Jack Mitchell has a Whiparound of today's top stories including a major gas leak near UNL's East Campus, power restored for all LES customers after last weekend's storms, 75-year-old LNK woman scammed out of $260K and more!
Later Jack welcomes Nebraska 1st District Congressman Mike Flood on the latest Drive Time Lincoln!
Jack Mitchell has a Whiparound of today's top stories including the FBI trafficking sting in the Omaha metro, vehicles stolen from LNK dealership by teens, Husker FB freshman punter Archie Wilson making the sacrifice to move from family in Australia to play CFB and more!
Later Jack welcomes Kelani Baber ahead of this Sunday's Tunnel to Towers Foundation 5K Run & Walk that will take place at Mahoney Park in LNK.
Jack Mitchell has a Whiparound of today's top stories including the aftermath of a wild weekend of storms, Lancaster County officially has a sheriff's race, the AP Top 25 CFB Poll is released and more!
Later Jack welcomes Bill Stephan, Executive Director at the Lied Center for the Performing Arts, ahead of Disney's Frozen which starts this Friday.
Jack Mitchell has a Whiparound of today's top stories including the $450M Memorial Stadium renovation on hold, UNL to offer buyouts to senior faculty, small engine plane make emergency landing outside of Norfolk and more!
Later Jack welcomes Lincoln Arneal of Huskers Illustrated and Volleyball State podcast after a big week of VB news and Saturday's Husker VB Red-White Scrimmage!
Jack Mitchell has a Whiparound of today's top stories including a challenger for Mike Food in the 2025 1st District Congressional Race, LNK announces proposal for youth VB facility, the heat returns Friday and more!
Later, with today's announcement of LNK's proposal for a new youth VB facility, Jack takes a deep dive into the growth of youth sports and the city's investment in facilities.
Jack Mitchell has a Whiparound of today's top stories including LOVB Nebraska adding Jordan Larson as part owner, John Cook joining Omaha Supernovas as co-owner and GM, Nebraska Volleyball No. 1 in Preseason AVCA Coaches Poll and more!
Later Jack welcomes Gavin Felix, Director of Television Production at Nebraska Public Media, to talk about the John Cook documentary "The Last Ride with John Cook" which premieres this Sunday, Aug. 10th at 7:00 pm CDT on Nebraska Public Media.
Jack Mitchell has a Whiparound of today's top stories including the University of Nebraska Regent DUI, will Nebraska be home to the next 'Alligator Alcatraz', proposed shift of management for Niobrara River and more!
Later Jack welcomes Chase Porter from the KLIN Newsroom for more details about Representative Mike Flood's rancorous town hall in LNK.
Jack Mitchell has a Whiparound of today's top stories including a Nebraska Regent facing DUI charge, UNL budget cuts, Husker Bowling to Conference USA and more!
Later Jack welcomes Lincoln Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Jack Skretta as the 2025 school year is about to get underway.
Jack Mitchell has a Whiparound of today's top stories including the Canadian wildfires affecting the air quality over the weekend, AG Hilgers filing a suit against cannabis seller , a sneak peek of Memorial Stadium vendors and more!
Later Jack welcomes Gina Nathan from the Lancaster County Superfair which continues at the Sandhills Global Event Center!
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About Drive Time Lincoln
From the publisher's feed
Drive Time Lincoln is hosted by Jack Mitchell, who has also served as KLIN's morning show host since 2006. Since it's nearly impossible to follow the news all day long, Jack will spend the first half of each show, from 5-5:30 p.m. on the 'Whiparound', a segment designed to get you up to speed on what you missed during your busy day. Whatever that day's most impactful stories are, Jack will report, explain, discuss, and ask questions about them in a fast-moving daily breakdown that you'll be able to tune into at any time and during your drive or at home and get a lot of information in a short amount of time, all presented with Jack's brand of energy, humor knowledge of this city and area, its history, its culture, its people, its institutions, its disagreements, and its common experiences. The Whiparound will also feature the resources and work of the KLIN Newsroom, whether it be exclusive reporting, audio clips so you can hear what happened firsthand, breaking news alerts, and live hits with Mark Vail, Chase Porter, Tom Stanton, Chris Lofgreen and Nate Rohr. Every day isn't the same, and every day's most important news isn't the same. While local government and politics are often the story of the day, sometimes your world is most affected by whether a storm is coming, what's happening with your kids in school, when that road is going open, what there is to do this weekend, what that new business in town is, or what that app everyone is using does. Jack will cover it all, and will do so with resources, people and reporting of the KLIN newsroom.
For the second half of the show, just after 5:30 p.m., Jack will be joined by an interview guest every day. These discussions with local elected officials, agency heads, community leaders, newsmakers, interesting people, weathermen and women, experts on issues and subjects we're not experts on, media members, coaches, athletes, people from the world of local entertainment and fine art and beyond will take you further in-depth into the local news, issues, and events that you care about.
Finally, as he does on the morning show, Jack will interact with listeners throughout the show on the Summit Lawns Text line, which you can use to communicate directly to Jack at 402-479-1400. In the final segment Jack will share reaction from listeners to the day's topics.
Listen to Drive Time Lincoln every weekday afternoon from 5-6 p.m. on 1400 & 99.3 KLIN.