Profiles
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...
With visions of a resurgent neighborhood, supporters of redevelopment in the Saddle Creek see couples strolling through the neighborhood enjoying date nights, families grabbing a bite to eat and...
Writing this article from the perspectives of local, Omaha-Metropolitan mechanics was more difficult than I imagined it being. The idea behind this piece was to provide data on reliable cars (and...
Today’s News
An Alaska Airlines airplane is seen from the central terminal as it takes off at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025, in SeaTac, Wash. (Lindsey Wasson / AP Photo)
BP Finds Leak In Major Pacific Northwest Pipeline, Resumes Delivering Fuel To Seattle-Tacoma Airport
SEATTLE (AP) — Oil company BP has found the source of a leak in a major Pacific Northwest pipeline system, allowing it to restart the flow of jet fuel to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on...
Josie Schafer, Ph.D., is director of the Center for Public Affairs Research at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. (Courtesy of UNO)
OMAHA — The City of Omaha is hosting a free interactive lecture and panel discussion Dec. 2 (today!) to explore why people and workers are leaving Nebraska’s most populated city for opportunities...
It’s popular advice for new graduates: “Find a job you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life.” Love for one’s work, Americans are often told, is the surest route to success.
As a management...
Fran Poirier (left) and her sister, Sue Bacarro fill orders at their Etsy shop Digi Wildflowers, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025, in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. (Paul Sancya / AP Photo)
NEW YORK (AP) — At Fleece & Harmony, a woolen mill and yarn shop in bucolic Belfast, Prince Edward Island, in Canada, owner Kim Doherty used to be able to send yarn skeins to U.S. customers...
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Weakening the IDEA Threatens Millions of Disabled Americans Like Me
Ives-Rublee: Federal law made it possible for disabled students like me to go to school. Those opportunities may vanish for the...
This Week's News
An Alaska Airlines airplane is seen from the central terminal as it takes off at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025, in SeaTac, Wash. (Lindsey Wasson / AP Photo)
BP Finds Leak In Major Pacific Northwest Pipeline, Resumes Delivering Fuel To Seattle-Tacoma Airport
12/02/2025 - 12:00am
SEATTLE (AP) — Oil company BP has found the source of a leak in a major Pacific Northwest pipeline system, allowing it to restart the flow of jet fuel to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Tuesday and help avoid any major disruptions to...
Josie Schafer, Ph.D., is director of the Center for Public Affairs Research at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. (Courtesy of UNO)
12/02/2025 - 12:00am
OMAHA — The City of Omaha is hosting a free interactive lecture and panel discussion Dec. 2 (today!) to explore why people and workers are leaving Nebraska’s most populated city for opportunities elsewhere and to help find solutions to “brain drain...
12/02/2025 - 12:00am
It’s popular advice for new graduates: “Find a job you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life.” Love for one’s work, Americans are often told, is the surest route to success.
As a management professor, I can attest that there is solid...
Fran Poirier (left) and her sister, Sue Bacarro fill orders at their Etsy shop Digi Wildflowers, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025, in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. (Paul Sancya / AP Photo)
12/02/2025 - 12:00am
NEW YORK (AP) — At Fleece & Harmony, a woolen mill and yarn shop in bucolic Belfast, Prince Edward Island, in Canada, owner Kim Doherty used to be able to send yarn skeins to U.S. customers across the border with little fanfare.
The yarn orders...
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12/02/2025 - 12:00am
Weakening the IDEA Threatens Millions of Disabled Americans Like Me
Ives-Rublee: Federal law made it possible for disabled students like me to go to school. Those opportunities may vanish for the next generation.
By Mia Ives-Rublee
This story first...
12/02/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — Nebraska “got our butts kicked” by the Tyson Foods decision to close a Lexington beef plant employing about 3,200 people, Gov. Jim Pillen said Monday. But he sees a possible Hail Mary pass to resurrect the industrial property.
Pillen, in...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene, R-Ga. (center) with Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky. (second from right) and Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif. (far right) applauds during a news conference as the House prepares to vote on the Epstein Files Transparency Act, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. (J. Scott Applewhite / AP Photo)
12/01/2025 - 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.
As The 19th makes plans for 2026, we want to hear from you! Complete our annual survey to let us know your...
Panamanian and U.S. military personnel take part in joint drills at Fort Sherman, a former U.S. Army base in Colon, Panama, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. (Matias Delacroix / AP Photo)
12/01/2025 - 12:00am
As the Trump administration carries out what many observers say are illegal military strikes against vessels in the Caribbean allegedly smuggling drugs, six Democratic members of Congress issued a video on Nov. 18, 2025, telling the military “You...
12/01/2025 - 12:00am
FREMONT, Neb. — Former State Sen. Lynne Walz on Monday launched an exploratory committee to run for Nebraska governor in 2026, seeking to uplift Nebraskans’ concerns instead of their partisanship.
Walz, in an announcement interview with the Nebraska...
12/01/2025 - 12:00am
Should an estranged husband have a say in whether the other person can adopt a child? Four Creighton University law students presented that argument before a panel of three judges as part of the school's annual Moot Court competition.
Moot Court...
Gov. Bill Lee speaks about the blast at Accurate Energetic Systems during a news conference, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025, in McEwen, Tenn. (George Walker IV / AP Photo)
11/28/2025 - 12:00am
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A task force ordered by President Donald Trump to combat crime in Memphis, Tennessee, has made thousands of arrests, compounding strains on the busy local court system and an already overcrowded jail in ways that concerned...
11/28/2025 - 12:00am
A senior federal judge dismissed charges Monday against two public officials with long-running public disputes with President Donald Trump, saying the controversial appointment of the president’s former personal attorney as a prosecutor doomed the...
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11/28/2025 - 12:00am
Are some laws worse than others? Morally questionable? Are some laws okay to break, sometimes? There are speed limits posted in (usually) regular intervals along the highway, yet, many people still speed. Sometimes I see police officers speed too....
11/28/2025 - 12:00am
LAUREL — Although it took 74-year-old Linda Lund some time to come around to Hillcrest Care Center and Assisted Living, she eventually insisted it was home.
Lund, who has dementia, became attached to the city-owned nursing home and the people in it...
Houses along Riley Street are seen on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in Buffalo, New York. Buffalo is among the older industrial cities where residential properties have drawn interest from corporate investors. (Joshua Bessex / AP Photo)
11/27/2025 - 12:00am
As corporate ownership of residential property across the country rises nationwide, researchers from the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the Center for Geospatial Solutions, which is housed at the institute, warn this rising trend has...
Yvonne Poole, who owns the Barn at Poolearosa, an event venue near Cortland, uses a laptop to run her business. But like many rural Americans, she struggles with slow and unreliable internet access. (Eric Gregory / Flatwater Free Press)
11/27/2025 - 12:00am
When Yvonne and Gregg Poole moved to a property west of Cortland over 20 years ago, they intended to give the old buildings on the land new life. They converted the chicken coop into a guest house. They transformed a grain elevator into a workshop....
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11/27/2025 - 12:00am
Like a sleeping giant whose body is hidden just beneath dark waves, the base nature of mankind has been stirring the world over. One of the giant’s hands has come out of the midnight sea to grip the earth to leverage it better to stand. That hand...
Workers leave a Tyson Foods pork processing plant in Logansport, Indiana. (Michael Conroy / AP Photo)
11/27/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — In a blow to the local economy of Lexington, Nebraska, Tyson Foods announced that it is closing the town’s longtime Tyson beef plant that employed about 3,200 people.
The Arkansas-based Tyson said in a statement that changes were designed...
Stephen Torsell, Ex. Dir. of Homes on the Hill Developement Corp. (right) appears on the MyFixItUpLife radio show with hosts Theresa Clement (left) and husband Mark (center). Hundreds of volunteers participated in Rebuilding Together’s Building a Healthy Neighborhood event Friday, June 21, 2013 in the Hilltop neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. (Mike Munden / AP Images for Rebuilding Together)
11/26/2025 - 12:00am
Although advertising revenue largely sustained the news media in the 20th century, it’s been harder to come by in the digital age. News media outlets just aren’t as important these days for advertisers when they can reach potential customers so many...
Opponents to LB574, the Let Them Grow Act, protest outside the door of the legislative chamber on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, at State Capitol in Lincoln., Neb. (Kenneth Ferriera / Lincoln Journal Star via AP)
11/26/2025 - 12:00am
This story was originally reported by Sara Luterman of The 19th. Meet Sara and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy.
As The 19th makes plans for 2026, we want to hear from you. Complete our annual survey to let us know your...
11/26/2025 - 12:00am
OMAHA — An annual public display of holiday lights will illuminate parts of Nebraska’s most populated city starting Nov. 29.
Running concurrently is the “Shine the Light on Hunger” campaign that this year set a goal of providing 6 million meals for...
