Stories from Friday, March 13, 2026

LINCOLN, Neb. — No varsity basketball girl in Nebraska made more field goals this basketball season than Dundy County-Stratton sophomore Abi Spargo, according to maxpreps. However, nobody was closer than Maywood-Hayes Center junior Caylie Softley. Spargo sank 232 shots during the Tigers’ Class D-1 state championship run featuring 28 runs in 29 games...

ALVA, Okla. – The McCook Community College baseball team battled windy conditions Wednesday to earn an 8-1 win over the Northwestern Oklahoma State University JV. Nine Indian pitchers saw action Wednesday amidst a game-time wind advisory and gusts of 20 to 30 mph as the Indians got back in the win column after dropping all three games of a weekend series to Iowa Western Community College...

OBERLIN, Kan. — Elvin Ray Beneda, 82, passed away on March 1st, 2026 at the Good Samaritan in Oberlin, KS. Elvin was born on October 26th, 1943 in Oberlin, KS to Lloyd and Susie (Goltl) Beneda. He graduated from Decatur Community High School in 1961...

McCook, Neb. - Bill Lesko is a man with a palate designed for greatness. He zigs and zags through culinary styles with ease, finding new ways to refresh classics and inventing new dishes to please the palate. He is the culinary scientist behind the dishes at Citta’ Deli, which he began 11 years ago with his wife, Jade...

It would take a considerable amount of courage for a seasoned politician with statewide name recognition and a substantial war chest to challenge a sitting governor, but Sheila Korth-Focken has none of those advantages, yet she is running for the Republican nomination for Governor of the State of Nebraska...

As we navigate the landscape of 2026, I often find myself speaking with parents who are at a bit of a crossroads. Their high school juniors are bright and curious, yet they aren’t necessarily sold on the traditional four-year desk job path. If this sounds like your household, I want to offer a perspective from the front lines of Nebraska’s infrastructure: your child isn’t just “good with their hands”—they are the strategic solution to a rapidly changing economy...

Those who aspire to creativity—whether in writing, graphic arts, music or theatre—often borrow, adapt, satirize, pay tribute to or allude to the work of others. In a sense there are few entirely new ideas, only the creative synthesis of what has come before. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet lives again in the 20th century setting of West Side Story. Painters quote earlier masters. Writers echo familiar themes...

Please Join us in celebrating the 60th Wedding Anniversary of our parents Arvene and Judy (Walker) Schultz open house Saturday, April 4, 2026 Linden Court “Great Room” 4000 W Philip, Noth Platte/ NE 2:00p.m. - 4:00p.m.