For some reason I had a hard time getting into the Christmas spirit this year. Maybe it was because of the unusual warmer temperatures, as the temperatures lately have climbed into the 50s, 60s and even into the 70s. There was also going to be the...

A common reply to a number of emergencies is: “I don’t care what they do . . . just do something!” I think I may have said something like that at times, but I hope not as each situation is different to some extent and needs to be handled accor...

I think I need a vacation. Today was like every other Monday, and it began with crawling out of bed, drinking coffee, and finishing up all I had started the week before to be emailed to The Express for publication. On Mondays, I pick up the mail for...

Presenting Biblical answers to tough questions Q: What are some ways I can be living out God’s will for my life right now? A: I am excited by this question! The decision to begin living out God’s will for us is second only to the decision to tru...

A Superior High School sophomore, Victoria Fleming, 16, was killed in a two-vehicle crash outside Hastings early Sunday morning. She was a passenger in an eastbound vehicle on 12th Street. A nortbound vehicle on Blaine Avenue collided with the...

Earlier this year Jan Miller, a Superior resident and retired school teacher, completed one item on her bucket list when she went sky diving. This week Jan reports she is going to stick with jumping out of planes and in the future will avoid playing...

If all goes as members of the Superior City Council expect it will, the lights won’t go out and the city’s electrical energy customers will benefit from lower cost electrical power. The five members of the city council present for the meeting vot...

Shannon Green, the author of 15 children’s books, with the assistance of Nibbles the Mouse, will present a Christmas theme puppet show for area youngsters at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Superior Country Club. The first 40 youngsters to arrive for the s...

The Kansas Department of Transportation has awarded a contract to L&M Contractors of Great Bend for the replacement of a bridge three miles east and 2.5 miles south of Formoso. The firm will be paid $568,660.85....

Jewell County family named Farm Family of the Year Brent McCollough, a Jewell County farmer near Randall, is one of Kansas Farm Bureau's (KFB) Farm Family of the Year honorees. Each year, a select number of families receive the Farm Family of the Yea...

The Jewell County Commissioners met Dec. 6. Commissioners Brent Beck, Steve Greene and Keith Roe and Carla J. Waugh, county clerk were present. Don Koester, Mankato City Library Board member, provided an update on the story walk. He had the story...

Thos present for the Nov. 2 Mankato Council meeting were Mayor Schoonover, Council President Dauner, Councilman Tyler, Councilman Becker, Councilman Klos, Councilwoman Abel, and Attorney Miller. Sheriff Jacobs was absent. Nancy Marihugh reported...

The Red Cross Blood Mobile will be at the American Legion Post in Lawrence between 12 and 6p.m., Friday Dec. 17. Schedule an appointment with Eileen Mazour at 402-984-4361 or go to www.redcrossblood.org ....

The Judicial Nominating Commission for District Judge in the 10th Judicial District (consisting of Adams, Clay, Franklin, Harlan, Kearney, Nuckolls, Phelps and Webster counties) will hold a public hearing at the Adams County Courthouse, District...

It’s a tough way to start the season . . . Win your first game in an OK fashion and then play three teams that have a combined 10-2 won loss record. Combine that with maybe not the best playing of the season, and you end up with a 1-3 season r...

Life has a funny way to stepping up and slapping you in the face . . . The L-N boys’ basketball team rolled to comfortable victories in the first three games of the season, but then ran into the always tough BDS team and learned they still had r...