Body America is grappling a difficult legacy. Our society was built by the blood and sweat of slaves, on land previously occupied by Native Americans. When we won independence, only white male property owners were fully enfranchised.

Body It has been a very busy week here at the Legislature. My office holds many responsibilities that require my attention and input on.

Body On Thursday, January 14 at approximately 10:00 p.m., the Bartley fire department was paged to Road 710 six miles south of Bartley. A power line from a shop building had broken in the wind, arc’d and started corn stubble and pasture ground on fire.

Body ARAPAHOE - After interviewing two different interim superintendent candidates at a special meeting Monday, the Arapahoe Board of Education offered a one-year contract to Brian Gegg, who most recently served as the superintendent at Shelton Public Schools from 2016 until last June.

Body CAMBRIDGE - The Cambridge girls basketball team began to pull away from the Southwest Roughriders in the two teams’ annual regular season showdown, but the Roughriders were not going to have it.

Body Arapahoe and Cambridge competed in the Dundy Country Stratton on Jan. 8. Cambridge earned 132 points to finish in second behind McCook with 187.5 points. Arapahoe was fourth in 107 points with Sutherland finished third with 120.5 points.

Body SUMNER - A pair of big first quarters for the Hi-Line boys basketball team’s opponents last week led to losses for the Bulls against both Maywood-Hayes Center and Sumner-Eddyville-Miller.

Body SUMNER - Taking on some of the best teams in the region, the Hi-Line girls basketball team dropped a pair of contests last week to one-loss foes, falling 61-30 at Maywood-Hayes Center on Tuesday and 49-29 at Sumner-Eddyville-Miller on Thursday.