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Update for the 2 of you who might still be on this platform: Therapist in this case finally had her disciplinary hearing last week. Ended up with a 4-month suspension, a $4000 fine and a required course in ethics and boundaries. No news on the cat.

Aside: If this had been in PACER, I totally would have expected to see it in @SeamusHughes' CourtWatch.News

The saga started in September 2022, after the therapist ("Defendant" in this filed petition for disciplinary action) had been providing services to "Client A" for nearly a year. A cat ("Eve") was gifted to the client's daughter.

Did the 2008 Olympic Swimming trials in Omaha lead to significant reductions in the city's public school spending and student-teacher ratios? I need someone at @flatwaterfreep or @NE_Examiner to explain this just-published economics research paper to me. digitalcommons.trinity.edu/econ_honors/4/

"Don't forget to eat a plate of ice cream every day" "A little ice cream every day is good for baby" Enjoying this random ad I spotted in a November 1918 issue of @OWHnews.

Anybody want to buy the Haunted Hollow theme park in La Vista? Part of property package for sale if you've got $1.3 million. "Endless usage possibilities" including weddings and concerts, so the brochure says. loopnet.com/Listing/12501-…

New favorite yard signs spotted near Benson.

Today's word of the day is "levitous," via a filing in a long-running federal case against the City of Omaha involving a protester injured by a police flashbang in 2020.

Been at @ChildrensNE a few days with my kid. Shout out to the nurse I overheard checking this morning to see if all her colleagues have voted or have a plan to in case she needed to stay late and help cover their patients.

@_DanGolden If we can't share stories of ex-parrots and silly walks, why even bother having a civilization?

Friend showed up to Bible study this morning in costume. Said, "I'm a lumberjack!" I instinctively responded with "And you're OK!" Got blank looks from everyone. Apparently I am the only one in that friend group who was blessed with a solid grounding in the classics.

tfw when your child is having a major recent increase in symptoms from ongoing medical issues, so you try to make an appointment with his specialist and you're told: Of course! Her next available is 7 months away. Should we put you on the schedule?

Happy "corn night," Omaha:

More than 500 other animals (including 350 raccoons and 46 skunks) were tested for rabies through July of this year. None were positive. And hundreds of raccoons were vaccinated for rabies across 37 square miles. Read more: cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7…

In September 2023, a kitten in Omaha tested positive for Eastern raccoon rabies virus. It was the westernmost detection of the variant in the U.S. to date (850 miles west of the normal range) and it led to a quick and large response by local, state and federal authorities.

@OMAairport Just curious. You guys still use AFFF?

🚒Airport firefighters along with local first responders will be conducting live-fire training today at Eppley Airfield. Simulated fire and smoke may be visible throughout the day.🔥

@WillieSwett cc @keribla, @MarshallProj

The new medical director of the Nebraska prison system, Dr, Lovelace, is denying/deferring colonoscopies, echocardiograms and other specialty care at 15x the rate of the previous director yorknewstimes.com/news/local/cri…

For Nebraska Corrections watchers: A couple of letters in the most recent Nebraska Criminal Justice Review noted that "hobby orders" have been stopped. No more crocheting or painting for inmates. cdr.creighton.edu/server/api/cor…

71 years ago today: Left turn ban begins on Dodge Street in Omaha, from 22nd to 52nd Streets.

Didn't make a lunch Can I just eat lifesavers? Poor choices at desk #HaikuForToday

Interesting annual report this year from NE's Commission on Problem Gambling, now that we're a few years past casino legalization. - 30% increase in Nebraskans seeking assistance. - But casino tax revenue "far below the predictions made in 2021-22. " nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/…

@heymooly Published in the World-Herald 81 years ago tomorrow:

Phased workforce reduction beginning in late 2025 (likely tied to the end of a union contract) and full plant closure by the end of 2026. Story to come

I’m outside the Kellogg’s plant at 96th & F as employees pour out of the building following a meeting at 7:15 a.m. No word on the news from inside — but a press release from the company mentions “production shifts” and “consolidation”