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Whether you travel over the country roads, city roads, go short or long distances, or even if you remain at home hosting the family dinner, it is hoped you have a happy and thankful Thanksgiving Day. Thanksgiving Day may be extra special as family an...

Q: Does the commandment: “you shall not bear false witness” apply to gossip? If so, how? A: Fundamentally, the 9th commandment involves communicating what is not true (particularly in a judicial setting), while gossip (in the biblical sense) ref...

Remembering back to my many Thanksgiving dinners growing up in Superior, I now realize how special they were. Aunt Lena and Aunt Freda, sisters of my father Paul, were regular attendees. Often present was my mother’s sister, Aunt Laura Koon, who l...

Memories . . . Some things we remember forever, others we forget as soon as possible. Sunday, a bad memory came rushing back because of driving to Sunday Mass on a gravel road soaked by about an inch or rain. I forgot what it’s like to drive on g...

Oh my gosh! The last week has been rough! I told you I had depression and fibromyalgia. Well, I started treatment for depression a couple of weeks ago. It was great at first, I had so much energy, I was waking up in the morning feeling rested, and I...

The 1960s - 1970s: When I was a little youngster, my family of eight (three brothers, three sisters and our parents) would head out to our grandparents’ farm just outside of Bolus, Nebraska. I remember having fun with all of our cousins, playing a g...

This week contains some of the biggest shopping days of the year. Friday, the traditional date for the opening events related to the Christmas Shopping Season is now known as Black Friday and Saturday is being promoted as the day to Shop Small....

Jennifer Cady, the Superior Schools secondary principal, apparently has been absent from school in recent days and rumors about her absence have been flying. One of those rumors indicated she was on suspension and may have been fired. The Express...

The Nebraska Department of Revenue has made available a report on retail sales throughout the state for the month of August. When the 2023 sales were compared to 2022, Superior sales were up 3.6 percent. County-wide sales in Nuckolls County were up...

It has been a long dryspell but we finally have widespread precipitation to report. Rain started after midnight Saturday and continued until about sundown Monday. At times it was heavy and at other times it was a light drizzle. A CoCoRHs gauge...

The Nuckolls County Board of Commissioners met at the county courthouse in Nelson Monday. All three commissioners were present. The board approved the naming of Julie Otero to the Nuckolls County Extension Board of Directors. The board approved one o...

Judge Michael Burns, who presides over the Nuckolls County Court, ordered a Superior juvenile offender committed to the Youth Rehabilitation Training Center in Kearney, Monday. The offender will be subject to intense supervised probation until he...

We have much to be thankful for. Today we are reminded about a story from 1886 that we shared in this newspaper several years ago. That year the editor of a Jewell County newspaper lambasted a number of men who failed to attend the community Thanksgi...

Businesses in northwest and north central Kansas can now apply to host high school and college interns for the 2024 Nex-Generation Student Internship Program offered through the local, non-profit organization Nex-Generation Round Up for Youth, Inc....

Keith Roe, Jewell County Republican chairman, has scheduled the meeting to fill the remaining one year of the county attorney term at 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 29, in the Jewell County Courthouse Meeting Room. Alexandria Pierce, Jewell County...

I enjoyed Saturday’s spring-like weather and appreciate the rain which followed but I am not looking forward to the colder temperatures and the possibility of snow which conclude the forecast for this week. That might be different if I had plans to p...

A homegrown rural Kansas newspaper is connecting with people across the nation and beyond. Fred Smith is the publisher of the Tipton Times. In 1991, the Smiths moved back to Tipton from west Chicago to provide a safe, secure, small-town family...

Travelers will hear and see numerous transportation safety messages during the holidays. The primary theme is simple: Buckle Up. Every Trip. Every Time. The Kansas Drive to Zero Traffic Deaths Coalition (DTZ) reminds motorists that heavy traffic over...

November 13 through 20 was National Collection Week for Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts. Praise God! Superior and the surrounding towns donated 487 shoebox gifts this week. All the shoeboxes from the mid-Nebraska area were t...

Today was a truly heartwarming day for me and I want to share with you the inspiring actions of young people I witnessed. After a church service that included many messages of thanksgiving, hubby and I motored to Hastings for lunch and to pick up a...

Veterans, their families and friends, were served a delicious meal at the Nelson American Legion on Veterans Day, Saturday, Nov. 11. The meal was prepared and served by members of the American Legion Auxiliary. Following the meal, the group viewed a...

P. E. O. Chapter J met at Salem Lutheran Church on Nov. 13, with Karen Thayer and DeAnna Tuttle serving as co-hostesses. During the regular business meeting, Sue VanSkiver, president, relayed information received from the state and national offices...