KETV Gets The Scoop; Omaha.com Goes Down

KETV-7 reporter Mike DiGiacomo was the only TV reporter on hand when Steve Pederson exited University of Nebraska-Lincoln chancellor Harvey Perlman's office Monday afternoon.

Less than an hour later, Perlman announced that Pederson had been asked to step down.

DiGiacomo's on-the-scene reports were also relayed to listeners of KOZN (1620 AM) where fellow KETV reporter Mike'l Severe is co-host of "Unsportsmanlike Conduct."

The Omaha World-Heral'ds online portal, Omaha.com, was unable to handle the flood of traffic to its server and its site was unavailable for nearly 30 minutes.

Huskerpedia.com, in a pre-emptive measure, changed its access level to subscribers-only shortly after 1:30 p.m. Sunday night, Huskerpedia.com, nebraska.rivals.com and huskerboard.com all experienced record numbers of visitors.