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.

Be careful out there

Saturday was a pretty nasty day for car crashes. There were 62 of them - 11 of them with injuries - in Lincoln, quite a few compared to most Saturdays, even in the middle of a major storm.

One of my roommates, Kaity, was in one of the injury crashes. She doesn't remember much about the crash, but lucky for all of us (especially her) she got home safe after spending a short time in the hospital. Her car, on the other hand, didn't quite make it:

Snowy Lincoln

It's been crazy in the Lincoln/Omaha area these past couple weeks. About 30 inches of snow have fallen so far this winter, most of that coming in two consecutive storms. Coupled with wind chills in the negative 30s, it makes for a wonderful 2-mile walk to work.

Here are some stories and a photo from after my white Christmas. They seem to be centered around transportation issues, mostly for emergency workers.



Snow leaves tight squeeze for fire engines, buses
Lincoln Public Schools and Lincoln Fire & Rescue have each had three vehicles involved in crashes since the recent holiday storm, fire and schools spokespeople said. (01/05/2010)

Snow or shine, sickness still happens
Rescue workers and emergency volunteers drove doubletime over the weekend, picking up overdue dialysis patients, hospital workers and other unable to overcome mountainous snowdrifts in Lincoln. (12/27/2009)

Storm leaves behind ice, tickets and towing
After seven people died in the early stages of Nebraska's holiday snowstorm, authorities remain worried about the storm's lingering dangers. (12/27/2009)