During WWII, Briard enlisted to work as a first lieutenant Army Nurse in Hawaii. “Oh, I felt it was very important,” Briard said. “They were needed.” Briard started out as a farm girl from ...

The Lincoln Parks and Recreation Department and YMCA of Lincoln announced a new partnership Friday to offer free, low-cost fitness and health classes. Bethany Ernst shares her experiences ...

and Shirley (Weigle) LaFramboise and his older brother James LaFramboise, Jr. A proud Army Veteran, Gerald dedicated much of his life to serving others. He worked tirelessly, putting himself through ...

PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan stated that there are currently no new meetings scheduled with LIV Golf, but he remains optimistic about the possibility of unification. Monahan acknowledged that ...

But that’s about all the news to expect on the reunification front at the moment, according to PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan. “I don’t see that happening,” Monahan told reporters on ...

Mrs. Leftenant-Colon joined the U.S. Army Nurse Corps in February 1948, several months before President Harry S. Truman signed an executive order desegregating the armed forces. It was the ...

In 1945, she was accepted into the Army Nurse Corps as a reservist with the rank of second lieutenant. She rose to the rank of first lieutenant in just 11 months. In 1946, she was assigned to the ...

Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who battled racial discrimination in a barrier-breaking career as a military nurse, serving as the first African American in the regular Army Nurse Corps and later caring ...

The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s has died. She was 104, and a native of Goose Creek, South Carolina. Nancy Leftenant-Colon ...

The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s has died. She was 104. Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who retired as a major and died earlier this ...

The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s has died. She was 104. Sign up for our Daily eBlast to get coverage on Black communities ...

The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s has died. She was 104. Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who retired as a major and died earlier this ...