Jewel Rodgers, daughter of Heisman winner Johnny Rodgers, has been selected as the fifth state poet in Nebraska history. The ...

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen named Omaha artist Jewel Rodgers as state poet. She is the first African-American from Nebraska to ...

If you stood anywhere near the Sandhills Global Event Center on Saturday, you would’ve heard the constant mechanical roar coming from inside for hours.

Governor Jim Pillen announced the new state poet in a ceremony on Monday. Jewel Rodgers, an Omaha native, was named the new ...

Gov. Jim Pillen appointed Omaha author and performer Jewel Rodgers as Nebraska's new state poet. Rodgers, 27, is the youngest and first African American person to hold that position. And no one could ...

GOVERNOR JIM PILLEN HAS NAMED JEWEL RODGERS OF OMAHA AS NEBRASKA’S NEW STATE POET. HER WORK, ALONG WITH THAT FROM THREE OTHER ...

Nebraska’s next state poet is a fixture around poetry slams and political events in the state’s largest city, having spoken ...

Two weeks after he was hospitalized with seven broken ribs, a fractured vertebrae and a partially collapsed lung after he was ...

Jewel Rodgers is the youngest person ever chosen for the role and is the first African-American. Black Sheep Burgers & Shakes said a woman left the note when she dined at the downtown Ozarks location.

Nebraska’s next state poet is a fixture around poetry slams and political events in the state’s largest city, having spoken beside mayors and members of Congress. But Jewel ...