In 1945, President Harry S. Truman announced that Imperial Japan had surrendered unconditionally, ending World War II, and more events that ha…
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Aaron Takacs went 2-for-3 with a solo homer and two RBIs, but Lincoln lost 4-2 to the Kansas City Monarchs on Sunday at Haymarket Park.
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1873: Bids "not to exceed $17,000" were being accepted by Lancaster County commissioners on a proposed new jail and sheriff's office. Built in…
The 'Gandhi' star was deeply shocked watching a docuseries about the liberation of Belsen and even more so by his grandmother's anti-Semitism.
In the recent point/counterpoint over the next farm bill (LJS, July 30), neither Benjamin Powell nor Lily Roberts mentioned the impact of our …
I see our newest governor is sending National Guard members to Texas, one reason being drugs coming across the border.
A lonely monument to the heroics of a frontier mountain man may surrender its secrets. That is, if someone can determine who actually owns the monument erected in 1923.
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Etruscan vases and Roman coins and mosaics worth tens of millions of dollars were looted and sold to U.S. museums and private collectors.
Nearly 5,000 property valuation protests were filed this year; NU's Ted Carter on course for $144K bonus; fans can now reserve parking spots for sporting games.
In 2020, Democrat Joe Biden named California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate; Harris was the first Black woman on a major party’s presi…
Archeologists in Rome have voiced concern about gigs being held at the historic Circus Maximus venue after Travis Scott's gig there on Monday (07.08.23) produced tremors equivalent to a 1.3 magnitude earthquake
"Hamilton," the biggest performing arts event ever to come to Lincoln, will conclude its 16-show run at the Lied Center for Performing Arts th…
With apologies to companies that build the tennis barns that already exist in Woods Park, they are ugly. They are barns, pure and simple, and …
On Purple Heart Day, which was Aug. 7, we noted that the Major Richard Star Act, which gives full disability retirement pay to 50,000 severely…
After reading “Who’s Your Founding Father?” by David Fleming, the reader may no longer be certain of key facts about the Declaration of Independence.
"All the places that are tourist areas, that are Hawaiian history, are gone, and that can't be replaced," a tour operator said.
Aubrey Trail seeks execution date; LPS fills all its teacher jobs; Hoiberg salary restored to $3.5 million.
In 1993, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was sworn in as the second female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Contrary to Michael Henkenius’ recent letter attacking Support Our Schools Nebraska ("Petition isn't about the kids," Aug. 2), the petition is…
That America’s Founders were brilliant men supported by equally strong women is beyond dispute. They created a framework for a new nation and …
City wants to add Telegraph District to downtown business area; Flood touts bipartisanship at Lincoln town hall; Nebraska freshman LB out for season.