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They came to Nebraska in a Volkswagen Beetle.

She’s never met her namesake, at least not alive.

Stacy Berringer loved to teach — whether that be the students she helped as a para-educator or with people she encountered through online cancer communities like #pinksisters.

People protesting gun violence began to gather on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus Saturday afternoon as similar "March for Our Lives" rallies drew hundreds of thousands of demonstrators across the U.S.

The job description of a pastor is someone who teaches, worships and performs sacraments. And after 19 years as senior pastor at Westminster Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Andrew McDonald says he would add another responsibility to the list.

A month-long donation campaign at Lincoln’s four Max Tan salons to benefit homeless pets at the Capital Humane Society brought in quite a haul – 269 pounds of canned and dry dog food, 110 pounds of canned and dry cat…

The Nebraska Chapter of the United Nations Association will gather at noon Monday, March 26, at the Midwestern African Museum of Art, 1935 Q St., to welcome Christine Ross, a leader in the Omaha Refugee Task Force and the Refugee…

Weekly Volunteer Opportunities – posted March 19, 2018

Now through April 29, the local Raising Cane’s franchise is collecting unwanted cell phones. All donated phones will be recycled and exchanged for calling cards that will be given to Nebraska soldiers, who are away on active duty, to help…

A hazardous waste collection will be offered from 9 a.m-1 p.m. Saturday, April 7, at the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department building, 3131 O St. Please take your hazardous wastes to the south side of the building.