Damingo Burks, a Metropolitan Community College student, is 29 and says he’s never owned a car. When he lived in Omaha, he frequently rode the bus to Walmart, then walked the 2 miles to class at Metro’s Applied Technology Center,…
Metro Student Wins His First Car, But He Earned His Fresh Start
By Rick Ruggles / World-Herald staff writer, Omaha World-Herald
Thu, 10/19/2017 - 10:00pm
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