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LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – 10/11 NOW is taking a look back at some of the top news-making events in Lincoln and the surrounding area from the last 365 days.
In 2024, Nebraskans experienced everything from tornadoes, fires, and damaging winds, to crimes that shook people’s lives.
It was a year of extreme weather rocking the community. One of the most notable events, a tornado touching down just outside of Lincoln, tearing through Garner Industries on April 26th with 70 employees inside.
“I mean, this classified as a mass casualty, I mean, we had more than a few patients,” said Jared Rains, Waverly Fire Chief. “So we just hit the everybody come button and we’ll sort it out later.”
Miraculously, nobody was seriously hurt, but in the aftermath, dozens were laid off and the building that once stood remains in a state of disrepair.
In May, what started as a tornado warning in Wahoo ended with a rush of flash flooding, damaging fields and homes and leaving residents to pick up and rebuild.

Then, on July 31, straight line winds tore through the Capital City, leaving a massive mess of downed tree limbs and damage behind.
“Limbs were everywhere,” said Mitch Lee. “Leaves were everywhere. it was quite the commotion.”
From winds and rain, to wind and fire. A deadly combination that led to wildfires across Lancaster, Seward and Butler counties in October.
Firefighters also battled fires in the city limits.
“I got a call and a bunch of texts on my way to work today,” said Rick Peters, Owner of AMS Insurance Center. “I was a little concerned because of the wind it’s blowing right at our business.”
The blaze at the abandoned Village Inn on 27th and O streets forced evacuations of nearby homes and leveling of the rubble left behind.
2024 also brought strange and tragic crimes. Starting in January, with a man going on a rampage on a skid steer in the parking lot of a Home Depot, damaging vehicles and businesses.
A Bennet teen facing charges of derailing a train, now being tried as an adult, as deputies said he was the one who recorded the video of the incident.
A Waverly nursing home is under investigation after a failure to follow procedure led to a 74-year-old woman found alive at a funeral home where she had been sent for embalming.
In Saline County, a mass shooting rocked the small town of Crete after a neighbor opened fire injuring seven people.
“The biggest thing is the community is realizing it was a one incident situation, and that we need to deal with it, help the family out and then be able to move on,” said Crete Mayor Dave Bauer.
A tragic loss of two lives in a double homicide at The Office Gentleman’s Club, a case now tied up in the court system because the bailiff for the original judge as a witness.
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Students march on New Years Eve during a protest that erupted after a concrete canopy fell two months ago and killed 15 people in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. Credit: AP/Darko Vojinovic
BELGRADE, Serbia — Instead of the traditional boisterous street partying on New Years Eve, tens of thousands of protesters led by university students gathered overnight in Belgrade and other Serbian cities to demand political reforms and justice in the Balkan country.
The protesters have been actively demonstrating following the tragic collapse of a concrete canopy in the northern town of Novi Sad’s central train station on Nov. 1, which resulted in 15 fatalities.
The mishap has been attributed to corruption and substandard construction practices by the populist Serbian leadership, leading to widespread public outcry and demands for accountability.
Students from various Belgrade universities have organized the protest under the slogan “There is No New Year — You Still Owe Us for the Old One.”
The loud crowd, chanting “We Want Justice,” went silent at 11:52 p.m. with 15 minutes to honor the victims of the Novi Sad tragedy. Many were holding banners with a red handprint, which has become a symbol of the antigovernment protests, telling the authorities that they have blood on their hands.
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Earlier, they marched past a state-sponsored concert where the crowd danced to folk music tunes. Police guarded the area where the concert was taking place and set up metal fences while directing the protesting crowd to other streets nearby to avoid contact between the two groups.
The antigovernment protesters emphasized that, despite the festive season, their commitment to seeking justice remains unwavering. The student-led movement has garnered support from various societal groups, including professors, farmers and actors, reflecting broader discontent with autocratic President Aleksandar Vucic 's leadership.
Students march on New Years Eve during a protest that erupted after a concrete canopy fell two months ago and killed 15 people in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. Credit: AP/Darko Vojinovic
Thousands of people also gathered in Novi Sad and the southern city of Nis for parallel gatherings also led by university students in those cities.
In Belgrade, state-sponsored concerts and other New Year celebrations were organized in the city center and in a newly built high-rise Belgrade Waterfront neighborhood which Vucic has claimed is his own project together with the United Arab Emirates investors.
Belgrade has become a favorite partying destination for tourist on the New Years Eve celebrations with street partying and huge fireworks.
The crowds in Belgrade braved very cold weather and fog to join the students. The New Years Eve protest comes just over a week after tens of thousands rallied together with the students in what was one of the biggest gatherings in recent years in the Serbian capital.
Students march on New Years Eve during a protest that erupted after a concrete canopy fell two months ago and killed 15 people in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. Credit: AP/Darko Vojinovic
Serbia’s public prosecutor on Monday indicted 13 people, including a former minister, over the collapse of the concrete canopy The protesters say that is not enough as the indictment does not include charges of possible corrupt deals during a renovation of the the Novi Sad train station that was part of a wider deal with Chinese companies.
Vucic earlier told pro-government Prva TV that all student demands have been fulfilled.
“I have always been ready to talk, I am asking them now but they won’t talk to me, they have no arguments, the prosecutors fulfilled the last of their demands, all documents they wanted have been published and nothing happened,” Vucic said, adding he won't be toppled by street protests.
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As violent crime rates appear to be falling after a pandemic-related spike, gun violence continues to plague communities around the country.
In 2024, there have been nearly 500 mass shootings, according to a database maintained by Gun Violence America. The deadliest occurred in a Chicago suburb in January, killing eight people.
In light of the recent school shooting in Wisconsin, President Joe Biden spoke of his administration’s work aimed at reducing gun violence, including passing the most significant gun safety legislation in nearly 30 years.
“But more is needed,” he said.
States have also taken steps to pass their own gun regulations. Here is what advocates in gun policy had to say about the 2024 legislative year and a look at some laws coming into effect in the new year
Who owns guns in the US?The gender gap is closing for conservatives.
By and large, the state laws related to gun safety taking effect in 2025 enforce gun safety, according to the gun violence prevention organization Everytown for Gun Safety.
“America’s gun violence epidemic is not inevitable, it is the logical outcome of lawmakers’ callous inaction in service to the gun lobby,” Monisha Henley, senior vice president for government affairs at Everytown for Gun Safety, told USA TODAY in a statement. “As we head into the New Year, not a single consequential law rolling back our progress on gun safety will go into effect, but countless laws making our communities safer will. As we head into 2025 one thing remains clear: gun safety isn’t just good policy, it’s good politics.”
But the National Rifle Association also trumpeted victories in 2024. John Commerford, Interim Executive Director of the NRA Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) heralded the election of a “pro-gun president” and Republican majorities in the congressional chambers.
“Much to the dismay of gun control activists, Second Amendment rights were protected and expanded in a number of states in 2024,” Commerford said in a statement to USA TODAY.
The organization pointed to South Carolina and Louisiana, which passed and enacted legislation in 2024 allowing lawful gun owners to carry a firearm without a permit, and Colorado, Maine and New Mexico, where efforts to pass bans on certain types of firearms failed.
Here are some laws going into effect on Jan. 1 around the country.
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In September, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a series of laws aimed at strengthening gun safety regulations. Those include requiring schools to implement safety programs and plans, and establishing an Office of Gun Violence Prevention, which have deadlines in the coming years.
Some of those laws go into effect on Jan. 1 including:
“California won’t wait until the next school shooting or mass shooting to act,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a news release. “In the absence of congressional action, our state is once again leading the way by strengthening our nation-leading gun laws.”
As of Jan. 1, any handgun stored inside an unoccupied vehicle in Colorado must be in a locked, hard-sided container that is out of plain view, and the vehicle also must be locked, with some exceptions.
Later in 2025, Coloradans who want to apply for a concealed carry permit will be required to complete an eight-hour training class, which includes a written exam and a live-fire exercise. The law, which goes into effect July 1, also prohibits anyone who was convicted of certain misdemeanor offenses from obtaining a concealed carry permit, if those offenses happened within five years of the application.
The only gun-related bills signed into law in 2024 in New Hampshire expanded gun rights. Going into effect on Jan, 1. HB 1186 strengthens privacy protections around gun laws by prohibiting the use of specific merchant category codes, and HB 1336 bars employers from forbidding employees from storing guns in locked vehicles. SB 322, which already went into effect in July, protects law enforcement officers who issue gun licenses “in good faith.”
After a security guard was shot and killed while in the line of duty at the New Hampshire Hospital in 2023, some lawmakers pushed for new gun regulations. One, called Bradley’s Law, was a bipartisan sponsored bill to require serious mental health information to be reported to the federal background check system for firearm purchases. But while the bill passed the House, it failed in the Senate.
The NRA touted that several states have passed laws to prohibit assigning a code for gun retailers, known as a “merchant category code.” The MCCs can be used by financial institutions to see what kinds of purchases are made, though it does not show the specific item purchased.
Kentucky is one of 10 states that passed an MCC ban in 2024, according to the NRA, and at least five other states have previously passed those laws while a handful of other states, including California, have passed legislation requiring it.
Kentucky’s ban goes into effect Jan. 1, 2025.
Minnesota passed a binary trigger ban, which goes into effect on Jan. 1. A binary trigger allows a gun to be fired once when the trigger is pulled, then again when the trigger is released.
Delaware will include university campuses in the Safe School Zone, making it a felony offense to possess a firearm on campus, as of Jan. 1.
New York will require gun dealers to post signs warning consumers of the risk of gun ownership starting Jan. 7. In the new year, New York is also implementing a statewide registry of extreme risk protection orders, which bars someone from owning a gun temporarily if they are deemed at risk to themselves or others.
Contributing: Saman Shafiq, Michael Collins
Kinsey Crowley is a trending news reporter at USA TODAY. Reach her at kcrowley@gannett.com, and follow her on X and TikTok @kinseycrowley.
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A widely followed crypto analyst believes Bitcoin’s (BTC) delay in entering the most explosive phase of the cycle comes with pluses and minuses.
Pseudonymous analyst Dave the Wave tells 147,700 followers on the social media platform X that Bitcoin may remain in a technical bullish trend for a while longer before eventually going parabolic.
“The simple fact is that BTC price has not gone parabolic yet. This is both a negative and a positive. A negative in that those higher prices might not come in the here and now (is this really a negative?), and a positive in that price is still technically stable with eventual higher prices at a later date, compared to if the spike had come sooner.
With the number getting high fast, this served to over-excite the market. There is an element of ‘money illusion’ at work in this in my opinion. Keep in mind also that price can always turn on a dime to the upside despite the sober technicals.”
Dave the Wave uses his version of logarithmic growth curves (LGCs), which aim to forecast Bitcoin’s market cycle highs and lows while filtering out short-term volatility.
Looking at the trader’s chart, he suggests that LGC’s support levels may be tested around the $70,000 range while the overall bullish trend remains intact.
He also says that Bitcoin is currently in a consolidation phase until it can break out of a key trendline.
“BTC consolidation the order of the day until the downward diagonal can be broken. Technically, still very solid.”
Bitcoin is trading for $92,338 at time of writing, down 13.2% in the last two weeks.
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