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Editorial Roundup: Nebraska
Lincoln Journal Star. June 22, 2024. Editorial: State should take action on regulating security guards Multiple questions were raised when a security guard working at a downtown bar shot and killed Gregory Little Jr. on April 7. Some of those questions were answered...
A year in, Nebraska doctors say 12-week abortion ban has changed how they care for patients
Brittany Harper and her husband knew they wanted a third baby. Last fall, they decided it was time – and, within a month, she was pregnant. After some high blood pressure readings and spotting early on, she visited her Omaha OB-GYN’s office for a routine test. When Harper shared...
Witnesses say Ohio man demanded Jeep before he stabbed couple at a Nebraska interstate rest area
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — Witnesses say they heard an Ohio man demand the keys to a Jeep that was being towed behind a Missouri couple's RV before he brutally stabbed them both and killed the man at an Interstate 80 rest area. James Thompson Jr., 22, was formally charged with...
Editorial Roundup: Nebraska
Lincoln Journal Star. June 14, 2024. Editorial: Hard conversations, good information should shape vote Human beings have hard conversations. Doctors have to give patients bad news. Employers and employees have to share difficult information. Coaches...
Florida and star Jac Caglianone are back in Omaha thanks to a contributing supporting cast
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Jac Caglianone grabbed a Florida teammate to help carry the bucket of ice water and tried to sneak up on coach Kevin O’Sullivan moments after the Gators advanced to the College World Series for the second consecutive year. “I saw him coming the whole...
Editorial Roundup: Nebraska
Lincoln Journal-Star. June 4, 2024. Editorial: School districts, voters need to find common ground In February 2020, 62% of voters signed off on Lincoln Public Schools’ $290 million school bond issue that paved the way for two new high schools and an elementary...
A new Nebraska law makes court diversion program available to veterans. Other states could follow
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Facing his fifth drunk driving offense in 25 years, Robert Jackson of Olathe, Kansas, was given a choice: go to court and take a possible jail sentence, or commit to a diversion program that keeps military veterans out of jail. Jackson didn't hesitate to take the...
Nebraska funeral home discovers hospice patient was still alive hours after being declared dead
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska funeral home discovered that a 74-year-old hospice patient who was declared dead by her nursing home two hours earlier was actually still alive, so workers started CPR and she was rushed to a hospital, where she died hours later. It's not clear how...
Editorial Roundup: Nebraska
Lincoln Journal Star. May 30, 2024. Editorial: Census numbers give insight to the future Nebraska grew by just 10,000 from July 2022 to July 2023. But the vast majority of that growth, more than 9,000 people, came in Douglas, Sarpy and Lancaster counties. ...
Caglianone and Shelton have 4 RBIs apiece, Florida beats Nebraska 17-11 at Stillwater Regional
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Jac Caglianone hit a go-ahead three-run home run in the bottom of the second inning and Florida led the rest of the way as the Gators beat Nebraska 17-11 Sunday in an elimination game at the Stillwater Regional. The Gators, who beat Nebraska (40-22) in the...
