The past few days many people have been taking the country roads to visit cemeteries, decorate grave sites. At each stop, a memory of a loved one comes to mind. It’s the time to honor and show respect to those who are no longer with us. It is also t...

I suspect the thousands of people who most years gathered at Lovewell Lake for this week’s three-day weekend would have liked more sun and less rain but the weather was great for the annual Lady Vestey Festival. The sky was overcast and the t...

A friend of mine asked me how many hats I would be wearing this summer, and I couldn’t answer. In the last week, I served as a painter, photographer, babysitter, pool boy, quasi reporter, caregiver, manager, a crummy housewife and neglectful m...

The name for writing this column was borrowed from my mother who occasionally wrote items under the heading “Puffs from the Locomotive.” After her passing, I just borrowed her lead. “After all,” she said, “a puff is simply a drip under pressure.” I t...

Q: I’m having a hard time forgiving someone in my life; is there anything in the Bible that can help me? A: The word forgiveness in the Bible is a financial term that refers to the cancellation of a debt. If you sin against someone else, the Bible s...

The National Park Service has begun a feasibility study to consider the creation of a national historic trail along the route of Zebulon Pike’s 1806-1807 expedition that took the explorer as far north as the Pawnee village located southwest of the p...

Tuesday’a issue of the Hastings Tribune reported on an unwelcome visitor that called in the Tribune publisher’s office Sunday evening. A wayward deer dashed through the Second Street and Burlington Avenue intersection and crashed through a dou...

Sunday, area residents will be treated to the sight and sound spectacular associated with the 28th annual Nebraska Rod and Custom Association Tour Nebraska. The host city for the 2021 tour is Hastings. The two-day tour covers 600 miles. The tour...

Because of the weather, the Esbon 2021 Memorial Day Ceremony was moved indoors to the Esbon Community Center. The event has been an annual one since before most of those attending could remember. The Perry L. Lamb Post 368 of the American Legion, und...

Thursday at approximately 1:30 p.m., the Jewell County Sheriff’s Department executed a search warrant in the 400 Block of S. Clinton St. in Mankato. During the search, officers located methamphetamine, marijuana and drug paraphernalia in a r...

Three members of the Rock Hills High School boys and girls track and field teams qualified for events at the state 1-A meet held at Wichita State University’s Cessna Field Saturday. The top eight places in each event were awarded points. Lauren W...

Bernie L. White, 70, of Belleville, longtime Ell-Saline educator, died May 28, 2021. Cremation was selected and a memorial service will be planned for later in the summer. Bachelor-Surber Funeral Home, Belleville, is in charge of the...

Loretta Schell, 91, of Billings, Mont., formerly of Baker, Mont., died May 21, with family by her side. Loretta was born to Edward and Ella Kitten, Feb. 16, 1930, in Slayton, Texas. At the age of one, her family moved to a farm outside of Lawrence,...

The United States Postal Service announced a planned adjustment of postage rates as of Aug. 29, 2021, for the public and commercial mail users. For community newspapers using periodicals mail to reach readers, the average rate increase will be...

Verlen Leroy Marquart, 82, of Chester, the son of Elmer and Gertrude (Duensing) Marquart, was born Aug. 13, 1938 in Hebron. He died May 18,at Parkview Haven Nursing Home in Deshler. Verlen grew up on the farm helping his father with the livestock...