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Volunteers help ready Sunken Gardens for season

It was still dark when Tom and Judy Eacker pulled out of Broken Bow Saturday morning to head for Lincoln’s Sunken Gardens. Three hours later, the Eackers joined nearly 70 others at the historic garden to r ...more
Saturday, May 17, 2008 04:48 pm

Man dies after forklift accident

Lawrence J. Bouc of Ceresco died Friday after being run over by a forklift south of Uehling. ...more
Saturday, May 17, 2008 06:30 pm

Authorities identify Cass County fatality

A 47-year-old Lincoln man died Friday after being thrown from his motorcycle on U.S. 75 north of Plattsmouth. David J. Nelson was driving northbound near the south end of the Platte River bridge just before 4 p.m. ...more
Saturday, May 17, 2008 06:34 pm

If you can, get outside and enjoy the sunshine

Forecasters say weather should be warm all week long. ...more
Saturday, May 17, 2008 02:20 pm

Despite carbon monoxide poisoning NWU grad stays wins Fulbright

Nicole Francavilla, who graduates from Nebraska Wesleyan University today, recently found out she’d been named a Fulbright Scholar, one of the first ever to win the pr ...more
Friday, May 16, 2008 11:59 pm

National Audubon honors Johnsgard with volunteer award

The National Audubon Society has honored ornithologist Paul Johnsgard of Lincoln with its prestigious Charles H. Callison Award for volunteer service. ...more
Friday, May 16, 2008 11:50 pm

Pius: Conditioning, not practice

The conditioning session in which a Lincoln Pius X junior collapsed and died Thursday was not unlike any other workout offered for out-of-season athletes at the school. ...more
Friday, May 16, 2008 11:47 pm

Students remember Liescheski with his own words

No words feel right when a 17-year-old dies abruptly, on a spring day, surrounded by his friends and coaches and his little brother. ...more
Friday, May 16, 2008 11:40 pm