
Helping Yehor: Near Ukrainian border, Nebraskans offer play, comfort to child refugees
WARSAW, Poland – Eight-year-old Yehor focuses on the task at hand. On the floor of a hotel hallway, he folds scraps of paper into squares, layer upon layer…
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WARSAW, Poland – Eight-year-old Yehor focuses on the task at hand. On the floor of a hotel hallway, he folds scraps of paper into squares, layer upon layer…
In early April, a Lincoln woman noticed something puzzling – yellow and blue striped signs planted in yards, printed with three words: Thank you, Matthew. So she looked…
LINCOLN – The head man at First-Plymouth Congregational Church is wearing sneakers and jeans for the 11:59 service – a laid-back and come-as-you-are worship. A breeze blows through…
OMAHA – Three days before the Russian bombs begin to fall, the lights of the Ukrainian Catholic Church chapel flip on. It’s the start of the Sunday morning…
Omaha’s history with steak dates back a century. Now, as the oldest restaurant in Omaha, Johnny’s Cafe, celebrates its 100th anniversary, we take a look back at the…
It’s 7:30 pm on a wintry Friday night and the parking lot outside of Johnny’s Cafe, a South Omaha landmark, is jammed. The scent of seared steak wafts…
Kelly Morris of Omaha isn’t imbibing this month, but not because it’s “Dry January,” when millions of Americans turn the page on holiday excess and put their drinking…
As fighters went through their paces one recent night at B&B Sports Academy, its co-owner, world welterweight boxing champion Terence “Bud” Crawford, got right in the mix, interacting…
On a shirt-sleeve Sunday in December, worshippers climb the steps of the tall church in the lowlands of Lincoln. Friedens Evangelical Lutheran gleams in the sun. The onion…
Thousands of Omahans rely on the bus, including many with disabilities. But several say they are frustrated after having trouble using some bus tickets — including those distributed…