Matthew Hansen

Plus a new film tied to disastrous safe haven law, and news from around Nebraska.

Plus a big honor for the iconic Johnny's Cafe and news from around Nebraska.

Just an eye blink ago we were a newborn, a startup operating out of an actual broom closet, a nonprofit newsroom that to this co-founder felt more

Generations of Nebraska families have known Johnny's Cafe as a steakhouse classic. Now it's getting an honor that cements that classic status nationally.

The Flatwater Free Press published 173 stories in 2024. Stories that dug deeper. Stories that tied us together. Here are a few of our 2024 favorites.

Before becoming governor, Jim Pillen grew Nebraska's biggest hog empire. A year-long collaboration between the Flatwater Free Press and Investigate Midwest sought to tell the story. How he did it. And how it impacted Nebraskans.

I can’t tell you how disappointed I am to report what follows, but it’s news you deserve to know and need to understand. As you may know, the Nebraska

In its first full year of publication, FFP bested all newspapers and nonprofit newsrooms in an 8-state region to win three Great Plains Journalism Awards, awarded May 5 in Tulsa.

Pretend for a moment that Nebraska somehow halted all use of nitrogen fertilizer – not a single speck more on our lawns, golf courses and corn

WALTHILL-The children of the Omaha Reservation begin descending on the town park in late afternoon. They arrive unannounced in twos and threes on a recent Monday, cluster in…