Roland Lee Cooksley, age 96, of Elwood, Nebraska passed away on Thursday, December 25, 2025 at the Elwood Care Center, Elwood, Nebraska. He was born on May 7, 1929, at Broken Bow, Nebraska to John & Thelma (Skinner) Cooksley. He grew up in the Sandhills ranching.

LINCOLN – During their Annual Business Meeting, the Nebraska Cattlemen (NC) membership elected Craig Uden to serve as president. Craig stated, 'When it comes to the beef cattle industry, there will always be issues to solve.

Barbara Pfeiffer (Binder), of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed quietly in her sleep in the latenight hours of Sunday, December 21, 2025, finally free from the pain a mortal coil can impart. She was 87.

MiHeCha McConnell passed away Thursday, December 18, 2025 in Lincoln, Nebraska. She was born on January 10, 1940 in Seoul, South Korea. She married Larry Elvin McConnell in 1970 in Seoul. Larry preceded her in death in January 1972. She is survived by their daughter, Julia Ann, son-in-law Kenneth L. Krenk, and grandson Spencer Reid McConnell Krenk.

Edward Lynn Richard was born March 18, 1949, to Vearl and Dorothy (Haines) Richard in Stratton, NE when his parents were traveling home to Parks from a shopping trip. He was the fourth son of a family of five boys and one girl.

But the Trojans got a pair of timely threes from Aspen Webb and were sturdy at the free throw line, knocking down 13 of 18 for the game, to hold off the Wolves by two. Loomis had the ball with a chance to tie twice in the final 30 seconds, but never got a shot off.

EDISON - Just before 8:30 Sunday morning, Holbrook-Edison-Arapahoe received a page for a small building on fire behind the fertilizer plant at Ag Valley Coop in Edison. The Edison Fire Department responded and Mutual aid was received from Arapahoe.

Mark E. Heskett of Mc-Cook, NE passed away Friday, December 26 peacefully at home. He was 76 years old. He was born in McCook on July 6, 1949, the eldest child of Melvin & Mary (Jones) Heskett. He grew up in southwest Nebraska and graduated from McCook High School with the class of 1967.

Barbara Claudine Osiecki, age 89, of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed on Tuesday, December 23, 2025, at the Beaver City Manor, Beaver City, Nebraska. She was born on Nov. 7, 1936 at Adams County, Iowa to Lowell Rush and Eva Margaret (Spring) Wilson.

The Arapahoe-Holbrook Public Schools district is holding a special election for a Tax Authority Override of up to $750,000. With ballots due back January 13, we asked Arapahoe Superintendent Bob Drews to answer a series of five questions to help explains why the special vote was taking place and its importance for the district. The questions and his answers were as follows: 1) Through a series of town hall meetings, the Arapahoe- Holbrook Public Schools district Board of Education and administration has said the district’s financial situation has become strained and budget forecasting indicates the district will need additional tax revenues to meet its current needs. Can you describe the chain of events that brought the district to this situation?