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Seventy years ago this month, a 25-cent paperback called “The Killer Inside Me” hit newsstands across the country. Featuring a shadowy montage of noir staples – a burning…
NEAR HARRISBURG–In bone-dry Banner County, clouds of dirt drift into the sky as rumbling tractors till the sun-baked soil. In some fields, the ground is still too dry…
The Flatwater Free Press is celebrating its first birthday in the best way I can imagine. We’re growing. And I couldn’t be more thrilled about how. Right about…
Earnest Jackson is innocent and should be released from prison, say two family members of the man he’s convicted of murdering. Their public support of Jackson is the…
One August morning, I noticed an envelope with first class postage – postal speak for Potentially Important – from a bank where I do not bank, sandwiched between…
Over time, Lynn Lief found herself with less and less work to offer to teenagers. For more than 40 years, Lief and her family employed up to 500…
In mid-August, Rhonda Mueller welcomed her 26th class to Elliott Elementary School in central Lincoln. As her new crop of fifth graders filed into the room, she checked…
Bob Kerrey is worried about our schools. More specifically, the former Nebraska governor, U.S. senator and college president is worried we are risking what he thinks makes our…
Earlier this month, longtime TV and radio reporter and Flatwater Free Press correspondent Mike’l Severe sat down with Bob Kerrey for an in-depth interview. Among the topics of…
Longtime TV and radio reporter and Flatwater correspondent Mike’l Severe sat down with Bob Kerrey for an in-depth interview. Among the topics of conversation: The Jan. 6 insurrection,…