Profiles
The jury has reached a decision. The verdict … Guilty on both counts: Committing terroristic threats and third-degree assault in a road-rage, criminal case, heard recently before the Hon. Thomas K....
In the movie, “Almost Famous,” inspired by the real-life experiences of director Cameron Crowe, who started writing for the “Rolling Stone,” at age 15, his character is given back-stage access to...
Dan Schultz transitioned from a military career as an electronic warfare officer to opening a housecleaning franchise. He embraces his military training in building the franchise. (Tim Trudell / The Daily Record)
Dan Schultz likely could have had his pick of jobs when he retired from the Air Force. Defense-related contractor positions were within his grasp. With two master's degrees, maybe he could have used...
I hate America - hardly. But it wasn’t one person speaking ... It was millions, collectively united as one.
From sea to shining sea and beyond our nation’s shores, people rallied together in rural,...
It is set in stone, unlike the Constitution, our nation’s rule of law, many are valiantly defending to this day.
On Aug. 10, 1875, six attorneys convened at the Douglas County Courthouse to...
Today’s News
The federal courthouse in Lincoln. (Aaron Sanderford / Nebraska Examiner)
LINCOLN — A federal grand jury in Nebraska charged 54 people with deploying malware and stealing millions of dollars from ATMs around the country, Nebraska U.S. Attorney Lesley Woods announced this...
If history is a guide, Republicans stand a good chance of losing control of the House of Representatives in 2026. They have just a slim majority in the chamber, and the incumbent party usually gives...
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It’s a new year, and the next session of the Unicameral is about to begin. There will be a number of laws proposed this year, as there always are, but the main issue our state senators need to...
A vacant hallway at Vaughan Regional Medical Center in Selma, Alabama, on Tuesday, Sep. 3, 2024 in Selma, Alabama. (Will McLelland / Alabama Reflector)
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration unveiled Monday hundreds of millions of dollars each state will receive this fiscal year as part of a massive $50 billion rural health fund baked...
Denise Johnson holds her cat Ramsey after the Eaton Fire. Her home was one of the few in her immediate neighborhood that survived, but recovery will take time for everyone. (Jae C. Hong / AP Photo)
On Jan. 7, 2025, people across the Los Angeles area watched in horror as powerful winds began spreading wildfires through neighborhood after neighborhood. Over three weeks, the fires destroyed more...
This Week's News
The federal courthouse in Lincoln. (Aaron Sanderford / Nebraska Examiner)
01/02/2026 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — A federal grand jury in Nebraska charged 54 people with deploying malware and stealing millions of dollars from ATMs around the country, Nebraska U.S. Attorney Lesley Woods announced this month.
One indictment, returned Dec. 9, charges 22...
01/02/2026 - 12:00am
If history is a guide, Republicans stand a good chance of losing control of the House of Representatives in 2026. They have just a slim majority in the chamber, and the incumbent party usually gives up seats in midterm elections.
President Donald...
A vacant hallway at Vaughan Regional Medical Center in Selma, Alabama, on Tuesday, Sep. 3, 2024 in Selma, Alabama. (Will McLelland / Alabama Reflector)
01/02/2026 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration unveiled Monday hundreds of millions of dollars each state will receive this fiscal year as part of a massive $50 billion rural health fund baked into Republicans’ “big, beautiful” law.
The five-...
Denise Johnson holds her cat Ramsey after the Eaton Fire. Her home was one of the few in her immediate neighborhood that survived, but recovery will take time for everyone. (Jae C. Hong / AP Photo)
01/01/2026 - 12:00am
On Jan. 7, 2025, people across the Los Angeles area watched in horror as powerful winds began spreading wildfires through neighborhood after neighborhood. Over three weeks, the fires destroyed more than 16,000 homes and businesses. At least 31...
01/01/2026 - 12:00am
LARNACA, Cyprus (AP) — Photis Gaitanos’ rough fingers adroitly untangle the venomous spikes of a lionfish from a net, throwing the exotic-looking creature into an ice-filled rubber bin along with other fish from the day’s catch.
Unlike a few years...
A homeless teenager sleeps on the ground outside a homeless shelter in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Rick Bowmer / AP Photo)
01/01/2026 - 12:00am
Twenty-year-old Mikayla Foreman knows her experience is meaningful. Dealing with homelessness since 18 and currently living in a shelter, Foreman has managed to continue her academic journey, studying for exams this month in hopes of attaining a...
Casey Rollins, the executive director of Springfield, Ohio local nonprofit St. Vincent de Paul, is working to bring attention to the unfolding crisis of children left behind when their parents are deported. (Maddie McGarvey / The 19th)
12/31/2025 - 12:00am
This story was originally reported by Amanda Becker of The 19th. Meet Amanda and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy.
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Since last summer, Casey Rollins has braced for the day that children of Haitian...
12/31/2025 - 12:00am
BRANDY STATION, Va. (AP) — On a sparkling late-fall Sunday at a rural Virginia airfield, 16 careworn passengers were getting off a flight that changed, even saved, their lives.
Some looked bemused, some wary, some enthusiastic as they were carried...
The final day of the 2024 session of the Nebraska Legislature. (Paul Hammel / Nebraska Examiner)
12/31/2025 - 12:00am
Three thoughts …
Among the tasks waiting for the Nebraska Legislature when it reassembles after the first of the year will be a budget shortfall, the perennial pitch for lower property taxes and a roster of issues from education to fulfilling the...
Department of Health and Human Services CEO Steve Corsi (right) joins Gov. Jim Pillen (left) at a press conference in the Warner Chamber at the Capitol, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Corsi formerly served as CEO of the Central Wyoming Counseling Center, which is slated to receive $3.4 million of Nebraska’s Opioid Treatment Infrastructure Cash Fund. (Kenneth Ferriera / Lincoln Journal Star via AP)
12/31/2025 - 12:00am
When Nebraska’s Department of Health and Human Services announced its plan to divvy up millions in opioid settlement money, one recipient stood out: The Central Wyoming Counseling Center.
The Wyoming nonprofit is the only out-of-state organization...
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly holds a Chiefs jersey with team owner Clark Hunt ahead of a news conference Dec. 22, 2025, at the Kansas Docking State Office Building in Topeka, Kansas. (Anna Kaminski / Kansas Reflector)
12/30/2025 - 12:00am
TOPEKA, Kansas — The Kansas City Chiefs are moving to Kansas with a deal to use more than a billion dollars in taxpayer funding to help build a domed stadium, entertainment district, new team headquarters and a training facility, Kansas officials...
12/30/2025 - 12:00am
A small number of state employees dramatically boost their annual salaries by clocking extreme amounts of overtime hours.
At least 27 state employees made more money in overtime than they did from their base salaries during the fiscal year that...
Southern Fried Catfish. (Matt Hebert)
12/30/2025 - 12:00am
Me and the fam were on our way down to Falconwood Park for their Frosty Lights event, and we needed somewhere to eat. But where in the near-food-desert of Southern Bellevue can one find a drop-in type place that isn’t the new McDonalds on Capehart...
12/30/2025 - 12:00am
The restaurant itself was beautiful. It had no need of the men in pressed suits or the women in autumn colored dresses. Nor would those few revelers who were passing by the broad windows have any effect on the ambiance inside. At a small table in...
12/29/2025 - 12:00am
PHOENIX (AP) — Vice President JD Vance said Sunday the conservative movement should be open to everyone as long as they “love America,” declining to condemn a streak of antisemitism that has divided the Republican Party and roiled the opening days...
The crowd marches during a rally demanding that NYU Langone commit to providing gender-affirming care for transgender youth following an executive order by President Donald Trump aimed at cutting federal funding, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, in New York. (Heather Khalifa / AP Photo)
12/29/2025 - 12:00am
This story was originally reported by Grace Panetta of The 19th. Meet Grace and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy.
Trump administration officials on Thursday announced new proposed regulations targeting gender-affirming...
12/29/2025 - 12:00am
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday delivered a new warning to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro as the U.S. Coast Guard steps up efforts to interdict oil tankers in the Caribbean Sea as part of the Republican...
12/29/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers criticized President Donald Trump’s efforts to loosen federal restrictions on marijuana as local advocates applauded the change.
Trump, via a new executive order he signed Thursday, seeks to expedite...
