Body The Oxford Food Pantry volunteers are on a campaign to raise funds for a new facility due to losing their current location in the near future. The Pantry has had several locations over the last decades after starting out of a closet at the Methodist Church in Oxford.

Body McCook, Nebraska— A night of great music is planned for this year’s Concert for Healthcare at the Kiplinger Arena, Red Willow County Fairgrounds, on Saturday, October 7 when Priscilla Block presents her Block Party Tour.

Body March 6, 2023 The moisture has been wonderful, but it is also nice to see some brown dirt. I’ve never seen the bottom go out of this yard like it did this year. And I’ve heard identical comments from lots of others.

Body When in life does one come to confront the tough truth that each of us will eventually die? In my years as an internist caring for young and old alike, some people understand this early, and some people never get it. In denying death, we intensify our fear of it.

Body This weekend, I had the opportunity to visit our southern border and see firsthand the chaos occurring there. Our trip to the Rio Grande Valley reaffi rmed that what is going on at our border is nothing short of a national security crisis.

Body This week the Supreme Court heard arguments on Biden v. Nebraska and U.S. Department of Education v. Brown, two challenges to the Biden administration’s student debt cancellation proposal.

Body Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department (SWNPHD) will be offering Vaccines for Children at public clinics in March. Anyone two months of age and older are invited to get their vaccinations.

Body We all agree that our kids are our future. In every community across our state, no matter the size, we all want the same thing – a better future for our kids than we had.

Body On Saturday, the Furnas County Sheriff’s Office received a report that the communications tower south of Oxford, owned by Strayer Communications, had been toppled and completely destroyed.

Body On Monday at 2:21 p.m., Furnas County deputies responded to a report of a twosemi accident near RD 721 and Hwy 283.