Students file in and out during the first week back to school at Southwest High School in Lincoln. Schools across the state are going back this fall under a new law banning cell phones from classes. However, nearly all districts in Nebraska already restricted them before the law took effect, according to data gathered by University of Nebraska-Lincoln journalism students.

Family Unhinged Restaurant, located just east of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus, made its name serving nostalgic cereal mixes and signature “wafflets”—omelets cooked in a waffle iron. But for co-owners Chris Mankle and Melinda Mattson, the restaurant’s newest venture is deeply personal: a return to their original mission of sharing Filipino cuisine with the city they call home. “Honestly, if you asked me 20 years ago if I’d own a Filipino restaurant, I’d have thought you were crazy,”...

Stolp' s story is heartbreakingly personal — but it’s also part of a much larger issue. Pediatric cancer remains the leading cause of death by disease among children in the United States, with about 15,000 new cases diagnosed each year, according to the National Cancer Institute and the nonprofit Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation. Yet despite the toll, only about 4% of federal cancer research funding is directed toward pediatric cancers. Stolp’s journey underscores what experts say is an urgent n...

OMAHA, Neb. — A new sports bar in Omaha is reimagining what it means to be a fan. Set the Bar, which opened in March, touts being Nebraska’s first and only women’s sports-focused bar, offering a space where athletes and fans alike can celebrate women’s sports front and center. The idea came to life through founder Molly Huyck, who was inspired by similar ventures in other cities, like The Sports Bra in Portland, Oregon, and Rough & Tumble in Seattle. “I kept thinking, someone really needs to do...

Less than a month into the Trump administration and there has been loads of news about federal funding cuts and spending freezes. The consistent announcements from the Trump administration have caused confusion in and outside of the nation's capital; that includes the University of Nebraska. In January, the Trump administration initially announced a freeze on all federal grants, which would have resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars of missed funding to the state, affecting everything from...