K-12 education reporter @journalstar.com | email me at jebbers@journalstar.com | https://bsky.app/profile/ebbersjenna.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ebbersjenna.bsky.social/post/3lxax6fwsj226Days after Gov. Jim Pillen announced McCook as the site for a new ICE detention center last week, questions, fears & rumors continued to swirl around the rural town in southwestern Nebraska. "Town's not for it," one man told me. @journalstar.com https://journalstar.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/article_2867b681-f1df-4d8c-8be1-07fab321b7ef.html25 Aug 2025 21:31 +0000at://did:plc:cfeuphsbjlvsmvrreihncmtl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxax6fwsj226https://bsky.app/profile/ebbersjenna.bsky.social/post/3lston6chy225Three bond issues. Nine new schools. A new district office. Countless renovations. In over 25 years, the head of operations @lps.org touched every building and facility districtwide. He battled cancer. Ran marathons. Now, he's retiring. @journalstar.com https://journalstar.com/news/local/education/article_f3276cb9-31fd-4a78-913f-db1fa416a0ad.html#tracking-source=home-top-story30 Jun 2025 17:13 +0000at://did:plc:cfeuphsbjlvsmvrreihncmtl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lston6chy225https://bsky.app/profile/ebbersjenna.bsky.social/post/3lr7fg2bte22kNearly 50 years after his death, a Lincoln woman still remembers her dad as kind and goofy. A good singer and organist. A dedicated teacher. But there's one thing that has since faded away: his voice. And she hopes to hear once it again. @journalstar.com https://journalstar.com/news/local/education/article_b7c53304-3064-4c00-b76a-49c26ebc4214.html09 Jun 2025 22:10 +0000at://did:plc:cfeuphsbjlvsmvrreihncmtl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr7fg2bte22khttps://bsky.app/profile/ebbersjenna.bsky.social/post/3lqb4wh6ylk2iThe school district charged more than $100,000 to its 14 credit cards on golf course memberships for admin, a class vacation in Florida, trips to the nail salon and dozens of gift cards worth nearly $5,000. “This is beyond disturbing." @journalstar.com https://journalstar.com/news/local/education/article_25a6815b-f026-4571-be38-62437d8d3208.html?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter_JournalStarNews28 May 2025 21:18 +0000at://did:plc:cfeuphsbjlvsmvrreihncmtl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqb4wh6ylk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/ebbersjenna.bsky.social/post/3lklnhs4tec2bThe @journalstar.com is hiring a breaking news reporter! The Journal Star is a great place to work with a collaborative, tight-knit newsroom. Come work with us!! https://us242.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePortal/en-US/leeenterprises/SITE/CANDIDATEPORTAL/Posting/View/2792217 Mar 2025 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:cfeuphsbjlvsmvrreihncmtl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lklnhs4tec2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/ebbersjenna.bsky.social/post/3lk52iq7fvs2iA teacher and priest at Lincoln Pius X is being investigated for sexual misconduct with students after self-reporting to his therapist. More w/ @journalstar.com https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-courts/article_60e6ce38-fead-11ef-bde0-776d04163eb3.html#tracking-source=home-top-story11 Mar 2025 21:53 +0000at://did:plc:cfeuphsbjlvsmvrreihncmtl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk52iq7fvs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/ebbersjenna.bsky.social/post/3lifdaqulcc2iFor a UNL student, who was diagnosed with autism as a child, an 'essential' law has provided crucial disability protections for him throughout his education. Now, a lawsuit joined by Nebraska threatens to take that away. More w/ @journalstar.com https://journalstar.com/news/local/education/incredibly-disappointing-families-worry-after-nebraska-joins-suit-against-disability-protections/article_dba4fae8-eaec-11ef-b61e-f709e2ebb98e.html#tracking-source=mp-homepage17 Feb 2025 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:cfeuphsbjlvsmvrreihncmtl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lifdaqulcc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/ebbersjenna.bsky.social/post/3lgecb4ahlc2yA man was arrested this afternoon after attempting to break into McPhee Elementary with a bike. Staff immediately called the police and placed students into a lockdown. More w/ @journalstar.com https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-courts/man-arrested-after-attempting-to-break-into-mcphee-elementary/article_c230be5a-d901-11ef-bd68-33043e829247.html#tracking-source=home-top-story22 Jan 2025 21:19 +0000at://did:plc:cfeuphsbjlvsmvrreihncmtl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgecb4ahlc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/ebbersjenna.bsky.social/post/3lfscehz3ns2cThe Lincoln Board of Ed has officially named John Skretta, @lps.org's chief lobbyist, as the long term interim superintendent: "It's such a privilege to be able to step into this role." more w/ @journalstar.com t.co/5yia2gJ057 https://t.co/5yia2gJ05715 Jan 2025 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:cfeuphsbjlvsmvrreihncmtl/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfscehz3ns2c