Over the past two weekends, seniors have graduated at Arapahoe, Cambridge, Elwood, Southern Valley and Southwest high schools.

ARAPAHOE - Arapahoe High School held commencement for its Class of 2021 this weekend, rehashing memories of the past while looking to the future for the class of graduates. Pictured are family and friends posing with graduates in the post-ceremony receiving line.

We are in the home stretch of wrapping up this first session of the 107th Legislature and it certainly has felt like an extra long session. The Speaker of the Legislature has announced that the last day will likely be May 27th.

Back pain can be disabling, not only in terms of employment but also in terms of social connections. This point was never more clear to me than when I saw Maria, a 56-year-old experiencing severe low back pain for nearly five years.

When I speak with the farmers, ranchers, manufacturers, and other businesses in the Third District, a common theme is the importance of trade to our state’s economic success.

From the 1940s until 1999, all quarters looked essentially the same. The U.S. Mint had been using the same design on every new quarter for more than 60 years – George Washington on one side, and a bald eagle on the other.

Charleen M. Bennett, 90 years of age, of McCook, Nebraska, formerly of Edison, Nebraska, passed away on Monday, May 10, 2021, at Great Plains Health in North Platte, Nebraska.

On April 28,2021 (J.R.) James Knifley, went to heaven to go fishing with his Dad-Paul Knifley, Grandpa-William B.Kruger, Grandma & Grandpa-Betty&Elmer Hyde, Grandma-Mildred Knifley, Aunt&Uncle-Alberta& Bill Hannah, Uncles-Dave Denton & Albert(Bud) Kruger, Sister- Debbie Brown, Brother- Lee...

Betty Ann Grissom, age 81, of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. She was born on May 17, 1939 in Ashdown, Arkansas to Raymond and Odell (Cooper) Robbins.