Crawford News

Elgin native Ted Baum has used his fast-talking ways to qualify for the 2010 World Livestock Auctioneer Championship .A Baum was one of eight competitors to move on from the second qualifying contest held at Crawford, NE on October 9.A Baum graduated from the World Wide College of Auctioneering in December of 1979.

Interstate 80 between North Platte and the Wyoming state line is closed because of snow and ice tonight.

Light snow continues to fall over much of Nebraska's Panhandle, further hampering travelers already blocked by highway closures.

A little rest and relaxation was apparently just what the students at Crawford Public Schools needed as the school reopened today with only eleven students home sick.

Superintendent Dick Lesher said Wednesday that health officials can't confirm the nature of the outbreak, although swine flu is suspected.

More than a quarter of his Panhandle district's students have called in sick, so the Crawford superintendent has closed schools for the rest of the week.

'Some day' could be sooner than expected for the winner of the Livestock Marketing Association's second qualifying contest for the 2010 World Livestock Auctioneer Championship.

Efforts are underway in Dawes County to consolidate and share criminal files, warrants and other law enforcement information.

Schools in Crawford, Neb., plan to harness the wind as a way to teach students about the nation's energy future.

Classmates won Grand Champion belt buckles at the Keith County Fair. They are: Darby O'Connor - Grand Champion Barrow; Cordell Walker - Overall Grand Champion and Taylor Dack - Grand Champion Lamb.

In 1984, he won a handful of Moonmen for his "Thriller" video. A decade later, he shared a famous kiss with wife Lisa Marie Presley onstage.

Once again Crawford is without a top lawman. Guy Turcotte, the man who took over the Crawford Police Department while the chief was on trial for a fatal shooting, is leaving the post to return to Florida.

Northwest Nebraska Development Corporation Executive Director Brenda Johnson has resigned, effective at the end of the week, and is moving out of the area.

Q: Which sport was first to name an All-American team? K.A., Crawford, NE A: Football.

The Chief of Police of a small Nebraska town has been acquitted of second-degree assault in a case involving threats to his life, endangerment to the community, and a life-or-death decision that brought about the death of a local young delinquent.

The police chief of Crawford, Neb., was found not guilty Thursday in the 2007 shooting death of a teen in an abandoned bar.

Two of the 4 young Dawes County men who admitted breaking into the maintenance shop and stables at Fort Robinson State Park last November were sentenced Tuesday in Dawes County District Court...but with much different results.

The closure of horse processing plants and the economic downturn have left more unwanted horses to roam Nebraska's fields .