Had the pleasure of talking to a Seward County Sheriff's deputy this week who saved three guys from a fire.

His name: Randy Muhm. Here's a slightly outdated photo:

And here's the story:

Seward deputy saves Utica men from fire (02/25/2010)

Thanks to Deputy Muhm, who more than deserves his moment in the sun.

Industrial Arts Building

So far, I've written a pair of stories about the controversy over what to do with this building:

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln wants to demolish it to make room for its Innovation Campus. The building was part of the former Nebraska State Fairgrounds, and people with an interest in its history are fighting to stop the university from bringing in the bulldozers.

You can read my story about the "Save the Industrial Arts Building" effort here:

Group fighting to save Industrial Arts Building (02/22/2010)

As well as the university's response to the effort, covered in this story:

UNL challenges Industrial Arts Building supporters (02/24/2010)

The university plans to bring its proposal for the building before the NU Board of Regents on March 5.

Been a while

It's been three weeks since my last post. Got a new job, and working on a long-term project about this guy:

His name is Jeremy Herman, and he's an inmate at the Tecumseh State Penitentiary. I'll have more information for you later.

In the meantime, here are a few stories I've written in the past couple weeks.

Cheers, hugs greet reservists' return home (02/14/2010)

About 150 troops who were serving in Iraq returned to Lincoln the day before Valentine's Day, including Sgt. Keith Knoop, who I'll be following up with over the coming months.

98 days, 98 years (02/11/2010)

A Lincoln teacher brings her 98-year-old dad to speak to her students on their 98th day of school. Pretty sweet.

Parents of four children killed in crash, family hopes to adopt (02/06/2010)

The Aldava children were left without their parents after a crash near Hastings. Good thing they have a wonderful aunt and uncle who hope to adopt them.

Haitian orphans

The situation for orphans in Haiti post-earthquake is pretty miserable. Here in Lincoln and around southeast Nebraska, hundreds families have come forward with interest in adopting, but are finding it essentially impossible to do so.

Here's a story I wrote about the issue:

Local families hit Haiti adoption wall

And here's another, the story of what might be the area's only adoption success story since the earthquake:

Haiti orphans come home to Nebraska