Mar 04, 2014 01:53PM ● By Chris Wolfgang
Tracy Zaiss has an enormous coffee mug that reads Make Things Happen. It’s a phrase she keeps close to heart even as she prepares to hand ov...
Mar 03, 2014 01:39PM ● By Chris Wolfgang
Whistles blow, and ten women stop moving on a flat derby track in a basement rink in Omaha. A player grits her teeth and stays seated while ...
Mar 02, 2014 03:55PM ● By Kim Carpenter
Jorge Ambriz has been moving his whole life—as a dancer, that is. The 36-year-old HR Manager of Omaha Steel Castings trained as a child in M...
Mar 01, 2014 05:00PM ● By Kristen Hoffman
The hot trend of one-room living is often driven by necessity and the need to make the most of smallish spaces. The phenomenon is especially...
Feb 28, 2014 04:41PM ● By Heather L. Zimmerman M.D. - Boys Town Pediatrics
Often, parents are concerned about the number of vaccines an infant or child may be given at one time. Extensive studies have shown that eve...
Feb 27, 2014 04:27PM ● By Kristen Hoffman
When Jim moved his business in the fall of 2010 from Lincoln to Omaha, he encountered a pricing problem. The cost of his services in Lincoln...
Feb 27, 2014 02:19PM ● By Chris Wolfgang
In 2004, Mark Griffis founded Aviture as a response to Lockheed Martin’s request that he subcontract for them on a long-term project. The fo...
Feb 27, 2014 09:57AM ● By Kristen Hoffman
A brilliant band of wildflowers will soon bloom in Kelsie Hollingshead’s garden. Forget about the fact that she’s an apartment-dweller with ...
Feb 26, 2014 03:56PM ● By Daphne Eck
The last time I saw her, she didn’t look herself. Sure, she’d lost at least 25 pounds, was practically bald, and had taken a beating from r...
Feb 25, 2014 01:38PM ● By Chris Wolfgang
He walks into the comic shop, and he looks like he belongs. Internationally recognized Omaha artist Jeremy Caniglia is wearing a hoodie, jea...
Feb 24, 2014 06:12PM ● By Kristen Hoffman
VODEC began in 1968 when a group of parents, educators, and others sought to implement a paradigm shift in how people with disabilities are ...
Feb 24, 2014 03:11PM ● By David Williams
Iggy Sumnik is a noted artist. Bryan Allison is a young man with intellectual disabilities. Their worlds may seem galaxies apart, but the tw...
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