Both the Elwood and Eustis-Farnam boards of education acted to accept invitations to join the Republican Plains Activities Conference at their monthly meetings last week. Currently members of the Fort Kearny Conference, the two schools, which co-op on athletics, but function separately in other activities, such as music, speech and theater, the two schools would become members of the RPAC for the 2024-2025 school year.

MCCOOK - After accepting a plea agreement in January that reduced a murder charge to manslaughter, Indianola's Alva C. Decker was sentenced to 35-40 years in prison Monday afternoon in Red Willow County District Court.