Number of Americans traveling for Fourth of July near same as 2025 — but more seek cruises Kevin Cole World-Herald Staff Writer Jun 30, 2026 1 hr ago 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An expected 72.2 million Americans will travel for the Fourth of July holiday, nearly the same number as last year.kAm“u@C >2?J 72>:=:6D[ EC2G6=:?8 7@C x?56A6?56?46 s2J :D?’E ;FDE 2 EC:A[ :E’D 2 EC25:E:@?[” s633:6 w22D[ G:46 AC6D:56?E @7 EC2G6= 7@C ppp[ D2:5 :? 2 AC6DD C6=62D6] “'242E:@?D 2C6 @?6 42E68@CJ H96C6 4@?DF>6CD 2C6 DE:== H:==:?8 E@ DA6?5[ 6G6? :7 E92E >62?D 4FEE:?8 324< @? 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City of Lincoln files complaints over West O storage units without permits The city of Lincoln is going after a businessman for not having permits for storage units on three properties in west Lincoln.
500-unit apartment complex planned on Lincoln's east side A 500-unit apartment building is coming to a 24-acre plot of land on Lincoln's east side.
Lincoln Diocese pays woman who accused priest of sex abuse $75,000 to release claims A woman says abuse by a Lincoln seminarian in 1993 shaped decades of her life. A renewed diocesan investigation ended with a $75,000 settlement.
The G.O.A.T. soon will occupy former Wonderbowl site Troy and Jennifer Olson are bringing G.O.A.T.'s Table, a new sports bar, to the east side.
