Please forgive the tears and watch 🙏
Last Tuesday, we were surrounded by heroes who helped save our son's life. My goal now, is to make sure as many parents as possible know the importance of infant & child CPR.
An Omaha hero tackled one of the suspected shooters at today's tragic mass shooting in Kansas City.
"I didn't think about it. It's just a reaction. I didn't hesitate - just do it," said Paul Contreras.
#omaha
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#chiefsparade
Quite a sight happening in Lincoln tonight...
@Lincoln_Police
officers announce the "Hold Cops Accountable" initiative with local black community leaders.
Now, they're doing the Cupid Shuffle outside the
@MaloneCenterLNK
(📹:
@EllisWiltsey
)
This is officer Brian Vanderheiden.
He's the Omaha Police officer who - without hesitation - ran into a Target knowing there was a suspect with a high powered rifle.
The suspect is dead & there were no injuries.
The 20-year veteran of the force is a hero. 🙏
Heck of a game from James Williams!
This guy showed up to a post-grad camp (basically a tryout) and is now an absolute stud on this Blackshirts defense.
5 tackles | 2 sacks | 2 TFLs
Check out the love from his coach!
#GBR
Something that I can't quite understand...
We have some of the WORLD'S (like the entire Earth) experts on infectious disease at
@UNMC
in Nebraska. Yet, when some hear their words, stories, and advice, it carries the weight of a stranger at the bar.
Confusing.
Nebraska's pretty cool...
🔘 Corn farmers, faced with low ethanol demand, sending alcohol to inmates to make hand sanitizer
🔘 UNMC using UV rays (tanning bulbs) to kill COVID-19 & re-use masks
🔘 The Unicam spent minutes discussing an $83M funding measure & passed it 44-0
An incredibly touching photo from Susan Johnson 💔
This is her son Alex. She says he wanted to honor Investigator Mario Herrera as he passed. His father Darren worked with Investigator Herrera 15 years ago.
@RexChapman
@EllisWiltsey
❤️ our city!
Details ➡️
Here’s the “Holding Cops Accountable” agreeement, which outlines the next steps between community leaders and LPD.
More Info:
In the last 6 months, Nebraska women have:
🎈Most watched NCAA volleyball game in history (1.7 mil)
🎈Most watched NCAA wbb game in FOX history (1.7 mil)
🎈Most attended women’s sporting event in the world (92,003)
🎈Highest season-long NCAA women’s home attendance (VB: 255,000)
Nebraska’s victory over Iowa in front of a sellout crowd in Lincoln scored 1,772,000 million viewers Sunday on FOX – the most-watched women’s college basketball game in FOX Sports history 🏀
An incredible moment in Evanston. Those hugs from
@Huskervball
players are for former teammate and current Northwestern Wildcat Megan Miller. BTN mentions Miller lost her mother a few months ago.
Hugs, flowers, incredible sportsmanship.
#GBR
Denver Airport bar convo...
Guy: “That’s an ugly color.”
Me: “You’re one of those?”
Guy: “How many of you are coming?”
Me: “Probably 25,000 or so...”
Guy: “Oh. S**t.”
#GBR
Why is a walk-on freshman from
@PiusXtra
playing serious minutes against a Purdue team that just beat the defending national champs by 29 points?
⬇️
Matt Haarms: 7-foot-3, 250 lbs
@CharlieEasley4
: 6-foot-2, 190 lbs
Week 2: Home against Wisconsin.
“Maybe the Huskers should’ve been quiet” says one of the FOX guys.
Umm, if that would’ve happened, maybe the B1G isn’t playing football in five weeks.
I’ll remember Andy Hoffman as a cancer warrior - a warrior in every sense of the word.
He fought for his son
He fought to bring awareness
He fought to raise millions
He fought his own battle
He LIVED in a way that gives all fathers something to aspire toward.
💪💛
Confirmed UNL is anticipating 90,000 people inside Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska on August 14 for
@garthbrooks
This is a couple weeks before the start of College Football, so I’m thinking it’ll be the largest event in US since... pre-pandemic?
Friends in ALL places!
Here's the story of a good human...
@kevinsjuts
took a call from an older gentleman wanting to know about the Huskers recruits. All of them.
He doesn't have the interwebs.
So, Kevin listed every recruit, slowly, and says the call ended with a husky, "Go Big Red!"
Lincoln Public Schools: 42,000 students (80% in schools), started August 12
University of Nebraska-Lincoln: 25,000 undergrad, started in-person classes on August 24
***Neither has identified a single case of transmission from within the classroom***
UPDATE: Thank you for your thoughts & prayers. The feeling of support has brought tears to our eyes many times over.
We just had Cameron’s follow-up appointment, and I’m thrilled to say we have a very healthy two-week old baby 🙏👶
Remember, infant CPR can & does SAVE lives ❤️
1/ During this time of chaos, a quick thread about some amazing people who helped save our son’s life...
11 am Tues: Cameron is sick, load him up to go to the doc, he suddenly turns purple in his car seat, gasping for air. He’s not breathing.
I’ve been humbled by your messages ❤️
I’m excited to say our family will still call Nebraska home! On Monday, I’ll start a new journey as a news anchor at
@KETV
in Omaha. It’s an incredible opportunity to work alongside amazing journalists.
We can’t wait to call
#Omaha
home!
Number of local TV stations in Tampa covering the NCAA Volleyball Final Four:
Pittsburgh: 0
Wisconsin: 0
Texas: 0
Nebraska: 6
Record NCAA Volleyball viewership: 1.7 million people (peaking at 2.1 million)
Record NCAA Women's indoor attendance: 19,727
Something I never expected to learn today from the Twitterverse...
People are really mean to teachers. The lack of respect and empathy to the adults who shape our children is astounding.
(This is not an opinion on what should happen with COVID, just an observation)
Santa came early for the Schammerts! 👶🎅🏼
Welcome to the world, Cameron Lawrence!
🔘 6:44 p.m. on 12/23
🔘 7 lbs 14 oz
🔘 19.5 inches
🔘 Blue eyes & reddish blonde hair
The little guy decided to bless us 12 days early, but both mama and baby are healthy!
RICKETTS: If you want to see football this fall, you better be staying home. If you're a senior in high school and you want a graduation party in August, stay home.
"If you want to get back to a place where you can do these activities, stay at home NOW." -
@GovRicketts
If the Chiefs are going to lose, at least it’s to a team full of Nebraska connections...
🔘 Jason Licht, GM, Wesleyan
🔘 Ndamukong Suh, Huskers
🔘 Lavante David, Huskers
🔘 Khalil Davis, Huskers
🔘 Shaq Barrett, Boys Town & UNO
Huge shoutout to
@Huskers
Athletics. What they pulled off tonight is nothing short of incredible.
Volleyball Day in Nebraska is one for the record book.
#GBR
25 years ago today...
Coach Tom Osborne graces the Sports Illustrated cover after winning his first National Title in 22 seasons as head coach of Nebraska. He would go on to win three in four years.
Go. Big. Red.
An official University of Colorado email saying it’ll cancel tickets if someone’s caught selling to Huskers fans.
Man, I can’t wait to see that stadium half red!
#GBR
#Huskers
When a fan base is heartbroken that the team didn’t make the ELITE EIGHT because it’s so rare, you know you have one heckuva program.
Thank you for a great season
@Huskervball
!
#GBR
Details ➡️
Here’s the “Holding Cops Accountable” agreeement, which outlines the next steps between community leaders and LPD.
First meeting is June 25 from 6-8 pm.
Despite 5 turnovers, my biggest question leaving this game is why you call a pass when you’re at the 5 yard line and a FG takes the lead with 3 min left in the 4th Q.
Your defense has been dominating. Your QBs already had 4 TOs on the game. Get the 3 points.
Run. The. Ball.
If you don't know it, learn CPR.
If you've forgot it, re-learn CPR.
If you know it, encourage a friend to learn CPR.
If in crisis, people have a much better chance at surviving if they're near someone who knows CPR.
January 5 is our day of gratitude. Two years ago, with 911 help, my wife and I performed CPR on our newborn in our driveway.
Cameron is now our healthy redheaded firecracker.
With God’s grace, CPR is in the spotlight. Don’t brush it off.
#CPRSavesLives
Let’s save more! 🙏❤️
This was just before tip.
Hardly an empty seat in the house for a 13-14 basketball team in mid February. The Huskers embrace the grit and team mentality - something this fan base cherishes.
#GBR
Best $3 tix ever.
Killed on the USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, this Nebraska native is finally home. His remains recently identified as part of the POW/MIA project at
@Offutt_AFB
🙏
@jaketapper
Pretty sweet partnership between
@HyVee
&
@PatrickMahomes
!
The cereal (available in NE, IA, KS, MO) is expected to raise $25K for the “15 and the Mahomies Foundation”
Hits shelves tomorrow!
Hard to believe three Huskers who played together have all died in car crashes 🙏
Praying for their families, friends and teammates.
Sam Foltz: 2012-2015 (died in July 2016)
Mark Pelini: 2010-2014 (died in Oct 2022)
Cole Pensick: 2009-2013 (died in April 2023)
(📷:
@Huskers
)
There is so much good in this world. I ♥ this picture.
This was taken near 27th & O Streets on Friday afternoon. Recognize the young pair? Reach out! Someone would like to do something nice in return.
#lnk
(📷: Kyle Benesch /
@wundertakerkyle
)
7/ Parents - please remember the importance of newborn & child CPR! We learned it a couple years ago, but frankly, forgot the basics. Without the guidance of an amazing dispatcher, I’m not sure where we’d be today.
6/ Tonight, as we arrive back home, our family is filled with so much gratitude for the people who helped save his life and bring our Cameron back. Tears of fear have turned into tears of joy and hope. 🙏 God is good!
BREAKING: Sports gambling will officially start in Nebraska on Thursday at
@WarHorseLincoln
.
“Customers will be able to place sports wagers through any of 10 kiosks in the facility or the sports book window”
Nebraska passed legalized gambling in November 2020.
Great photo…
Larson still on the floor soaking it in…
Robinson jubilant & embracing teammate…
Wong-Orantes in the middle of it all on her knees…
Three Huskers. Three Gold medalists.
# G B R
COVID-19: Right now there are 3 Lancaster County residents in the hospital with coronavirus.
August 19: 3
August 17: 7
August 13: 4
August 5: 11
July 22: 15
July 8: 7
June 23: 12
June 19: 18
June 10: 15
May 27: 23 (peak)
April 27: 4
*Lowest since the start of the pandemic*
It’s been 443 days since
@kevinsjuts
,
@KenSiemek
, and myself ended a
@1011_News
newscast together at the desk.
Thanks to decreasing COVID cases and strong vaccination rates, that streak ended today at 6:28 p.m. 💪
A little normalcy feels good.
#lnk
Just to be clear...
Discussion is important and I understand a variety of viewpoints, but when mentions fill with derogatory language and/or the comparison of vaccines & masking to the extermination of 6 million Jews, you will be blocked.
They. Are. Not. The. Same.
"It's time Nebraska fans stop worrying about whether they're going to make the tournament and start worrying about what seed they're going to be."
- Peacock studio crew
Need some road W's, but this is certainly a weird place to be as a Huskers basketball fan!
A few pictures of Tyler Butterfield, a 20-year-old Norfolk man & Cornhusker Marching Band trumpet player, killed in a crash near 10th & Arapahoe last night.
#lnk
Looks like a man who loved his Huskers.
#GBR
❤ FAMILY REUNION ❤
Stuck in Afghanistan after a relative's wedding, this family is back in Nebraska. From being assaulted by the Taliban... to hugs at the Lincoln Airport.
They returned with no belongings, just the clothes on their back.
#lnk
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#afghanistan
COVID-19: Here's a welcome sign. Nebraska is below 100 coronavirus hospitalizations for the first time since the state started tracking the data. It's now at 97.
April 25: 149 (first day of data)
May 8: 186
May 27: 232 (peak)
June 8: 176
July 8: 97
STORM CHASE MODE ACTIVATED this evening across southeast Nebraska/northeast Kansas into southwest Iowa and northwest MO for intense supercells with
#tornado
potential 6-10 pm this evening, including Lincoln to Omaha ONCE AGAIN!
The rental Dominator has been pointed north, and we
I hopped off social media for a few because “mama said when you have nothing nice to say…” but just to be clear…
I’ve listened to every minute of Coach Rhule pressers since Nov & he’s only had respectful things to say about Deion Sanders. The fake narrative is ridiculous.
As a Chiefs fan it’s hard to even scream and cheer right now. Hate that a game that went back and forth and featured two amazing quarterbacks gets decided on a BS call.
Mahomes played amazing
Hurts played amazing
Eagles shoulda had 1:30ish to try to tie/win
I am beyond excited for tomorrow's
@garthbrooks
concert! It'll be an experience unlike any other. (Say 🖐 if you see me!) Today, he thanked the legendary Tom Osborne for being an instrumental part in setting up a show at the "iconic" Memorial Stadium.
#lnk
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#huskers
Back in the hospital 😢
We’re on Day 3 of oxygen for Theo - he’s fighting off a nasty case of the common cold that’s just being a pain on his lungs. Staff at
@Bryan_Health
has been awesome!
In the meantime, we’re working on one of life’s greatest lessons... Go Big Red! ❤️
#gbr
Working on a data story involving Nebraska schools. Interesting nugget... did you know the 4 biggest school districts have lost students over the last 5 years?
Omaha: ⬇️3.4%
Lincoln: ⬇️1.4%
Millard: ⬇️3.1%
Papio-La Vista⬇️1.2%
Meanwhile...
Elkhorn: ⬆️11.0%
Gretna: ⬆️16.3%
Think people like to watch volleyball?! Nebraska vs Wisconsin on Sat drew 1.19 million viewers…
April 2021: 696K ⬆️ 70% (TX vs KY)
2019: 533K (Stan vs WI)
2018: 938K (Stan vs NE)
2017: 1.01M (FL vs NE)
Waiting to see if it’s highest ever.. but wow!
#Huskers
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#GBR
BREAKING: New
@LNKhealth
DHM that requires all individuals to wear a mask if they go indoors into a facility that's open to the public (ages 5+). In effect 7/20-8/31
"The time to act is now. It doesn't make sense to wait until hospitals are overflowing." -
@MayorLeirion
Mom: “Come over - you have box left in the top corner of the garage. Need it out before we move. Not sure what’s in it, looks like old photos.”
Me: “K - I’ll be over.”
Me: “WHAT?!”
Thank you to everyone sharing this message!
🔘 Red Cross: Find CPR classes:
🔘 Mayo Clinic: CPR Basics:
🔘 Also - an ER doc friend tells me this scene in The Office is a surprisingly great explainer ❤️:
HELP: A local veteran passed away w/ no living family around. Roper & Sons is reaching out to see if the Lincoln community will honor the legacy of Irvin J. Brown, who died at age 89
🔘 Air Force: 1951-71
🔘 Mon., Jan 24 @ 1 pm
🔘 3950 Hohensee Dr, Lincoln, NE
#lnk
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#veterans
LINCOLN: City of Lincoln says it'll lose $260,000 per Husker home game lost. That means it'll lose about $1.82 million this fall just in lost revenue from Husker games.
That’s a new WORLD RECORD.
Most attended women’s sporting event in history!
🔴 NCAA Volleyball: Nebraska vs. Omaha
🔴 August 30, 2023
🔴 92,003
#GBR
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#Huskers
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#Nebraska
Today,
@BillSchammert
stopped by to thank dispatcher Lisa Pachunka. Lisa answered the call to 911 that Bill never wanted to make. We appreciate him taking the time to thank Lisa and all our dispatchers for their exceptional work.
#CPRsaveslives
#LNK