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• Only three area teams in this week’s boys state tournament

  By Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican    Three area teams will represent southwest Nebraska in this week’s boys state basketball tournament which begins today (Thursday) and runs through Saturday.     SPVA conference winner Sutherland (17-6) goe...

• Horse trainer coming to Julesburg this weekend

      Scott Wehrmann, respected natural horseman, will present a one-day demonstration clinic gentling horses at the Sedgwick County Fairgrounds indoor arena in Julesburg, Colo., on Saturday, March 14, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.     The clinic is open to t...

• Seniors lead most categories in season-ending basketball stats

  By Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican    This year’s seniors led most of the categories in the final season statistics for the Longhorns’ 2008-09 basketball campaign.     As a team, the Longhorns finished with a 4-16.    A look at the shoot...

• Umpire clinic on tap this Sunday at Campbell field

   By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican    Imperial will host a baseball clinic for umpires this Sunday, March 15.    The clinic will be held at Imperial’s Campbell Park on West 7th Street beginning at 1 p.m., and should conclude no later than 4 p...

• Level 3 sex offender residing in Imperial

  By Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican        The Nebraska State Patrol is informing people that a registered Level 3 sex offender is residing in Imperial.     Kenneth Lee Wright, 41, is now residing in Imperial at 227 East 5th Street.     A ...

• Sixteen-year-old involved in one-vehicle accident Saturday

  By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican    Sixteen-year-old Diana D. Benitez of Imperial was involved in a one-vehicle accident Saturday morning, northwest of Champion.    According to a report from the State Patrol, Benitez’s 1997 Toyota pickup lef...

• Troopers to beef up patrols this week

      Troopers and dispatchers with the Nebraska State Patrol will be putting in overtime hours as part of high visibility enforcement efforts in conjunction with this week’s boys state basketball tournament in Lincoln.      A grant of $8, 550 from...

• Sales tax funds to aid reopening of former Sweden Creme

  By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican    The former R&M Sweden Creme at 1134 Broadway will be reopening in April under new ownership.    Purchase of the restaurant is being helped with a $40,000 low-interest loan from the city’s sales tax funds ea...

• Coop building construction on schedule

  By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican    The site superintendent for the contractor constructing the new Frenchman Valley Coop building at the south end of Broadway Street expects to meet the June 5 competion date. James Zack of TCC Corporation of Colo...

• Alive or not??? Lockheed Martin robots coming to S.C.O.R.E.

       Christopher Norman is a mechanical engineer at Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company in Littleton, Colo. The nephew of Rich Norman of Imperial, he grew up in Ogallala and attended the Engineering College at the University of Nebraska—Lincoln. Â...

• Local students to participate in children’s theatre next week

  By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican    Aspiring actors and actresses should start limbering up for tryouts for a Children’s Theatre Company of South Dakota performance next week.    Children ages kindergarten through grade eight are encouraged t...

• Pheasants Forever raises dollars for local habitat

       The Southwestern Nebraska Pheasants Forever Chapter held its 19th annual fund-raising banquet Saturday at Enders Lake Golf Course. Drew Larsen, Regional Nebraska Pheasants Forever Biologist from North Platte, was the emcee for the evening’s act...

• New Southwest 4 extension educator on board

  Robert Tigner’s first day on the job was MondayBy Russ PankoninThe Imperial Republican    Iowa native Robert Tigner joined the staff at the Southwest Four Extension Service (SW4) Monday, March 2, as its new extension educator.     Tigner, who pref...

• Perkins Co. Sheriff dispels rumor of arrest in Wood murder case

  By Jan GoffThe Grant Tribune-Sentinel    There has not yet been an arrest, nor is an arrest imminent in the Corrie Wood murder case, despite rumors to the contrary.    According to Perkins County Sheriff Jim Brueggeman, the case is still very active...

• Man arrested in burglaries here allegedly tied to theft ring in several states

  Thefts across country in the millions of dollars By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican    Blake Burnside has been in the Chase County Jail since late January, following a series of break-ins in Imperial.        Imperial police officers had no ide...

• Results of community survey will be revealed at March 11 meeting

  By Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican    Two hundred Imperial residents took the time to make their thoughts known about city services and the direction they would like the city to take in the future.    They did that by way of the community survey ...

• Christensen tags his priority status to Heineman bill

  By Dave VrbasThe Wauneta Breeze    State Senator Mark Christensen has stamped a bill by Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman with his priority bill designation, in an attempt to refund residents in the Republican River basin for taxes recently deemed uncons...

• State Patrol hopes to fill vacancy in Imperial

  By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican    The presence of the Nebraska State Patrol in Imperial has been reduced to one trooper, following the transfer of Trooper Jeffrey W. Dunton to Troop E in Sidney.    According to Capt. Jim Parish of the State P...

• First-class stamp soon to cost more

  By Carolyn LeeThe Imperial Republican    The U.S. Postal Service has announced that the price of a first-class stamp will increase two cents on May 11, to 44 cents. Postal rates go up annually in May, with the new prices announced in February. The over...

• High school prom here more than a month early

  Event is in March this yearBy Jan SchultzThe Imperial Republican    Chase County high school students will be attending prom here several weeks earlier than previous years.    Prom, one of spring’s biggest events at many high schools, will be held...