Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 02/19/2025 - 5:00am
LINCOLN – Sports referees called on Nebraska lawmakers Wednesday to increase penalties for spectators, parents and coaches who assault them in the heat of an athletic contest.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 02/19/2025 - 4:00am
OMAHA — A financial gift from a Creighton University nursing alumna aims to provide 25 other nurses full scholarships to gain a higher degree and experience in healthcare-deprived communities across the globe.
With the donation from Kathy Keough Soto and her family, Omaha-based Creighton is launching the Soto Nursing Scholars program within its College of Nursing.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 02/19/2025 - 3:00am
NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 1,300 probationary employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — roughly one-tenth of the agency's workforce — are being forced out under the Trump administration's move to get rid of all probationary employees.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 02/12/2025 - 7:00am
Over 100 people start singing in unison.
“Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to us, happy birthday dear us, happy birthday to us!”
The song ends with Eclectic Book Review Club president Mary Lu Larson asking attendees to enjoy cupcakes before launching into the monthly meeting at the Field Club of Omaha.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 02/12/2025 - 6:00am
I invite Nebraska’s congressional delegation to join me in celebrating Black History Month.
Surely U.S. Sens. Pete Ricketts and Deb Fischer and U.S. Reps. Don Bacon, Adrian Smith and Mike Flood remember Black History Month. Surely they find it an appropriate marking of the historic and long-standing positive impact of our Black brothers and sisters to this story we call America.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 02/12/2025 - 5:00am
As districts and government officials nationwide consider curbing smartphones’ reach, new research has revealed teens miss at least one and a half hours of school because they are on their phones.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 02/12/2025 - 5:00am
LINCOLN — Nebraska lawmakers are another step closer to ending the twice-a-year switching of clocks back and forth one hour, but whether that is by shifting year-round to standard time or daylight saving time hasn’t been decided.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 02/05/2025 - 7:00am
Balloons in his favorite colors — black, blue and white — drifted up from the courtyard at Underwood Tower.
His family, wearing matching T-shirts made for the occasion, and a group of his old neighbors gathered in the scorching heat to release the balloons into a clear August sky.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Wed, 02/05/2025 - 6:00am
To begin an article with the word “Hark," might be too archaic, but I know of no other word that is as serious and as commanding as it; used to plead for attention to an important issue in a single word that foregoes the need for begging.