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Hailey Christiansen believed in second chances. The 29-year-old raised two pitbulls, Comrad and Thor, gentle giants her young son Hazen rode like horses. She had once considered becoming…
Just after 6 p.m. on a balmy Saturday this March, Stephanie Nantkes parked her Suburban outside the Civic Center in downtown Seward, opened the heavy glass doors and…
What happened: A film that has been screened by Nebraska for Founders’ Values and the Protect Nebraska Children Coaltion roughly two dozen times across the state makes the…
Cindy Vanek was supposed to be recovering from COVID-19, but something was wrong. The Papillion office coordinator contracted the virus just before Halloween 2020, a case she describes…
Don Hutchens is a farmer, just like his father and his father’s father. He wears an “I stand with Ukraine” button on his chest and a red University…
In December, a group of Ukrainian farmers gathered for a graduation ceremony. They exchanged certificates, tossed graduation caps, danced – celebrating the completion of a course through Kultivariy,…
The prison reform movement that has helped send U.S. inmate numbers plummeting was born in deep-red Texas, offering a new criminal justice vision that appealed to both Republicans…
WARSAW, Poland – The three-year-old was too sick to leave his hotel room. He has had congenital heart disease since he was born. A second surgery was already…
Kim Young knows what it is like to travel hundreds of miles to have an abortion in a state she doesn’t call home. Told no Planned Parenthood doctor…
University of Nebraska volleyball coach John Cook entered the 2009 season having won 281 of his first 300 games – a ridiculous .937 winning percentage. He had already…