Stories from Wednesday, November 3, 2021

HOUSTON (AP) — Most of the season, it just seemed this wasn’t their year. They dropped their first four games, and soon injuries piled up. They lost their most dynamic player before the All-Star break. They were stuck below .500 in August. Yet out of nowhere, suddenly, these Atlanta Braves transformed themselves and took off...

Mid-Plains Community College Rodeo Team member Joscelyn Soncksen, of Lexington, holds up the halter she won during the team’s fall timed event fundraiser at the Kiplinger Arena in McCook. Soncksen won the costume triathlon for her portrayal of Fitness Barbie. Her teammate, Andrea Meyer, of Stapleton, was runner-up dressed as Dale Earnhardt...

Georgia, Alabama, Michigan State and Oregon will start the College Football Playoff race in prime position at the top of the selection committee’s rankings. Unbeaten Cincinnati is going to need some help to make history as the first team from outside the Power Five conferences to reach college football’s final four...

SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested two people after finding 37 pounds of marijuana, psilocybin mushrooms, and a loaded handgun during a traffic stop on Interstate 80 near Kimball. At approximately 11:50 a.m. MT Tuesday, a trooper observed an eastbound Dodge Durango speeding on I-80 near mile marker 18. ...

ARAPAHOE, Neb. — The Good Samaritan Society has announced that is will close nursing homes in Arapahoe and Ravenna will close on Dec. 31. Nate Schema, Good Samaritan Society vice president of operations cited a number of factors in the decision to close:...