Boys Town News

He was in the hospital, declared a ward of the state when he was refused authorization for mental health treatment.

Tears flowed and tales of trouble abounded at a hearing Thursday about whether to pull back on Nebraska's experiment in privatizing child welfare.

Having twins changed the lives of the Sobczyk family. They were Boys Town family teachers who had one child, and when they learned about the multiple birth, they had to quit because rules allow the teachers to have only two children.

STILL A PREACHER: With his 100th birthday coming Monday, the Rev. Reinhard Beckman plans to celebrate on Sunday by preaching at the 9 a.m. service at Luther Memorial Lutheran Church in Syracuse, Neb.

Nearly 20 years ago, a father braved unimaginable horrors to carry his young son out of war-torn southern Sudan.