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Shelby Rickert is a senior at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln studying journalism with a minor in political science. She served as the 2025 reporting fellow at the Flatwater Free Press. Before that, she was a news intern for the Lincoln Journal Star writing breaking news and feature stories on topics ranging from tree eradication to artificial intelligence to the 2024 presidential election.

Posted inFlatwater Free Press, Metro

Solving Lincoln’s child care crisis will take widespread buy-in and money, panelists say

by Shelby RickertMarch 26, 2026April 8, 2026

At a forum hosted by Flatwater and the Lincoln Community Foundation, advocates highlighted ongoing efforts to improve access to child care — and the need for more to be done.

Posted inMetro

A ‘wagon’ of shame followed her. Now, she’s graduating from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln

by Shelby RickertDecember 19, 2025January 13, 2026
Posted inGreater Nebraska

A small-town Nebraska nursing home closed. Its former director faces state punishment.

by Shelby RickertNovember 19, 2025December 10, 2025
Posted inFlatwater Free Press, Greater Nebraska, Historically Excluded

Nebraska’s changing demographics defy stereotypes, panelists say

by Shelby RickertSeptember 17, 2025September 24, 2025
Posted inHistorically Excluded, Statewide

Nebraska colleges, saying they have little choice, are axing scholarships that favored immigrants, single moms, LGBTQ students

by Shelby RickertJune 26, 2025July 17, 2025
Posted inStatewide

In overcrowded Nebraska prisons, several suspected of killing cellmates while double bunked in cells meant for 1.

by Shelby RickertJune 18, 2025July 3, 2025
Posted inGreater Nebraska

In rural Nebraska, it’s hard to find an attorney. It’s going to get much harder.

by Shelby RickertApril 25, 2025May 21, 2025
Posted inGreater Nebraska

A western Nebraska village voted itself out of existence. Its remaining residents are OK with their fate.

by Shelby RickertFebruary 21, 2025March 21, 2025
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