
Knights win on the road, fall at home
The Lourdes boys’ basketball team scored a road win over Humboldt-Table Rock/Steiner on Dec. 9 and fell in home action against Pawnee City on Dec.
The Lourdes boys’ basketball team scored a road win over Humboldt-Table Rock/Steiner on Dec. 9 and fell in home action against Pawnee City on Dec.
Nebraska City residents got to learn a little more about the incoming members of the Nebraska City Public Schools board of education on Wednesday morning during the December Hot Topics at the Morton-James Public Library.
Soon, I will gather with state and local officials to celebrate the opening of the Lincoln South Beltway. This 11-mile, four lane freeway connects U.S. Highway 77 to the Nebraska Highway (N-2). It’s expected to divert over 75% of the truck traffic to the new highspeed facility, saving significant travel time and bringing much needed relief to a congested thoroughfare through the city of Lincoln.
1 Corinthians 3:13-14 “Each one's work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward.” ESV
Keston Holman hit a three-point shot at the end of the first half and the Pioneer boys’ basketball team posted its best quarter of the game in the third frame to close within one point, but the visiting Syracuse Rockets won the fourth quarter 21-10 and took a 59-47 win on the final scoreboard on Tuesday, Dec. 13.
The Lourdes Central Catholic girls’ basketball team recorded its first two wins of the season during road action at Humboldt-Table Rock/Steiner on Friday, Dec. 9, and during home action against Pawnee City on Tuesday, Dec. 13.
“It’s said that people die twice. The first time is at that last heartbeat, and the second is when people stop saying their names.” Jim Meier, director of the Nebraska chapter of Honor and Remember, is making sure people are still saying the names of heroes who died in service to our nation, as first responders, from wounds received in battle, or by losing their battle with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Governor Pete Ricketts, the Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) Director John Selmer, and other state and local partners gathered to celebrate the opening of the Lincoln South Beltway on Wednesday, Dec. 14.
Like the holiday song says, there will be silver and gold decorations on e’ery Christmas tree this holiday season. There are many ways to use these classic holiday colors in your decorating this year and, believe it or not, there’s still some room for innovation.