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Boelus Days celebration returns for the first time since 2015
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The main street of Boelus, Nebraska, is three blocks long, but this town of about 200 people is still worth celebrating. It took huge efforts from the entire community to bring back the small-town tradition of Boelus Days. “I don’t remember the last time I’ve seen...
Big Red Zone Husker Preview Show: Where does Nebraska football fit in a new-look Big Ten?
OMAHA, Neb. — Is this Nebraska football's breakthrough year? What does Big Ten expansion mean for the Huskers?. College football is back, and has a new look: commissioner Tony Petitti's Big Ten is a bigger Big Ten. There are 18 teams now starting this fall with the addition of...
Nebraska man accepts plea deal in case of an active shooter drill that prosecutors say went too far
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska man has accepted a plea deal for charges in a 2022 active shooter drill that prosecutors say went too far. The Omaha World-Herald reported that 29-year-old John Channels pleaded no contest on Tuesday to four counts of making terroristic threats. Authorities say Channels showed up at Omaha Catholic Charities firing blanks from a semiautomatic handgun and staged actors covered in fake blood. Police say the charity hired him to test its workers’ preparedness for such an attack. The mock shooting sent panicked employees running for their lives because they were not warned in advance about the drill.
Nebraska and Kentucky universities to shut down DEI offices
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the University of Kentucky announced this week that they are closing their diversity, equity, and inclusion offices. While Nebraska’s DEI office dissolution comes from a restructuring of executive offices, Kentucky’s comes after pressure from state lawmakers who appear poised to institute some kind of restriction on the ideology next year. […]
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