Stories from Thursday, August 5, 2010

The dance of the planets still continues in the early evening sky, and will do so well into September. With a clear, unobstructed western horizon we can sit on the sidelines and enjoy the show. For a while even tiny, first-planet-out-from-the-Sun, Mercury, has had a part in the dance. ...

Will governing bodies listen?

CURTIS, Nebraska -- John Wilkinson, CEO of the Curtis State Bank, has announced that his family is selling a majority interest in the bank to the investment group, Western Investment Group, LLC. No terms were disclosed. The Wilkinson family has owned the bank for three generations, with John coming on board 33 years ago. He has served as president of the bank for 25 years, relinquishing that position to Curtis Heapy at the first of the year...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Dan Hill, Congressional candidate running for Nebraska's 3rd District, spoke to an audience of just under 30 during a Town Hall meeting sponsored by the Tea Party Patriots of Southwest Nebraska at Memorial Auditorium in McCook Wednesday evening...