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For many individuals, OneWorld has given treatment that they would not be able to afford otherwise. Steve Ray is one of those people.  Ray is from Omaha and has diabetes and needs to have access to affordable treatments if he gets sick. OneWorld allows him to get help without the worry of a large bill. OneWorld Community Health Center provides about 52,000 Omahans with accessible health care annually. Each year, the non-profit relies a lot on funding from outside donors as well as the government...

OMAHA –  U.S. Sen Bernie Sanders kicked off his “Fighting Oligarchy” nationwide tour in Omaha Friday night, drawing an overflow crowd of more than 2,500, with hundreds more turned away.
The progressive independent from Vermont spoke to supporters about what he said is division in the United States under the leadership of President Donald Trump and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk of the Department of Government Efficiency.
Sanders said he chose Omaha as his first tour stop because of its worki...

Kodjovi Danny Zounon, 35, left his home country of Togo on Africa’s west coast in 2013 for a better life in America, he said.He joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 2014, a path that led to his naturalization as a U.S. citizen. Since, he’s built a life in Nebraska, earning a degree in IT from Metropolitan Community College and moving to a full-time job as a loan officer at the Nebraska Enterprise Fund in Omaha. Tuesday was Zounon’s second time voting in a U.S. general election. In 2020, he cast his f...

Among the more than 6,000 runners in this year's Lincoln Marathon and Half Marathon, a pair of first-timers set out to prove they could do it. But their inexperience wasn't the only thing they shared in common. They're also siblings.Nick Overstreet was inspired to run the half-marathon after watching a friend run the Good Life Halfsy in Lincoln. After seeing someone else do it, he said that it didn't seem as daunting.“I remember feeling like I bet I could run it if I tried, I bet that feels pret...

Female engineering students are typically outnumbered by men in the classrooms. According to the National Library of Medicine, men in engineering outnumber women on a 9:1 ratio. Many have aimed to find ways to alleviate this and ensure women feel welcome in the profession. Mia Toigo is one of those people. Since Toigo was a little girl, she has been interested in civil engineering. Her uncle would let her play around with his tools while he worked. At 22, she is finding ways to make women feel i...