The Superior Express -

It’s pumpkin time! They are ready for picking up in stores, at local markets and in gardens. Yards, porches and homes have fake or real pumpkins on display, adding to the fall spirit. There are the usual real pumpkins, or pumpkins made out of f...

This week the Good Samaritan Society sponsored a fishing program for the residents of their Superior home. I wasn’t there to see it. So I can only guess how it was done. I suspect it was similar to carnival games where the players tried to hook a pri...

Q: Did the Exodus happen? Are you aware of the archeological discoveries that proved the contrary? A: I am indeed aware of the current tension between the Biblical account of the Exodus and certain archaeological perspectives, although I consider...

When I was growing up in Superior, Dr. H. H. Miller was an older dentist who had his office behind the Security National Bank. He seemed old to me and Editor Blauvelt confirms that he had been in practice in Superior since before WWI. He was a...

One of my side ventures when I was traveling was a trip to a Mother Earth News Fair in Wisconsin. I saw it advertised in the magazine and decided to check it out. When I called to purchase tickets, I asked about camping spots. They told me they had s...

Standing in line . . . We’ve all stood in line for something over our lives: going to a movie . . . to a sporting event . . . even in school for lunch . . . for many things. How many of you have ever stood in line to go to church ? ? ? I mean for s...

The Nebraska Department of Revenue has published a report showing retail sales for June 2023 for cities and counties and comparing those sales to the same time in 2022. Retail sales in both Nuckolls County and the City of Superior were up when...

More concrete was placed Monday on Superior’s Fourth Street project. Hopefully, that means the street will be reopened in a week or so. While some concrete work remains the driving lanes had been paved. The eastern portion which serves Casey’s tru...

Oh, the stories she can tell! Her grandchildren affectionately call her "pistol packing grandma," said Marion Hill, because when she was younger, she hunted deer, antelope, pheasants and jackrabbits. "It was bounty money. That's how we had money to...

The Nuckolls County Board of Commissioners met at the courthouse in Nelson Monday. All three board members were present. The board approved routine claims. The board held a conversation concerning the future of the courthouse building. The debates...

A few months ago a long-time Superior resident, Kelly Bouray, had a new home and shed constructed on a large lot located on the west side of the truck route around the east edge of Superior. The official address is 903 Hartley Street. In recent weeks...

Many financial institutions and government offices will be closed Monday for the federal holiday long known as Columbus Day but the Jewell County Courthouse will be an exception. It will be business as usual for Jewell County as the holiday is not...

The Earth Balloon, Augmented Reality Sand Box and the Soil Tunnel Trailer brought soil and water conservation to the Rock Hills Elementary School. Kindergarten through fifth grade participated in the morning on Wednesday, Sept. 27. The youth...

Everett L Benoit, Esbon, ranked as fourth largest in registering the most Angus beef cattle in Kansas with the American Angus Association during fiscal year 2023, which ended Sept. 30, according to Mark McCully, association chief executive officer....

Not too long ago, working from home was a rarity for employees in most organizations. Then came a global pandemic. “Remote work exploded and I don’t think we’re going back to the way it used to be,” said Ron Wilson, director of the Huck Boyd Nationa...

Jewell County has several authors – ones from the past like, M. Winsor and James A. Scarbrough who wrote The History of Jewell County, Kansas in 1878. Or more recent ones like Erma Parsons Dillon (Burr Oak High School Class of 1952) and Jeri Davis S...

Kerma, Forrest “Frosty” and Rachel Crouse have been selected to serve as the 2023 Jewell Corn Show Parade Marshals. The parade gets underway at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Oct.14. Kerma is the daughter of Rex and Ilene (Roe) Headrick. She was raised fiv...

It’s been a fairly full month of harvest! I’ve heard much disappointment in yields thus far. Perspective for me comes from helping serve eight counties this past year and seeing such a range of conditions. I have struggled to find ways to enc...

Hastings Family Care (HFC) is moving from its longtime home at Crosier Park Professional Center to the Mary Lanning Healthcare Medical Office Building. HFC, now located at 223 E. 14th Street, Suite 100, will begin seeing patients in its new home,...

Chapter J met last Monday in the Salem Lutheran Church fellowship hall with Steph Thayer and Dana Epley serving as hostesses. Ruth Epley, vice-president, opened the meeting as President Sue VanSkiver was away attending the P.E.O. National...