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• Lincoln Looks To Buy The Experian Building For $6.5 Million

  The City of Lincoln wants to buy the Experian building. The city is currently renting space for several departments that are scattered all around Lincoln.

• Consumers warned of online loans

  Security National Bank opened it's doors for business in September 1964. Over time, it has grown to 14 locations in the Greater Omaha metropolitan area.

• LPD: Man Arrested For Theft, Setting Moving Van on Fire

  Lincoln police say a Crimestoppers tip led to the arrest of a man who they say stole a moving van from outside a motel, and later set the van on fire.

• Average Gas Prices in Lincoln Have Fallen Over the Past Week

  Average retail gasoline prices in Lincoln have fallen 2.9 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.75/g Sunday.

• Man Arrested After Fight at Family Bar-b-que

  Lincoln police arrested a man Sunday following a disturbance at a weekend family get-together. Officer Katie Flood says 40-year-old Kevin Birdsong was lodged Sunday night and cited for 2nd degree assault, use of a weapon to commit a felony, assault, disturbing the peace, vandalism and theft.

• Quake: Key information

  Metroinfo phone queries on 03 366 8855 or check www.metroinfo.org.nz . Metro bus services are running, including services to the Waimakariri and Selwyn districts.

• Lincoln man arrested for U-Haul theft and arson

  A Crimestoppers tip has led to the arrest of a Lincoln man in the theft and arson of a Uhaul truck.

• Poll: Rural Nebraskans' finances rooted in ag

  A poll of rural Nebraskans suggests that agriculture is still key to their economic well-being. The 2010 Nebraska Rural Poll was conducted in March and April by the Center for Applied Rural Innovation at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Of those who responded to the survey, 54% said their economic health was strongly linked to agriculture; 24% ...

• Accident hospitalizes two Nebraska residents

  Two Nebraska residents were hospitalized after a single-car accident at the 71-mile marker of Interstate 70.

• Rock group Husbands back from tour and drawing Lincoln home crowd

  Lincoln's music scene has always had sort of a soft spot for experimental, noisy, loud, eclectic rock acts.