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Central City Public Schools (CCPS) welcomed a new band instructor this academic year. Bobby Jacobs joins the district, having taught at Sandy Creek Public Schools for the past two years.

HIGH PLAINS COMMUNITY SCHOOLS kicked off the football season across the area on Friday afternoon when the Storm made their six-man debut on the road against the Elba Bluejays. On the grass at Randy Rasmussen Field in Elba, the Storm plowed past their hosts, winning the game 58-0.

CENTRAL CITY MARCHING BAND

While some gardeners are ready to put away their gardening tools for the season, others are not quite ready to throw in the trowel. If you are one of those gardeners, now is a great time to start thinking about a fall vegetable garden.

PALMER HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1976

“But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.

The Nebraska State Fair officially got underway last weekend. Nebraska State Troopers and numerous first responder partners are teaming up to keep fair visitors safe in 2026.

The community is invited to join the Merrick Medical Center Foundation for a Special Remembrance Ceremony in observance of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the September 11th terror attacks on the United States.

Starting the Merrick Arts Council’s new season is vocalist and guitarist Rascal Martinez on Sunday, September 20th at 2:00 p.m. This performance will take place in the Central City Performing Arts Center, Edwin and Bernice Lock Theatre.

Senator Loren Lippincott • District 34 NEBRASKA’S WORSENING RURAL HEALTHCARE CRISIS Recent polling shows the most important issues to voters in 2026 are healthcare (twenty- eight percent), housing (nineteen percent), food (eighteen percent) and gas (fifteen percent).