew Ward @AndrewWardKLKN
9 Jun 25

Going to be some epic games of H.O.R.S.E. at the Hendrick's Training Complex: https://t.co/vmYo5vfyd0

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Nebraska Men's Basketball @HuskerMBB

Rounding out the support staff. https://t.co/3HphRiKpVG

Andrew Ward
Andrew Ward @AndrewWardKLKN
9 Jun 25

RT @Channel8ABC: Man arrested in north Lincoln shooting that injured two https://t.co/reQRMjqYWJ

Andrew Ward
Andrew Ward @AndrewWardKLKN
8 Jun 25

Two weeks after being beaten by the #Huskers in the Big Ten title game, UCLA is headed back to Omaha.

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Big Ten Baseball @B1Gbaseball

Off to Omaha 🙌 UCLA beats UTSA, 7-0, to advance to its first CWS since 2013. #B1GBaseball https://t.co/YU36o61P4S