Profiles
In keeping with National Law Day’s theme, “The American Dream,” here is one family fulfilling the ideals our Forefathers envisioned, helping make life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness – even...
Nebraska Supreme Court Justice Lindsey Miller-Lerman of Omaha on October 24, 2025. (Zach Wendling / Nebraska Examiner)
This year’s Laurie Smith Camp Integrity award has been awarded to the Honorable Lindsey Miller-Lerman, an icon of Nebraska law who has had a direct or participating hand in 5,832 legal opinions over...
Scott P. Moore, Partner at Baird Holm LLP and recipient of the 2026 Robert M. Spire Service Award. (Courtesy of Omaha Bar Association)
In an interview with Dave Sommers, Scott P. Moore admitted to him, “I’m incredibly humbled by this. I see the list of recipients from past years and see some men and women who have had a significant...
The Sarpy County Teen Court is monitored by the Teen Court Coordinator, Leonard Matthias. (Courtesy of Sarpy County Teen Court)
This year’s Law Day Public Service Award has been awarded to Sarpy County Teen Court. As per the Omaha Bar Association, the award began in 1983, to be presented to a non-attorney individual or...
Alfred G. Ellick Jr. believed people deserved to have legal representation, regardless of their financial situation. So, in 1962, while serving as president of the Omaha Bar Association, he created...
Today’s News
A painter outlines the Pope's nose on the side of a building in New York on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015, a month before the visit of Pope Francis. (Mark Lennihan / AP Photo)
Though artificial intelligence is making it easier than ever to produce images, music and text, the technology is also making it harder for the people who have traditionally produced this work to...
Families who live at the Rose Canyon parking lot also have access to a small library, shared kitchen and dining space, charging station and other amenities. (Courtesy of Jewish Family Service of San Diego)
SAN DIEGO — As an 8-year-old boy steered his bicycle in figure eights, his mother piled three plates with pizza and pineapple slices from an outdoor kitchen shared with more than a dozen other...
OMAHA — Two Nebraska nonprofits — one that advocates for Ukrainian refugees and another that’s provided scholarships to undocumented teens since 2014 — have taken legal action to stop the Trump and...
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As Mr. Ternal settled back in the chair and finally seemed to relax, Jenna initiated the recording program. She noticed right away how much feedback Mr. Ternal’s sensors were providing. Her training...
From the Rockies to the Cascades to the Sierra Nevada, mountainsides across the West are sparsely covered by the snow that usually blankets the high country well into the summer.
That snowpack is...
This Week's News
A painter outlines the Pope's nose on the side of a building in New York on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015, a month before the visit of Pope Francis. (Mark Lennihan / AP Photo)
05/13/2026 - 12:00am
Though artificial intelligence is making it easier than ever to produce images, music and text, the technology is also making it harder for the people who have traditionally produced this work to earn a living.
A photographer who once was...
Families who live at the Rose Canyon parking lot also have access to a small library, shared kitchen and dining space, charging station and other amenities. (Courtesy of Jewish Family Service of San Diego)
05/13/2026 - 12:00am
SAN DIEGO — As an 8-year-old boy steered his bicycle in figure eights, his mother piled three plates with pizza and pineapple slices from an outdoor kitchen shared with more than a dozen other families who call this parking lot home.
She carried the...
05/13/2026 - 12:00am
OMAHA — Two Nebraska nonprofits — one that advocates for Ukrainian refugees and another that’s provided scholarships to undocumented teens since 2014 — have taken legal action to stop the Trump and Pillen administrations from negotiating away...
05/13/2026 - 12:00am
From the Rockies to the Cascades to the Sierra Nevada, mountainsides across the West are sparsely covered by the snow that usually blankets the high country well into the summer.
That snowpack is like a savings account that the West draws on when...
‘Growth Hurts’: Restaurants On Omaha Streetcar Route Fall Behind During Construction, New Data Shows
05/12/2026 - 12:00am
The local business owners flanking Mayor John Ewing on the patio of Smokin’ Oak Wood-Fired Pizza smiled and clapped as he trumpeted progress on the Omaha streetcar line to TV cameras and a crowd of dignitaries.
When the speeches finished, party...
A scene at the Educare Omaha program at Indian Hill Elementary in South Omaha. (Courtesy of the Buffett Early Childhood Institute)
05/12/2026 - 12:00am
On May 8, Nebraskans celebrated Provider Appreciation Day, a moment to say thank you to the childcare professionals who make many of our daily lives possible. But gratitude alone is not enough. If we are serious about Nebraska’s economic future, we...
05/12/2026 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — Some U.S. Department of Agriculture researchers could be relocated to Nebraska under a plan to close a Washington D.C.-area research facility.
Nebraska researchers say more USDA personnel could benefit the state’s research efforts, but...
05/11/2026 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — In one of his first major announcements as health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called a news conference to unveil a plan to “phase out” synthetic food dyes.
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary opened the...
French President Emmanuel Macron (center right) visits the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, during his visit to Cyprus, March 9, 2026. (Gonzalo Fuentes / Pool Photo via AP)
05/11/2026 - 12:00am
PARIS (AP) — France’s aircraft carrier strike group is moving south of the Suez Canal and into the Red Sea in preparation for a potential French-British mission in the Strait of Hormuz, French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday.
The deployment...
05/11/2026 - 12:00am
State Sen. John Cavanaugh on Saturday took up one of the flyers accusing him of putting the “Blue Dot” at risk and tore it to shreds.
He and his supporters were using pieces of the thousands of attack flyers that have hit Omaha-area mailboxes to...
05/11/2026 - 12:00am
OMAHA — The cost of living, making health care more affordable and other economic issues are top of mind for voters likely to participate in Nebraska’s midterm elections, showing up in polling and at voter’s doors.
Six Democratic candidates in the...
Charlotte Cravins holds artwork that she and her husband, Calvin Bell, completed with their son, Landry Bell, now 2, at a children’s museum in Baton Rouge, La. The family is worried that a lawsuit filed by eight states, including their home state of Louisiana, could strip protections away from people with disabilities, like Landry. (Photo courtesy of Charlotte Cravins)
05/08/2026 - 12:00am
Charlotte Cravins’ son Landry turned 2 in January. He’s a smiley little boy who loves singing “Itsy Bitsy Spider” and recently got his first pair of glasses.
Landry was born with Down syndrome and has impaired vision. He receives publicly funded...
Zach Pluhacek. (Courtesy of Nebraska Division of Legislative Oversight)
05/08/2026 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — Nebraska’s new Division of Legislative Oversight announced the appointment of Zach Pluhacek as the new Inspector General of the state’s prison system.
Pluhacek previously worked as a reporter for the Lincoln Journal Star and briefly served...
05/08/2026 - 12:00am
When he talks with the boys at Nebraska’s only youth prison, Mike Jackson feels like he’s giving advice to his younger self. And in a way, he is.
Jackson, 56, has been serving a life sentence since the late ’90s. Over a decade ago, he caught...
Artist renderings of the new White House East Wing and Ballroom are photographed Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (Jon Elswick / AP Photo)
05/07/2026 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans have added $1 billion in White House security upgrades to legislation that would fund immigration enforcement agencies, a proposed boost for President Donald Trump’s ballroom project after a man was charged with...
05/07/2026 - 12:00am
Single-family housing starts in March were at their highest since 2022, a fast start to the construction year that could bring more supply to home markets that are still painfully expensive.
The new data from surveys was released April 29 by the U.S...
05/07/2026 - 12:00am
Somewhere between 5% and 7% of U.S. households have rooftop solar panels. Many more Americans want them, but high costs, building locations and landlord restrictions are key obstacles.
As someone who has designed and evaluated a wide range of...
05/07/2026 - 12:00am
ATLANTA (AP) — Walking through the frame of his soon-to-be new home on a recent morning, an excited Ozzy Herrera could envision the future. A brown leather sofa to match the floors. Terra-cotta-colored walls. A bar cart near the kitchen.
Herrera,...
05/07/2026 - 12:00am
LINCOLN — The south-central Nebraska town of Bertrand hadn’t seen a newly built house or apartment for 16 years until a fiveplex rose on an old mobile home park in 2024.
Among the first to live in the $1.1 million rental property was a school...
