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
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)
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...
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)
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....
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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...
Workers leave a Tyson Foods pork processing plant in Logansport, Indiana. (Michael Conroy / AP Photo)
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...
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)
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...
This Week's News
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...
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent is seen in Park Ridge, Ill., Sept. 19, 2025. (Erin Hooley / AP Photo)
11/25/2025 - 12:00am
“We’re Broken”: As Federal Prisons Run Low on Food and Toilet Paper, Corrections Officers Are Leaving in Droves for ICE
After years of struggling to find enough workers for some of the nation’s toughest lockups, the Federal Bureau of Prisons is...
Elon Musk listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the Oval Office of the White House, May 30, 2025, in Washington. (Evan Vucci / AP Photo)
11/25/2025 - 12:00am
PARIS (AP) — France’s government is taking action against billionaire Elon Musk 's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok after it generated French-language posts that questioned the use of gas chambers at Auschwitz, officials said.
Grok, built by...
11/25/2025 - 12:00am
In a tacit admission that U.S. food production requires foreign labor, the Trump administration is making it easier for farmers to employ guest workers from other countries.
At the same time, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in recent...
President Barack Obama signs the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act, Wednesday, April 4, 2012, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. (Carolyn Kaster / AP Photo)
11/25/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON — At least 25 bills have been introduced this Congress to further limit lawmakers and their family members from trading individual stocks, and representatives across the aisle renewed pressure Wednesday on U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson...
Matt's homemade coops over the years. (Matt Hebert)
11/25/2025 - 12:00am
I have been keeping chickens off and on for over 10 years now. In fact, in 2016 I made my very first Instagram post (@jerkofalltradeshebert), showing my one and only attempt at delving into meat birds after raising laying hens for a year or two. For...
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11/25/2025 - 12:00am
The world’s most valuable publicly listed company, US microchip maker Nvidia, has reported record $US57 billion revenue in the third quarter of 2025, beating Wall Street estimates. The chipmaker said revenue will rise again to $US65 billion in the...
President Donald Trump speaks at the McDonald's Impact Summit, Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, in Washington. (Alex Brandon / AP Photo)
11/24/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed into law late Wednesday a bill compelling the release of unclassified investigative files from the case against convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, with whom he shared a well-documented friendship,...
11/24/2025 - 12:00am
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious, The Associated Press has found.
The predictive intelligence program has...
The federal immigration court sits less than two miles southwest of Eppley Airfield in Omaha. (Jeremy Turley / Flatwater Free Press)
11/24/2025 - 12:00am
Judge Matthew Morrissey fired off their names one by one over the course of an hour.
Castro, Leiva, Galicia, Durán, Cucul, Oporta, Pérez, Sierra.
Appearing in colored jumpsuits on a screen in Morrissey’s courtroom, the men come from different...
Tim Royers, president of the Nebraska State Education Association (left), and former State Sen. Lou Ann Linehan of the Elkhorn area participate in a debate on Nebraska education policy, including school choice, at the 50th annual Nebraska Ecumenical Legislative Briefing Day at Christ United Methodist Church in Lincoln, Feb. 8, 2025. (Zach Wendling / Nebraska Examiner)
11/24/2025 - 12:00am
In late September, Gov. Jim Pillen held a press conference to announce that he would opt Nebraska into the newly created federal school-choice tax credit program.
He could have used that moment to rally Nebraskans around a shared belief that every...
11/24/2025 - 12:00am
OMAHA — In the officially nonpartisan Nebraska Unicameral, the Democratic-leaning minority bloc currently has 16 seats, including progressive Omaha nonpartisan State Sen. Megan Hunt.
That means the Legislature’s partisan minority, when united,...
11/21/2025 - 12:00am
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Online influencer Andrew Tate, a self-described misogynist who has millions of young male followers, was facing allegations of sex trafficking...
11/21/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — Faculty leaders at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln overwhelmingly passed a resolution Tuesday expressing “no confidence” in Chancellor Rodney Bennett and urging his bosses to reconsider his employment.
It is the first “no confidence”...
11/21/2025 - 12:00am
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday ruled there would be no prison time for a former Alaska Airlines pilot who had taken psychedelic mushrooms days before he tried to cut the engines of a passenger flight in 2023 while riding off-duty in...
11/21/2025 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — Every member of Nebraska’s all-Republican congressional delegation voted for a bill to compel the U.S. Department of Justice to release all files related to its investigation into late Florida sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
After months of...
