The Cato Institute's Adam Michel offered some timely holiday reading this week, turning his attention to the 15-cent fee tucked into the cost of every live Christmas tree sold in the United States.

Here we go again. A single shooter, then a father and son using personal guns to kill and/or injure crowds of people: Brown University in Rhode Island and the Hanukkah (or Chanukah) celebration in ...

Gayle Lewis Kircher was born October 27, 1929 to Albert and Ola (Elms) Kircher on the family farm in rural Red Willow County, Nebraska. He lived a life characterized by dedication, hard work, and a ...

Fred H. Gleason, 75, of Kearney, died December 9, 2025, at C.H.I. Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Funeral services will be 10:30 am, December 22, 2025, at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in ...

Diana Underwood, a longtime resident of Lexington, passed away Monday morning, December 15, 2025 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. She was 73 years of age. Cremation was chosen. Burial in Memorial ...

LINCOLN, Neb. - Nebraska State Board of Education President Elizabeth Tegtmeier said misappropriated funds distributed through the state's school aid formula were the primary topic of discussion at ...

McCOOK, Neb. - No McCook property tax or sales tax dollars will be used to purchase the long-stalled St. Catherine's Hospital property, City Manager Nate Schneider told council members. The second ...

McCOOK, Neb. - Monday night's epic meeting of the McCook City Council was, in fact, a series of meetings contending with matters ranging from establishing blighted property status to regulating the ...

Valley hosted the Rudy Glur Invite on Friday, and eight RPAC schools were in attendance. The Arapahoe Warriors claimed the runner-up team trophy; along with that, Hitchcock County finished 3rd, ...

Scoring summaries from all the Cattle Trail Touranment girls final games on Saturday. Championship Dundy County-Stratton 48, Maywood-Hayes Center 44 DC-S (48) -- Abi Spargo 21 points, Clara Spargo 10, ...

McCook High's boys results along with comments from coach Nick Umscheild about the Holdrege Wrestling Invitational on Saturday. "We traveled to Holdrege Saturday. We were able to finish in 6th place ...

The McCook High girls won two of three to take third among eight teams at last weekend's Topside Tournament with comments from coach Amy Scheil about her 2-2 Bison. More will be included in Tuesday's ...