Chris Bowling

1 month ago | central.newschannelnebraska.com | Chris Bowling

Content warning: This story discusses suicide. Call the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline if you or a loved one needs help. For more than a decade, she funneled hope, fear and frustration into thousands of Facebook posts on the ups and downs of her husband’s depression, his suicide attempts, how they were telling their story to help others. Bailey Koch ended so many of them with a photo. Her with a wide smile that scrunched up her eyes and her husband Jeremy with an easy grin.

1 month ago | news-journal.com | Chris Bowling

Content warning: This story discusses suicide. Call the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline if you or a loved one needs help. For more than a decade, she funneled hope, fear and frustration into thousands of Facebook posts on the ups and downs of her husband’s depression, his suicide attempts, how they were telling their story to help others. Bailey Koch ended so many of them with a photo. Her with a wide smile that scrunched up her eyes and her husband Jeremy with an easy grin.

1 month ago | flatwaterfreepress.org | Chris Bowling

Carey Hutchison laid on the floor, curled into a ball and sobbed. “I’m trapped in hell,” she told her fiance. The then 26-year-old started hearing voices when she was a teenager. A yearslong carousel of doctors, therapists and psychiatric wards hadn’t silenced them. Instead, she leaned on self medication: Xanax and other drugs, which she stopped taking when she decided to get pregnant. Now her psychosis was stronger. She cried for herself and for the baby growing inside her.

1 month ago | flatwaterfreepress.org | Chris Bowling

For more than a decade, she funneled hope, fear and frustration into thousands of Facebook posts on the ups and downs of her husband’s depression, his suicide attempts, how they were telling their story to help others. Bailey Koch ended so many of them with a photo. Her with a wide smile that scrunched up her eyes and her husband Jeremy with an easy grin. Good and bad, tragedy and hope, seemed inseparable.

Mar 28, 2025 | omaha.com | Chris Bowling

Early in the 2025 Omaha mayoral campaign, one candidate made a bold promise. Mike McDonnell, a former South Omaha state senator, said he would stop the “streetcar named disaster.” Or at least put it to a vote. Other candidates echoed McDonnell’s criticism of the $459 million project, but said it is too far along to derail. Mayor Jean Stothert said doing so would carry “devastating” effects. The city has already paid at least $43 million for the project, according to the city.