Новости за 10.12.2017

Christmastime food fight.

With the onset of colder weather, my thoughts have turned to comfort food. A major ingredient in comfort food around my house is, of course, wild game.

Before seeing “The Post,” Steven Spielberg’s sure-to-be Oscar nominee about Washington Post publisher Kay Graham and editor Ben Bradlee’s decision to publish the Pentagon Papers, you should check out “The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee,” now airing…

The Dec. 19 Learning Lunch at Lincoln Public Schools will delve into how the district responds to crisis.

Before seeing “The Post,” Steven Spielberg’s sure-to-be Oscar nominee about Washington Post publisher Kay Graham and editor Ben Bradlee’s decision to publish the Pentagon Papers, you should check out “The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee,” now airing…

1867: Alvin Colvin, a famous Indian fighter, visited Nebraska City bearing the head of a fallen chief in a jar filled with whiskey. Colvin boasted that he got his prize in a fight against 1,200 Sioux warriors the summer before.…

How did Desi Oakley celebrate landing the lead role in the touring production the musical “Waitress”? She baked a pie, of course.

Kay Backstrom had a color TV, making her room a natural gathering spot.

From his house near 19th and S streets — where modern apartment-style residence halls now are clustered — Dennis Alfrey remembers watching the Cather-Pound complex take shape.

Richard Conard was one of two engineers who designed Cather and Pound not to collapse.

Pound Hall in 1971 housed three times as many people as the tiny village of Thurston, Karen (Merry) Kay’s hometown.

A striking figure with dark hair and stiletto heels standing in the lobby of Pound Hall was the first person Connie Witt encountered when she transferred from East Campus.

Bush also recalled a Nov. 9, 1968, earthquake that rattled the high-rise dorms.

The loneliness Patricia Marr Flury felt in the first month of her freshman year ended the day neighbors living on the ninth floor of Pound Hall invited her to walk over to Memorial Stadium for football practice.

Transferring to UNL from Omaha opened a new world for Dori Sheffield Bush.

Rising on the west side of 17th Street, Lina Driscoll said the twin dorms seemed to go up in a day.

Cather 420 was the best room in the dorm, as far as John Rada is concerned.

Long before Masry Mapieu was a defensive tackle being sought after by Power Five conference college programs across the country, the 6-foot-4, 295-pounder started his middle school career as a running back.

Practice prepares a football player for almost anything they’ll see in a game, something Omaha North running back and Super-State captain Milton Sargbah will certainly attest to.

The Journal Star makes its picks for the Super-State and all-state football teams.

The Journal Star's picks for all-state football honorable mention.

Upcoming outdoors activities in Southeast Nebraska and other parts of the state.

Times submitted by theater for today

Nearly 600 years after his death, Leonardo da Vinci is still in the headlines.

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