Body Just do it. After more than a dozen years in the newspaper business, that has become my motto when I find myself stuck in a situation where I am questioning whether or not I should interview someone at an event I am covering.

Body These days, besides seeing American bombers attacking Iran, we’re confronted with almost daily news about immigration raids and with court rulings about what ICE can, and cannot, do.

Body Back in the day, or at least back in my day—that day is getting further and further behind me at a pretty rapid clip—if you recovered a fumble, recorded a tackle, or scored a touchdown for the Palmer Tigers on a Friday night in the fall, your accomplishment was duly noted by...

Body Back in the day, I used to shake my head while watching state lawmakers work late into the night—sometimes until midnight— to get legislation passed at the end of a session. “You couldn’t pay me enough to do that kind of work for twelve to fifteen hours,” I’d think to myself.

Body The first time that I ever got pulled over by law enforcement was on Tuesday, July 2, 2013.

Body Saturday afternoon, I was strolling the midway on Grand Avenue in Ravenna, taking pictures of the Annevar carnival, when the opportunity for the perfect carnival photo caught my eye.

Body State lawmakers went home recently, ending a ninety-day session marked by reductions in spending and borrowing from cash reserves to close a projected budget gap that once topped $400 million.

Body Whenever there is severe weather in my area, I would be lying if I said that I didn’t find myself making a casually calculated risk.

Body As we’re reminded over and over, Nebraska doesn’t have mountains like Colorado and Wyoming, and doesn’t have the beaches of California or Florida. That’s one of the reasons, we’re told, the Cornhusker State is among the least visited of all the states.

Body Every week, in my post office box at work, I receive a little update about the state of Nebraska’s ag economy. Like so many other Nebraskan’s, every week, the Midwest Messenger arrives to my office.