64 sandwiches. 8 categories. 1 champion.

The Sarah Baker Hansen food bracket is back for 2026 and with your help, we’re going to name Omaha and Lincoln’s favorite sandwich.

Starting March 16, the bracket contest runs right alongside March Madness, and our champion will be crowned on April 6.

This year, Sarah split the bracket into eight sandwich categories: Reubens, Chicken sandwiches, French dips, Phillys, Gyros, Breakfast sandwiches, Deli sandwiches... https://flatwaterfreepress.org/sandwich/

Google is considering building a data center in Nebraska that could require more than three times the amount of power the entire city of Lincoln uses at peak demand in the summer.

The tech giant would power that massive data center — possibly the largest in state history — through a privately built utility-scale natural gas plant potentially capable of producing more power than the largest power plant in the state. And it would use carbon capture technology to reduce... https://flatwaterfreepress.org/google-proposes-nebraska-data-center-requiring-more-power-than-all-of-lincoln/

The journalism business is currently obsessed with “meeting people where they are,” a phrase I can’t read without thinking of a cable company explaining that they’ll send a technician to my house between the hours of 8 a.m. and some time Tuesday.

At the Nebraska Journalism Trust, we’re trying to take the idea literally. Over the next month, that means you’ll find us in person in a college basement in Lincoln, a historic movie theater in Kearney and a ballroom in Omaha... https://flatwaterfreepress.org/were-hitting-the-road-this-month-and-bringing-two-new-staff-along/