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By July 1945, Lincoln’s trolleys were on their deathbed.
A newspaper obituary for the streetcar declared that the once-indispensable mode of transportation was succumbing to natural causes.
“The gas engine put them in the discard, just as railroads did the stagecoach,” said a Lincoln Star editorial after the transit system’s owner moved to e...
SCOTTSBLUFF — Reginald Preston arrived at the rural school’s last hurrah, a barbecue to celebrate its long history, before his wife. Katey Preston taught music, English and math at the small building 6 miles east of Scottsbluff, but had spent much of the day consoling Lake Minatare School students. They had been grieving off and on since January, when the local school boar...
The Regional Metropolitan Transit Authority of Omaha Board of Directors received updates on ridership, operations and upcoming service changes during its latest meeting. CEO Lauren Cencic reported 315,938 fixed-route trips in April, marking the highest April fixed-route ridership since 2015, including more than 57,000 ORBT rides, more than 60,000 K-12 student trips and more t...
Several days each week for more than 50 years, Keith Jacobshagen got behind the wheel and drove into the countryside around his home in Lincoln, to look, to experience, to think and, most importantly, to draw and paint.
“I could not stay away from going out there and being absorbed into the space and the light and the landscape,” he said. “So it was a real lure t...
A mayoral pardons clinic hosted by the ACLU of Nebraska at the Heartland Workers Center drew residents seeking help understanding whether past Omaha ordinance violations qualified for a pardon. Organized by Schmeeka Simpson, the clinic connected attendees with ACLU attorneys Jennifer Houlden, Carter Matt and Jamel Connor, along with law clerk Christopher Gomez, for one-on-one...