Southwest Homecoming Royalty Crowned.

School is back in session so it is time for a little pop quiz. What is an item that almost every student carries? If you said backpack you are off to a great start.

We three State Senators, Steve Erdman (LD47), Steve Halloran (LD33), and Justin Wayne (LD13) have important information to report about the tax relief bill that was passed during the special session. LB 34 contains important language that will affect the 2023 property tax credit that taxpayers are entitled to receive on their 2024 income tax return. Because the language of the bill put an end to the rebate beginning January 1, 2024, taxpayers will not be able to claim the 30 percent property tax rebate that is owed them on their 2024 income tax return.

September is National Breakfast Month. Breakfast is the most commonly skipped meal of the day. Many times we think we are saving time or calories by skipping breakfast. A quick healthy breakfast can help you make healthier choices the rest of the day, increase your physical activity, and help you not to be tempted to eat a calorie and fat laden snack midmorning or overeat at lunch. It also help to replenish your body and have a positive impact on your general health, reports Nebraska Extension Specialist Lisa Franzen-Castle.

For years, Vice President Kamala Harris has supported some of the most extreme electric vehicle (EV) mandates proposed by her Party. She consistently supported EV mandates as U.S. Senator for California and as a presidential candidate in 2020. For three and a half years, the Biden-Harris Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has pushed an EV mandate that would require up to two-thirds of cars and trucks to be electric by 2032. Despite Harris’ record, just months before an election, the Harris campaign is lying about her beliefs. The campaign now claims the Vice President doesn’t support EV mandates. It’s a pathetic, transparent attempt to distance her from the unpopular mandates she has long supported. That lie should not go unchallenged.

To serve is an honor. That is especially true in serving one’s country.

HARVARD - Two weeks into their season and the Southwest football team has yet to be grounded. The Roughriders took their vaunted air show to Harvard Friday and again shredded the opposition through the skies as Houston Billeter connected with Deric Kelley and Trenton Williams for five first-half touchdown passes and the Roughriders rolled to a 56-14 triumph to move to 2-0.

ARAPAHOE - For the second-consecutive week to start the 2024 season, the Arapahoe football team took the drama out of the contest at the outset. The Warriors scored on their first two plays from scrimmage and might've scored on their third if not for a dropped pass.

CAMBRIDGE - Arapahoe, Southern Valley, Medicine Valley, Hi-Line, Maywood-Hayes Center, Southwest, and Cambridge competed at the 2024 Cambridge Cross Country Invite last Friday. In the top fifteen from these local schools were Medicine Valley's Kael Garrett, Southern Valley's Isaac Hamilton and Prestin Horwart, and Cambridge's Gavin Gunderson.

IMPERIAL - While all three of Southern Valley/ Alma’s softball contests were lopsided last week, the Saints managed two wins and improved to 10-5 on the year. Tuesday, the Saints struggled on defense with free baserunners and dropped an 11-0 home decision to Fillmore Central.