Time will tell if NDE board got message on health standards

The Nebraska Department of Education took a step back this week, agreeing to rethink proposed state health standards after an overwhelmingly negative response from Nebraska citizens.

The BigRich Sports Report

I love a good golf story. It could be Tiger winning the 2019 Masters or Phil Mickelson winning the PGA Championship a few weeks ago.  The unexplainable happens on the golf course more often than anywhere else. Something that, no matter what, you have to root for.

Look to youngest among us for optimism

Now that COVID-19 seems to be under control, we’re beginning to wonder what national “news” will take its place on the TV screens and in the daily newspapers. The answers came quickly.

Shared responsibility

As a new summer season begins there is both good news and cause for concern on a busy stretch of highway passing through Aurora.

Winning team will be main factor for Husker Nation

Just after NU spring football is over and the quarterback and several other team position questions have been answered, another topic has surfaced.

‘End is in sight’

“It seems that an end to this pandemic may be in sight.” To hear those words coming from a local health official last week was music to the ears of area residents growing weary of the year-plus-long battle with COVID-19.

Grades, excuses, bright parents all intertwined

For all purposes the 2020-2021 school year is over and in many cases students have already brought home their report cards. Hopefully most students received praises for their grades. Of course there was the report of one youngster who was chided for his low grades.

Fight for 2nd Amendment rights

Dear Editor: I’m asking today that the citizens of Hamilton County support our resolution to make Hamilton a Second Amendment Sanctuary county. The Biden administration has started to take steps to fulfill their promise to dismantle the Second Amendment.

Nebraska’s 2022 draft prospects

Following the completion of the annual spring game, Nebraska’s football program is officially on hiatus. And that’s no doubt a good thing, giving players a mental break after the COVID-plagued 2020 campaign, leading right into winter conditioning and spring ball.

Adults setting poor example of ‘making country better’

We’ve always prided ourselves with the fact we lived in a democracy and enjoyed the benefits of the Land of The Free. Over the past decade it appears by political terms, the word “free” has gradually inched toward a new meaning.