Zach Hammack
Associate Managing Editor at Lincoln Journal Star
Managing Editor @JournalStarNews. Former Night Editor, K-12 education reporter. Fan of Cardinals, cricket and Bob Dylan.
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2 weeks ago |
journalstar.com | Zach Hammack
Much-needed rainfall in Lincoln on Sunday and Monday may have helped put a dent in stubborn drought conditions, but the city still lags behind normal precipitation for the year. From Sunday evening through Monday, Lincoln saw 2.29 inches of rain, 1.31 of which came Monday when severe storms swept through eastern Nebraska, according to the National Weather Service. That brings Lincoln's rainfall total for May to 2.5 inches, still about a half-inch behind the average for the month so far.
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2 weeks ago |
journalstar.com | Zach Hammack
The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for east-central Lancaster County until 8 p.m. Monday. The weather service said at 7:16 p.m. it was tracking a severe storm about 3 mile south Holmes Lake heading east at 15 mph capable of producing quarter-size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
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3 weeks ago |
journalstar.com | Zach Hammack
A Nebraska inmate serving time for second-degree murder in the 1972 strangulation death of a Plattsmouth boy died Tuesday, state prison officials said. Lloyd Schoonmaker, 80, died at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution, according to a release from the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services.
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3 weeks ago |
journalstar.com | Zach Hammack
May has felt more like summer than spring in Lincoln so far this year, but a relative cooldown is expected to bring some relief. So far, May has been 3.6 degrees warmer than average, according to Taylor Nicolaisen, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Valley. Lincoln has touched at least 80 degrees each day since May 8, including highs of 90 degrees on Wednesday and last Saturday. The average temperature for Lincoln on May 14 is 74 degrees. "It has been toasty," Nicolaisen said.
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1 month ago |
journalstar.com | Zach Hammack
The U.S. Department of Education has pulled a $7 million grant Lincoln Public Schools received to provide school-based mental health services, district officials said. In a Thursday news release, LPS said it got a non-continuation notice for the five-year grant awarded in 2023 as part of $1 billion the federal government was disbursing to help districts nationwide to hire more psychologists, counselors and other mental health workers.
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