Voter registration deadline Friday, sample ballots appear
With Election Day less than two weeks away, people who haven’t registered to vote have until Friday to do so.
The deadline for in-person registration is 6 p.m. Friday evening.
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State Supreme Court to hear arguments on hospital bill issue
Chase County Attorney Arlan Wine received some good news: the Nebraska Supreme Court accepted his petition for a further review of a case city and county officials across the state are watching
At the finish in Daytona Beach, Florida, from left are Josh Crisp, co-founder of Pedal for Alzheimer’s, Mark Bottom, Kalen Wallin and Michelle Marciniak, co-founder. (Courtesy photo)
On their longest ride day, the Pedal for Alz team pauses at a stop light on their way to Jacksonville, Florida. Mark Bottom is pictured second from right. (Courtesy photo)
Mark Bottom exceeds mileage goal during Pedal for Alzheimer’s ride
Mark Bottom left Oct. 11 to join the Pedal for Alzheimer’s cycling team in Columbia, South Carolina. From there, they traveled on to Charleston.
Pumpkin hunters turn out for opening day at Cox’s Ponds
Saturday was a beautiful day with blue skies, sunshine and a mild breeze, which helped shoot up attendance for opening day at the pumpkin patch at Cox’s Ponds, west of Champion.
Sheriff Kevin Mueller photographs the scene at a railroad crossing southeast of Imperial where a 2002 Chevy Suburban was totalled after being struck by a train. The driver and passenger in the vehicle escaped injury. (Johnson Publications photo)
Young people escape injury in train collision
Two Imperial teenagers escaped injury Tuesday when the vehicle they were in collided with a slow-moving train southeast of Imperial.