LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 25 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news: * * * 16 first-year students selected for Teacher Scholars Academy at Nebraska Sixteen aspiring teachers have been selected for the newest cohort of the Teacher Scholars Academy in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's College of Education and Human Sciences. Students in the academy are engaged in a supportive learning community throughout their teacher-education program. The academy, established in 2019, is   more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: * * * Fourth Firefighter Dies Following Knowles Fire Burnover in Colorado * On Friday, July 24, wildland firefighter Nathan Matthews, 43, of the Wildland Fire Service, of Lincoln, Nebraska, died from injuries sustained while responding to the Knowles Fire in western Colorado on June 27. Nate was assigned to the Rifle Helitack crew and was one of five firefighters involved in a burnover while engag  more