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Jim McClurg, a lifelong educator and mentor who served on both the University of Nebraska Board of Regents and the board of Hudl, died Monday night.

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Julie Koeneke, left, goes to give a ‘mom hug’ to Angela Gebhardt during the 2026 Star City Pride Parade on Saturday, June 13, 2026, at the Capitol.

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Lexi Hartley performs on stilts as she walks in the 2026 Star City Pride Parade on Saturday, June 13, 2026, at the Capitol.

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Phil Yoakum, dressed as President Donald Trump in a Christ-like outfit, protests a campaign event for Sen. Pete Ricketts outside the Country Club of Lincoln on Friday, June 12, 2026. 

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Chad Vanek waters plants at Campbell's Nurseries 40th Street location. Campbell's is closing the location Sunday. The nursery will still operate out of its location near South 56th Street and Pine Lake Road.

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Ginny Landkamer, whose quilt marking the bicentennial took home the best-in-show prize at the Nebraska State Fair in 1976, still keeps the quilt at her home in east Lincoln. "I was totally surprised," Landkamer recalled about winning the prize.

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Candace Walahoski, right, points out garden vegetables to Jackson Shea as they explore Ponca Health Services' new community greenhouse on Thursday at Ponca Health Services in Lincoln.

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Independent candidate for U.S. Senate Dan Osborn delivers public remarks before submitting the petition signatures required for him to officially qualify for the ballot on Thursday at Cornhusker Office Plaza.

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Sen. Ted Cruz embraces Sen. Pete Ricketts at a campaign event at the Country Club of Lincoln on Friday.

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