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Update Provided on NE-TF1

Update Provided on NE-TF1

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Update Provided on NE-TF1 Search Efforts in Central Texas

News Staff
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
LINCOLN, NE – In collaboration with Nebraska Task Force One (NE-TF1) and the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Governor Jim Pillen is providing an update on ongoing search efforts in central Texas. Gov.
The Pawnee City Opera House

The Pawnee City Opera House

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The Pawnee City Opera House

Don’t You Just Love A Good Story?
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Part 1:Introduction and ConstructionThey say you should write about what you know. In putting together this series about the long-gone Pawnee City opera house, I didn’t.It was all because Michael Bacon asked me too.
Sticky Floors and Petit

Sticky Floors and Petit

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Sticky Floors and Petit Fors

Reagan Connelly
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
One of my favorite books as a kid was “The Little House on the Prairie” by Laura Ingalls Wilder. When I was 6-yearsold (after my older brothers dissuaded me from wanting to be a princess when I grew up because “princesses are illegal in America, so we’d have to execute you.
Community Calendar

Community Calendar

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Community Calendar

News Staff
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Items MUST be submitted by 5:00 p.m. the Friday before publication to be included in this calendar. No exceptionsPawnee County Fair July 14th through 20thThursday, July 175:30 p.m. - Teen Thursday, Pawnee City Public Library, Grades 7-8 and 9-12.Friday, June July 188:30 a.m.

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Newspaper Media: The Hidden Backbone of American News

News Staff
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
A few years back, while I was working at the Colorado Press Association, we posted a simple meme on Facebook: “Saying ‘I don’t need newspapers, I get my news from the internet’ is like saying ‘I don’t need farmers, I get my food at the supermarket.’” I figured a few people might appreciate it.
In Virgil’s youth, the building on the left was Langs Grocery and the building on the right was the Gamble Hardware store. Photo courtesy of Virgil Kent Olson

In Virgil’s youth, the building on the left was Langs Grocery and the building on the right was the Gamble Hardware store. Photo courtesy of Virgil Kent Olson

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Taking a Gamble

Virgil Kent Olson
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
In 1952, Pawnee City had two operating train depots and, during the county fair, a wellused wooden grandstand on the fairgrounds that seemed to me as an 8-year-old to stretch the length of a football field.

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TSCI staff member injured in assault

July 10, 2025 (tecumseh, Neb.)
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
A staff member at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution (TSCI) sustained serious injuries in an inmate assault yesterday.The inmate attacked the staff member in a support building with a homemade weapon. Multiple staff responded to the assault and restrained the inmate.
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