From The Notebook

Tear-Filled Goodbye
Lincoln Journal Star features editor Jeff Korbelik reports KOLN/KGIN morning anchor Erika Tallan is leaving the station to take a morning reporter job at a still-to-be-announced TV station in Kansas City, Mo. The Arizona State University graduate was born in Scottsdale and has worked at the Lincoln CBS affiliate since Dec. 2008. Tallan reflected on "where the magic first happened" (her words, not ours) during a nearly three-minute, tear-filled farewell segment. Watch it here. 

Forgotten Steakhouses

In Friday afternoon's "Bluejay Talk Live" question-and-answer segment on Omaha.com, Creighton University beat writer Steven Pivovar was asked what his "favorite traditional steakhouse in town is." Pivovar, whose seventh floor office at the Omaha World-Herald virtually overlooks Piccolo Pete's (at 20th and Dorcas) and is a five-minute drive from Johnny's Cafe (at 27th and L) replied: "Didn't know we had any traditional steakhouses left."

Check the Schedule
KETV's weather tease in its 5 p.m. newscast mentioned how mild temperatures would make for pleasant conditions if you were heading out to "one of the high school football playoff games tonight." But the only games being played Friday involving teams remotely close to KETV's viewing area were happening indoors at the UNI-Dome on the campus of the University of Northern Iowa, in Cedar Falls, Iowa.