Nebraska Update

The 20th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks will be a difficult day for many. This month, an exhibit at the Quilt Museum hopes to show how memorializing a loss through art can be cathartic as well as heart-breaking.
In 2015, The Quilt Museum became the home for the United in Memory 9/11 Victims Memorial Quilt. Nine of the quilts will be on display, along with other quilts created as a way to cope with monumental loss.
The exhibit, Trying to Make Sense of It: 9/11, Loss, and Memorial Quilts, remains on display through October 16.
The curator, Jonathan Gregory, explained, "quilts have been used uniquely throughout the generations and right up to today to acknowledge those losses, to try to establish some sort of a memory and to help us make sense of it."

A Staplehurst, Nebraska man is in custody after security software used by East Butler County high school flagged a sexually explicit email sent to one of its students. The message triggered an investigation that led to the arrest of 35-year-old Matthew French. He is accused of soliciting pornographic photos of a teenaged boy.
In Court Thursday morning, the County Attorney brought three felony charges against French, including sex trafficking of a minor, child abuse, and attempted creation of sexually explicit conduct involving children. The County Court Judge set Bail at 500 Thousand Dollars.
According to a statement released by the Butler County Sheriff’s Office, in May, the Superintendent of the East Butler Public Schools called “in regards to a sexually explicit email offering money for explicit photos” of a 16-year-old student. Security software used by the school intercepted the email, which included a sexually graphic questionnaire.

US Space Command official reflects on 9/11 attacks

US Strategic Command official remembers 9/11 attacks

Jim Conrad served as the Chief of Intelligence at the National Airborne Operation Center at US Strategic Command on 9/11. He reflects on the lessons learned from 9/11 and how the attacks changed crisis preparations.

The Nebraska Legislature's Redistricting Committee will hold public hearings next week on competing proposals for redrawing congressional and legislative lines.

The Lancaster County Board of Commissioners hopes a 200-dollar bonus will help convince employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine. County commissioners voted unanimously earlier this week to approve the vaccine incentive.

The City of Lincoln recently swore in their new police chief. Teresa Ewins (Ter-EE-Sah YOU-ins) joins the Lincoln Police Department after spending 26 years as part of the San Francisco Police Department. Nebraska Public Media News’s William Padmore spoke with Ewins about her policing strategy, the challenges of labels, and more

Dr. Mark Kyriss, US Strategic Command Chief of Defense Policy, reflects on 9/11 and lessons learned from the September attacks

Republican and Democratic members of the Nebraska Legislature's redistricting committees unveiled competing proposals on how to redraw congressional and legislative district boundaries.