Wilber-Clatonia boys basketball coach Dan Conway previews the 2025-26 season ahead of tipoff vs. Tri County on Thursday night.
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On the heels of a rare missed state tournament, Beatrice Lady Orange basketball is betting back into the swing of things for 2025-26 with a chip on their shoulder.

Falls City City Council authorizes community benefits agreement

While the Husker Football regular season is complete with a 7-5 record, work continues for the Big Red.

Beatrice's Jackson Weeks era officially begins this Thursday night in Nebraska City.

Nebraska Volleyball Head Coach Dani Busboom-Kelly has been named the Big Ten Coach of the Year. 

The annual lighted parade in Beatrice will be held this Saturday.

Southeast Nebraska and Northeast Kansas were hit fairly hard by the first snowfall of the season over the last couple of days.

Less than 72 hours after Nebraska fell to Iowa 40-16 to cap off a 7-5 regular season, the Huskers made significant coaching change. 

Hanover achieved its preseason expectations and returned to Kansas high school football excellence by defeating Victoria 28-20 in the 8-man DII title game.
It's the seventh football state title for the Wildcats since 2008.

Beatrice Fire Department responds to a fire in north Beatrice.

The annual Ol' Red Thanksgiving meal has been helping feed people in Fairbury and beyond for the last 25 years.
Now, they're hoping someone else steps up to help keep it going for another quarter century.

A pair of volleyball coaches from Southeast Nebraska high schools who helped steer their teams to state championships this year have been recognized by the AVCA.

It’s become a Thanksgiving weekend tradition unlike any other - close games between Nebraska and Iowa.

Hiring two new healthcare providers, investing in robot surgery technologies, and breaking ground on a physical expansion: Fairbury’s hospital has a lot in store for 2026. 

Sen. Pete Ricketts will headline a town hall in southeast Nebraska next month. 

19 seniors will put on the pads at Memorial Stadium one final time when the Huskers take on Iowa on Black Friday. 

A fire that took close to five hours to fully extinguish Wednesday night in Fairbury destroyed a home - but fortunately, no one was injured. 
Now, many locals have created plans to help the victim move forward.

Arraignment on habitual criminal charge set Nov. 26

Residents in southeast Nebraska gathered at the Gage County courthouse to continue an annual holiday tradition. 

To try and develop some solutions to challenges small childcare centers are facing, this week the Nebraska DHHS joined forces with a small daycare in Diller.  

Low participation numbers forced Fairbury to forgo playing junior varsity football this fall, and those low numbers will likely be what prompts the Jeffs to move from 11-man to 8-man football starting next year.

Hanover outlasted Axtell 34-24 in the sub-state round of the Kansas 8-man football postseason, ending the Eagles' streak of four straight state championships and sending the Wildcats to the title game for the first time since 2020. 

A Beatrice woman was taken into custody Friday morning after police say she was found on the property of two hotels from which she had previously trespassed.

Facing opposition from the public, the Wymore city council voted against proposed ordinance changes that would have paved the way for a group home for young girls to begin operation in an abandoned building in town.

National Rural Health Day shines a light on the work that rural healthcare orgs - like Crete Area Medical Center - must do for their communities every day.

Nebraska went into Thursday nights contest with Iowa with no losses on the season and no losses, ever, to the Iowa Hawkeyes - both of those stats would hold up.

Doane head football coach Jonathan Johnson recaps his team's victory over Waldorf, highlights the four players who were named All-GPAC, and outlines what's up next as the offseason begins.

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is releasing adult rooster pheasants in eighteen Wildlife Management Areas across Nebraska, seven in the southeast region. 

The Nebraska Department of Transportation will host a public information open house next month to share improvement plans for U.S. Highway 136 in Fairbury.

Penn State enters Saturday’s contest averaging 160 rushing yards per game.

Work has begun on what many believe will become a true southeast Nebraska gem.

The format of the fourth annual Big Give Thayer County fundraiser looks a little different than the first three, but the goal remains the same: to support organizations inside the county's community.

Beatrice High School will hold their Winter Sports Tip-off event this Friday.

The annual Christmas lighting of the Gage County Courthouse is scheduled for this Sunday.

Bev and Ron Puhalla came out of retirement 18 months ago to save their local paper, the Pawnee Republican, from closing down.

Community helps Syracuse woman expand to a licensed daycare

The Emmett Johnson for Heisman campaign has taken center stage.

Sheriff says cocaine bricks found in Highway 2 traffic stop

COOK – Fire destroyed a family farmhouse southwest of Cook Monday afternoon. Shelley Dorn said her son returned home around 12:30 p.m. to find the 108-year-old house on fire. No one was injured and the family pet was with her son. By the time she ar

If there's any other Big Ten atmosphere to rival Memorial, it's probably a white out night game at Beaver Stadium - where the Huskers will head this weekend to take on Penn State. 

Trailing at halftime against a winless team, Doane scored touchdowns on three straight possessions in the second half to rally past Waldorf 27-17 in the final game of the 2025 season.

Hanover dominated school district rivals Linn 50-0 in the sectional round on Friday night, setting up a rematch with Axtell next week with a trip to the state championship game at stake. 

At the tail end of what's at times been an uncertain year for the national future of the program, Friday's grand opening of BVCA's new Head Start center constitutes a major success story.

Get ready for the 2025 high school football postseason with a roundup of all 12 schools from Southeast Nebraska and Northern Kansas that qualified for the playoffs this season.

Doane head football coach Jonathan Johnson breaks down his team's strong finish against Northwestern, and outlines how meaningful a win against Waldorf in the season finale this weekend would be.

Nearly 100 juniors from four local schools  spent their Thursday mornings getting a firsthand look at all the departments and people that work to make Jefferson County government function.  

An added wrinkle tot his weekends opener - warmer weather.

The Lancaster County Sheriff's Office is sharing new details in a crash that left two dead on Wednesday. 

A former supervisor with the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services is facing charges of fraud and theft related to misuse of Medicaid and SNAP benefits.

Two people are dead after a crash on Highway 77 Wednesday afternoon. 

Sen. Pete Ricketts is making an effort to learn more about Nebraska’s rural hospitals and healthcare facilities, as the Big Beautiful Bill includes a $50-million rural health fund.

20 years after she competed in some of the world's most famous snow-based races, Karen Land and her sled dog Sophia are traveling the country sharing their stories.

With Veterans Day falling on a Tuesday this year, the Fairbury VFW and American Legion subbed out Taco Tuesday for soup and sandwiches and an annual service member celebration that’s been held here for half a century.  

Last Tuesday night's city council meeting was the final one for Dusty Schmidt, whose family is moving out of Fairbury's third ward.
A potential successor will be considered next month.

Through speech, ceremony, and song Freeman Public Schools showed their appreciation for the nation’s veterans.

The Beatrice School Board now has an open seat.

In another Husker win, running back Emmett Johnson shined. 

Congratulations to the three schools from the southeastern part of Nebraska that captured state titles at the 2025 NSAA Volleyball State Championships this weekend in Lincoln: Freeman (C2), Milford (C1) and Norris (B)!

The Beatrice Police made two separate arrests over the weekend, one involving an impaired driver and another involving trespassing. 

The Norris Titans have gone back to back as state champions in Class B. 

The Freeman Falcons are state champions!

Hanover is one of the final eight teams standing in the 2025 Kansas DII football postseason field after defeating Burlingame in the Wildcats' second straight dominant performance.

The Norris Titans are one win a way from going back to back as Class B state champions.