The Superior Express -

It’s time to change the calendar and begin a new year. 2023 offered some challenging times for our family but it also offered some rewards. We had a granddaughter graduate from high school and head off for college at K-State. Another granddaughter w...

On the old 1930s and 1940s era automobiles there was a pedal at the extreme left side of the floor board which the driver used to switch the headlights from high beam to low beam. When my Aunt Lena got a Buick Super (three portholes instead of the 4...

Q: Did you say in a previous article that you are neither a pastor nor a Christian? A: Whoops! I’d better clarify! In responding to the question about how a healthy church can benefit its community, I said this: “While I am neither a Christian nor...

This week, while looking over the Jan 7, 1904 issue of a Nelson paper and preparing a story for next week’s issue of the Nuckolls County Locomotive-Gazette, I read a brief story I didn’t expect to find in the county seat paper. It said Will Bla...

We’ll end this year’s observations with another comment on technology. I’m sure when the farmer about a 100 years ago made the change from using horses to plow their fields to tractors there was a lot of complaining when the tractor broke down and di...

Mark it on your calendar, 120 days from Dec. 21, because we should get one heck of a storm. I had to drive to Lincoln and back in that fog on Thursday. The morning part of the drive wasn’t bad at all. I left around eight so I would be able to do a l...

Thursday, Dec. 14, the members of the Sacred Heart parish “Keenagers” completed 50 years of service to the Lawrence community with a soup lunch and fellowship timeat the Lawrence Fire Hall. The event also completed 37 years of service to the org...

It may not have been the largest Christmas gathering ever, but 24 of the Lawrence American Legion Post No. 45 members, Auxiliary members and Sons of the American Legion members came to enjoy and evening of fun, food and fellowship on Dec. 7. A...

While in Superior the Christmas storm of 2024 was retreating into our memory on Tuesday it was still of current concern in some areas of Nebraska. Tuesday afternoon the Nebraska Department of Transportation reported Interstate 890 in both directions...

With another Monday holiday closing in on us, those responsible for producing the next issue of this newspaper again request the help of all contributors with the early submission of copy. Our Superior office will be open 8 to 6 today (Thursday and...

As this issue when to press Tuesday evening, Sebastion Dunbar, 30, was scheduled to be arraignment in Nuckolls County Court to answer charges related to the death of Molly Gruber, 35, on Dec. 17. After being found lying on the floor of her home, she...

Last week’s homicide was terrible but it not the first time a domestic dispute in the Superior area ended in a shooting and a sad Christmas season for those involved. The Superior Express reported on Dec. 21, 1933 that Mrs. T. B. Smith was h...

Cindy Meyer is retiring as a Superior rural postal carrier today (Thursday, Dec. 28) after more than 25 years delivering mail. She has had three different routes, two in Nelson and the most recent one in Superior for 2 1/2 years. Meyer started as a...

Those folks in this area who were dreaming of a white Christmas got what they wanted this week, and perhaps a bunch more. The folks who had Christmas travel plans, they didn’t fare so well. It wasn’t the storm of the century as some early forecasts i...

The Rock Hills Elementary School celebrated several events with family and friends this fall including Pancakes with People, a Halloween Parade, a food drive benefiting the Jewell County Helping Hands Ministry, Thankful Treats and a Family Fun...

The L-N Raiders took a jump from the frying pan (EMF) into the fire last week. After fighting a Class C-2 team in EMF, L-N entertained one of the better Class D-2 team in the area from undefeated Shelton. They then traveled to Hampton on Thursday...

Hastings resident Duane E. Devitt, 77, died at his home on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023, with his wife by his side after a courageous battle with cancer. His funeral was at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 21, at Butler-Volland Chapel in Hastings with Chaplain Lisa...