Stop The Convention Blackmail April 8, 2008

Okay, this is really getting ridiculous. First, of course, was the National Council of La Raza pulling their convention out of Kansas City because of the whole Francis Semler flap. Now, it may be happening again. And once again Mayor Mark Funkhouser finds himself in the middle of it. The city budget that was passed [...]

Downtown Comes Alive March 16, 2008

Have you been to the Power and Light district yet? If the answer is no, start making plans to go. It’s worth it. Okay, we know the concerns about the brand new entertainment district downtown: For starters, it didn’t come cheap. $850 million dollars, to be exact and the city is on the hook for [...]

Red Noses March 2, 2008

You hear stories all the time about people sending things to our troops serving overseas. Everything from food to socks get shipped to places like Iraq and Afghanistan, to give our soldiers a little taste of home. But this week, I talked with two metro residents who are sending something truly unique to our fighting [...]

Celebrity Chat February 15, 2008

One of the questions I get quite often is about the celebrities and famous folks we get to interview from time to time in my business. People want to know what they’re really like in person. As you can imagine, every celebrity is different: some are a little full of themselves, but many others are [...]

Families Changed Forever January 31, 2008

Sometimes people ask me if I’m affected by the news stories I cover. The short answer is yes. As a journalist, you can get jaded and cynical after covering the news for many years, but some stories still make a major impact. I covered one of those stories today. On June 23, 2006, a car [...]

Political Fireworks January 23, 2008

It’s only the middle of January, but this has been an incredible political year so far. I wrote about the crazy Presidential races recently on this blog, but let me tell you, national politics have nothing on local politicos when it comes to controversy and intrigue. Tuesday was a great example. It started with a [...]

One Inspiring Tip January 18, 2008

In my line of work, you have to do a lot of sad stories. Murders, fires, and plenty of examples of humanity at its worst. This week, I had the chance to do a story about just the opposite: one person making a difference and inspiring others to do the same. Marlena Hayes is a [...]

A Political Junkie’s Dream January 9, 2008

Is this great or what? Unless you’re a Duncan Hunter supporter, this has been an incredible week in the Presidential campaign. Before the caucuses and primaries even started, we knew this would be a wide-open race, with no sitting president or vice-president in the running. But did anyone really expect this? In the two big [...]

Back to Work… It’s 2008 January 2, 2008

Welcome back to reality, everybody. The holidays are over and the New Year is upon us. And it’s really, really cold out there. Like I said: Welcome back to the real world. I hope you had a wonderful and joyous Christmas season, or at least got what you wanted under the tree and didn’t get [...]

Merry Christmas December 21, 2007

If you haven’t noticed, this is a pretty busy time of year. That’s my excuse for not blogging in quite a while. (I know you missed me. All three of you.) It all started the day I posted my last blog. December 5th was the day of the Omaha Mall shootings and I headed up [...]