Top Journal Star photos and videos for September 2025
Check out the images and videos from Lincoln Journal Star staff photographers.
Nebraska offensive line coach Donovan Raiola leads his players back to the locker room as eager fans lean over the banisters to catch high-fives before the game against Cincinnati on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, at Arrowhead Stadium.
Nebraska's Malcolm Hartzog (7) reacts after his interception with his teammates Ceyair Wright (1), Marques Buford (3), and DeShon Singleton (8) in the fourth quarter against Cincinnati on Thursday at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo.
Nebraska's Malcolm Hartzog (7) intercepts a pass intended for Cincinnati's Isaiah Johnson (0) late in the fourth quarter Thursday at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo.
Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule reacts as he calls a timeout in the fourth quarter on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, at Arrowhead Stadium.
Levai Alles, from Lincoln, holds a sign during a protest against the planned ICE detention facility in McCook on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, at Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln. “Camps in America are the least American thing that we could be doing as a country—let alone in Nebraska,” Alles said.
2-year-old Aleigha Dove catches bubbles on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, at the Highlands Academy childcare center in Lincoln. The academy, situated at 5901 Northwest 1st Street, offers curriculum based childcare for children age 6 weeks through 12 years.
Bennington's Jake Russell (8) celebrates his touchdown catch with his teammates, Brett Langan (51) and Charlie Swoboda (54) during the second quarter at Waverly High School on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, in Waverly.
Waverly's Nathan Axmann (27) hurdles over Bennington players as he runs the ball in the first quarter at Waverly High School on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, in Waverly.
Bennington players locking arms wait to enter onto the field before the game at Waverly High School on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, in Waverly.
Lincoln Paddle Company owner Kyle Winchell poses for a portrait at Holmes Lake boat ramp on Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025, in Lincoln.
Cincinnati's Christian Harrison (5) and Xavier Williams (36) tackle Nebraska's Janiran Bonner (4), causing him to lose his grip on the ball in the fourth quarter on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, at Arrowhead Stadium.
Lincoln Southeast’s Trey O'Hara (33) celebrates a fumble recovery on Thursday against Grand Island at Seacrest Field.
Nebraska's Nyziah Hunter (13) and Emmett Johnson (21) dance in celebration of Johnson's touchdown in the first quarter against Akron on Saturday.
A Lightshow with drones takes place between the third and fourth quarter during the game between Nebraska and Akron on Saturday, Sep. 6, 2025, at Memorial Stadium.
Courtney Brummel, coordinator of the Great Plains Master Beekeeping program, blows onto a honey frame to move honeybees out of the way as she demonstrates how to perform health inspections and other checks during an apiary class at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's East Campus on Aug. 14. Many Nebraskans are turning to beekeeping through programs like the one Brummel leads.
Wright State’s Reilly Zegunis (2) and Elena Dubuc (4) defend a hit by Nebraska’s Skyler Pierce (21) in the second set at the Bob Devaney Sports Center on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Lincoln.
Kearney's Willa Lewandowski (28) and Sophie Glandt (8) try to block a kill from Lincoln Southwest's Emma Rink (22) in the first set at Lincoln Southwest High School on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, in Lincoln.
Nebraska’s Bergen Reilly (2) and Rebekah Allick (5) go for a block against Michigan’s Jenna Hanes (12) as Nebraska hosts Michigan on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025 at the Bob Devaney Sports Center in Lincoln.
A cyclist rides across a bridge on the Helen Boosalis Trail over Nebraska Parkway near the intersection with South 27th Street on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025 in Lincoln.
Nebraska's Williams Nwaneri (96) Vincent Shavers (9, behind, not visible) and DeShon Singleton (8) tackle Michigan quarterback Bryce Underwood (19) on Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
Nebraska quarterback Dylan Raiola (15) walks off the field after the Huskers loss to Michigan on Saturday.
The Lincoln East Spartans student fan section roars on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, at Seacrest Field in Lincoln. Lincoln East was up 7-0 going into the half.
6-year-old Gracie Wolfe plays on the trampoline with her seizure dog, Addie —a 3-year-old golden retriever — on Thursday at her family's home in Valparaiso. Gracie has Dravet syndrome, a rare and severe form of epilepsy, and routinely experiences seizures.
Monarch butterflies stop to feed on pollen and nectar from bushes of flowers along the Billy Wolff Trail on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, in Lincoln. At the end of the summer months, a super generation of monarchs that has an extended life span emerge and prepare for their annual migration. Typically, as the weather begins to cool, the butterflies will begin their migration south. Those east of the Rocky Mountains migrate south to overwinter in the forests of central Mexico, while those from west of the Rockies fly to coastal California.
Charlie DeMoss touches up a painting during the Art in the Garden event at the Sunken Gardens on Saturday.
Runners, led by Pius X's Joe Majerus (552) and David Krier (549) take off from the starting line in the boy's varsity 5,000 meter race during Harold Scott Invitational at Pioneers Park on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, in Lincoln.
Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule reacts after a Michigan touchdown on Saturday. The Huskers fell to 3-1 this season with the 30-27 loss.
Nebraska's Dasan McCullough (15) celebrates with his teammates after sacking Michigan quarterback Bryce Underwood, not pictured, during the first half on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2024, at Memorial Stadium.
Former Nebraska volleyball coach John Cook reacts as he sees a statue of himself for the first time during a statue dedication ceremony at the Devaney Sports Center on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, in Lincoln.
The proposed cuts would result in 77 faculty being eyed for elimination, including 71 in tenure-track positions, and affect the academic programs of some 640 Husker students.
UNMC took a page from “Star Trek,” or “Star Wars,” or maybe both, beaming conversations with instructors via hologram boxes among four sites across the state as part of a statewide stroke conference.
Two of Nebraska's three Liquor Control Commissioners - including one who represents the area covering the Panhandle - resigned Monday after Gov. Jim Pillen called them and asked them to do so, adding to a tumultuous period for the state agency.
A Wahoo police officer accused of choking his girlfriend was charged with a felony Monday.
A garbage truck driver found a replica grenade in the back of his truck in southwest Omaha on Tuesday afternoon.
A 32-year-old man died Monday night after being hit by a train in South Omaha, bringing the number of fatalities on Nebraska railroad tracks to nine in 2025.
Omaha police have identified an 86-year-old man who died Friday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash at 25th and F Streets.
