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Senator Loren Lippincott • District 34 Last Wednesday, Charlie Kirk was assassinated by a gunman on the Utah Valley University campus, where thousands of mostly college-age young people had gathered to hear him speak and ask him legitimate questions about faith, politics, and life.

Officers with the Central City Police Department worked the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” grant that ran from August 16th until September 1, 2025.

There are plenty of tickets left for the John Cook presentation for Merrick Arts Council on Sunday, September 28th at 2:00 p.m. “We feel so honored to have Cook come for our season opener and hope to fill the Performing Arts Center, so order tickets now to guarantee your spot,” stated MAC board...

Aurora Cooperative Elevator Company, a Nebraska cooperative corporation, announced earlier this week the completion of its merger with Farmers Union Co-Operative Association of Kearney.

The Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA), in conjunction with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced on Monday that it has confirmed the detection of a case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a dairy herd in...

10 YEARS AGO Nebraska Christian senior Katie Cumpston was named as a semifinalist in the sixty- first annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Tommy Wayne “Tom” Davis passed away on September 11, 2015 at his home in Central City.

CENTRAL CITY VOLLEYBALL

PEER Group welcomes numerous visitors this year Last week, with its summer season having come to a close, Platte PEER Group Executive Director Hannah Clark reported a standout season for the area nonprofit.

Clarks is Full of Beans and Small Town Dreams. The Merrick County community’s annual Bean Day celebration— scheduled to run throughout the day on Saturday, September 13th—promises to be a gas.

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