News Comment #15

Link: https://wahoo-ashland-waverly.com/news/state-and-regional/seward-deputies-find-10-pounds-of-fentanyl-stowed-in-car-tires-sheriffs-office-says/article_642ee0e8-b148-5541-8bf7-71d5dafd3eb8.html

Title: Seward deputies find 10 pounds of fentanyl stowed in car tires, sheriff’s office says

Wow!! Stories like this just blow my mind. It always makes me wonder the thought process of the officers that bust things like this.

In this case, I like how it gave good insight into why the officer chose to do a full investigation. I do wonder why the officer stopped the semi in the first place. Was this a routine traffic stop? Were they speeding? etc.

Great job by investigators to catch this large drug case.

Profile Final Draft

Kiara is her name, volunteering is her game

18-year-old Kiara Libal has a heart for volunteering, that doesn’t end in Highschool.

Kiara Libal is a freshman softball player at Morningside. From eighth grade all throughout high school, she was highly involved in volunteering to help out with the Special Olympics.

“Seeing all the athletes come together and the joy that they experience through the games” is Kiara’s favorite part about volunteering.

She attended Ashland-Greenwood Highschool where she started out by helping with unified flag football, basketball, and track, and field. By her sophomore year, she became a chairman of the Special Olympics State Committee. As a chairman, she planned and volunteered at all Special Olympic events around Nebraska. At the state level, there were over 36 different sports.

Kiara’s teacher from high school expressed, “I am very proud of Kiara for stepping up and helping others. She truly has a gift to make those around her feel over the moon.”

Kiara has participated in a Miracle League game. The Miracle League “removes the barriers that keep children with mental and physical disabilities off the baseball field and lets them experience the joy of America’s favorite pastime.” She also helped plan the Halloween Boo Bash at the Miracle League field. She rounded up some of her peers and they had a dance party with the Miracle League teammates.

Libal first got involved with helping those with special disabilities when she moved to Ashland as an eighth-grader. “There was the first unified track meet at my school and I just decided why not volunteer!” She stated. She got paired with her buddy named Thad. Thad has Treacher Collins disease meaning he doesn’t have ears or cheekbones. He also has OCD, ADHD, Autism.

Jason Libal, Kiara’s father is overwhelmingly proud of her commitment given to volunteering. “It has been very rewarding witnessing her positive impact on those that may have not had the same opportunities as others.” He stated.

Although she is away at college, she still visits home to continue to volunteer at the unified events and say hello to her buddies. Often times she brings friends to tag along and participate. One friend, Maggie Fisher came along and loved the experience. She said “It was very cool to see her community give to an awesome opportunity and to see all the kids supporting the other kids. It really brought everyone together and having a good time.” Kiara loves to get others involved whenever possible.

Kiara also plans to volunteer at St. Lukes hospital, here in Sioux City while she is attending college.

A picture of Kiara Libal and her partner Thad, at a Special Olympics event.

News Comment #14

Link: https://omaha.com/news/local/former-owner-of-wolf-brothers-found-success-treating-others-as-he-would-like-to-be/article_098e2428-5dc6-11ec-a1f7-23631bce5a6e.html

Title: Former owner of Wolf Brothers found success treating others as he would like to be treated

This is a well-written story with great meaning behind it. It really went into depth about Joe Kirshenbaum’s life and how successful he was. He was not only a successful businessman but a successful veteran, husband, father, and friend.

I liked how this story went into good detail about his life and not just talked about how he was a business owner. This article also had really great quotes.

Overall, a bittersweet story with great quotes, facts, and attention grabbing.

Classmate Story

Morningside student, Tyler Strauss describes himself to be argumentative.

Whether it be about fantasy football or choosing where to eat, the sophomore debates with his friends and girlfriend.

“It’s all good fun” sophomore Tyler Strauss stated as he talks about how he loves a good debate.  The most common discussion he loves to stir up, is football.

Tyler got in a two-hour argument with a close friend about fantasy football.  He believes that the Green Bay quarterback, Jordan Love “sucks”.  His friend thinks otherwise.  Tyler’s reasoning for not liking Jordan Love was because “Jordan played like shit and wasn’t worth the problems he caused in the organization”

When asked about who won the argument, Tyler stated “me because I am right.”

He also loves to start lighthearted arguments with his girlfriend.  The couple typically debates about where they should quench their hunger. 

Tyler is typically not being serious but still loves to have a good debate.

1st Draft Profile Story

Kiara is her name, volunteering is her game

18-year-old Kiara Libal has a heart for volunteering, that doesn’t end in Highschool.

Kiara Libal is a freshman softball player at Morningside. From eighth grade all throughout high school, she was highly involved in volunteering to help out with the Special Olympics.

She attended Ashland-Greenwood Highschool where she started out by helping with unified flag football, basketball, and track and field. By her sophomore year, she became a chairman of the Special Olympics State Committee. As a chairman, she planned and volunteered at all Special Olympic events around Nebraska. At the state level, there were over 36 different sports.

Graduating high school did not put a holt to Libals involvement.

Kiara has participated in a Miracle League game. The Miracle League “removes the barriers that keep children with mental and physical disabilities off the baseball field and lets them experience the joy of America’s favorite pastime.” She also helped plan the Halloween Boo Bash at the Miracle League field. She rounded up some of her peers and they had a dance party with the Miracle League teammates.

Libal first got involved with helping those with special disabilities when she moved to Ashland as an eighth-grader. “There was the first unified track meet at my school and I just decided why not volunteer!” She stated. She got paired with her buddy named Thad. Thad has Treacher Collins disease meaning he doesn’t have ears or cheekbones. He also has OCD, ADHD, Autism.

Jason Libal, Kiara’s father is overwhelmingly proud of her commitment given to volunteering. “It has been very rewarding witnessing her positive impact on those that may have not had the same opportunities as others.” He stated.

Although she is away at college, she still visits home to continue to volunteer at the unified events and say hello to her buddies. Often times she brings friends to tag along and participate. One friend, Maggie Fisher came along and loved the experience. She said “It was very cool to see her community give to an awesome opportunity and to see all the kids supporting the other kids. It really brought everyone together and having a good time.” Kiara loves to get others involved whenever possible.

“Seeing all the athletes come together and the joy that they experience through the games” is Kiara’s favorite part about volunteering.

Kiara also plans to volunteer at St. Lukes hospital, here in Sioux City while she is attending college.

A picture of Kiara Libal and her partner Thad, at a Special Olympics event.

News Comment #13

Link: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2021/12/01/oxford-high-school-shooting-michigan-oakland-county-cold-blooded/8815294002/

Title: Oxford High School suspect detailed plans to kill in videos, journal, authorities say

Lead: Oxford — The 15-year-old charged in the killings of four of his Oxford High School classmates recorded videos on his cellphone the night before the shootings and wrote in a journal recovered in his backpack of plans to shoot and kill students, authorities said Wednesday.

This is probably a story that you have heard about already. I had heard a lot about this already too because one of my old teammates used to go to Oxford Highschool. But I chose this particular article because it caught my eye with the title and lead. All of the other articles that I saw only really talked about the shooting and didn’t go into detail.

Although this story gives a lot about the shooting, there were a few confusing parts. In the first paragraph, it starts off by talking about how the shooter had gotten in trouble for “concerning” classroom behavior, and his parents were even notified about it. What kind of concerning behavior was it? Concerning is a very broad term. Especially in high school, I feel like you have to do something pretty bad for your parents to be talked to by the principal. It’s kind of suspicious to me.

The parents bought the firearm Friday. Why did they buy it? How were they storing it? Were they not keeping it locked up away from the killer? This is also very sus to me. It also talked about how the parents didn’t have much to say during the hearing.

This is just such a horrible and devastating thing that happened. Quite frankly it hurts reading this that someone could do something this awful. Although a bad situation, the writer did a great job reporting it.

News Comment #12

Title: Watch Now: Neighbors help farmer with cancer finish 1,000-acre harvest near Merna

Lead: NORTH PLATTE — The sound of brotherly and neighborly love resounded across the cornfields near Merna on Tuesday.

https://journalstar.com/news/state-and-regional/nebraska/watch-now-neighbors-help-farmer-with-cancer-finish-1-000-acre-harvest-near-merna/article_0dc01ea4-9b20-5b2e-ad60-75c5b7404932.html#tracking-source=home-top-story-1

I picked this story because it really stuck out to me. This story is about taking a not-so-good situation and turning it into a great situation. For me, this played on a lot of emotional aspects. I think it does for many other people too.

My dad is a farmer so this really touched home. Growing up around the Agriculture industry, I have witnessed may situations where farmers go out of the way to help one another.

This is a wonderfully written story with a great video above. It really touched on all the details of who, what, when, where, why, and how. I also liked that it wasn’t just a summary of the situation but it also had many great quotes in it. My only critique is that I wish they had a quote in there from Greg (the farmer who has cancer). I think if they added that in there then this story would be even better!

News Comment #11

Title: State Patrol details timeline of Superior grain elevator shooting

Lead: The first 911 call from inside the Superior Agrex facility where a disgruntled former employee killed two people on Oct. 21 came exactly a minute after Max Hoskinson fired his first shot, the Nebraska State Patrol announced Wednesday. 

Link: https://siouxcityjournal.com/news/state-and-regional/crime-and-courts/state-patrol-details-timeline-of-superior-grain-elevator-shooting/article_49685331-b17e-5015-8569-480258b22ed4.html#tracking-source=home-the-latest

Great article about a tragic event. This article gives a lot of insights into the incident that happened.

The main question that I had was, why would he come and shoot up a grain elevator? The author did a great job of touching on that the employee was just terminated and he did not leave a note behind for anyone. Since the shooter is dead, we do not know the 100% real reason why he shot and killed others.

One critique that I have is how the writer ended the article. Like we talked about in class, ending an article with a quote is not necessarily the best way to end it.

A way that this could be turned into a feature story is maybe by focusing on the individual that helped stop the shooting. This individual wanted to remain anonymous in this article but I think would make an interesting feature story.

Overall, well-written story with great detail and quotes.

News Comment #10

Title: Prosecutors say Henry Ruggs III was going 156 mph right before fatal crash

Lead: Prosecutors in Nevada said Wednesday that former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III reached a speed of 156 mph and had a blood alcohol level more than twice the legal limit before the early-morning crash Tuesday that killed a 23-year-old woman and her dog.

Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/11/03/henry-ruggs-crash-court-appearance/

This is a really well-written and detailed article. Sad story but I believe the writer did a great job of portraying the situation. I think the writer did a great job getting credible quotes. Although the lead was kind of long, I think that it was a very strong lead.

This article covered who, what, when, where, why, and how. Since it covered all of these areas, I did not really have any questions left unanswered. The only question I really had was if Henry Ruggs’ girlfriend was injured because they did not really say much about that.

Although it is very devastating, it is a very well-detailed and written story.

Media Comparison / News Comment #9

Media Source: https://www.1011now.com/2021/10/28/long-awaited-change-coming-busy-wahoo-intersection/

Title: Long-awaited change coming to busy Wahoo intersection

News story source: https://www.newschannelnebraska.com/story/45076369/longawaited-change-coming-to-wahoo-intersection

Title: Long-awaited change coming to Wahoo intersection

Lead: Three months after a fatal crash took the lives of three siblings, the Nebraska Department of Transportation presented a plan to slow traffic at the intersection of US-77 and Nebraska Highway 109 in Wahoo.

I really liked the way that the media source went about producing the article. The written news story source did a great job writing it as well. I think the video production of it was better than the written story on Nebraska Central newspaper. I think this because 1011 had more credible quotes I feel like. Nebraska Central had a quote from a random Wahoo resident. 1011 interviewed someone who had personal experience with the intersection which was way more credible than some random resident.

This story caught my eye because it was a big deal this summer in my town and I think both news channels did a great job of covering all of the who, what, when, where, why, and how’s.