End of an era: Longtime publisher of The Reader ready to close book on Omaha’s alternative newspaper

By Erin Grace Flatwater Free Press John Heaston opens the door to a brick warehouse next to Johnny’s Cafe in South Omaha and walks through rooms holding his life’s work. “It’s kind of a hot mess,” says the 52-year-old longtime publisher of Omaha’s alternative newspaper, The Reader. Here’s a garage bay holding empty green newspaper […]