Loup City News

Hey, Mom and Dad: If little Mary and Johnny were born in August, September or early October, you might have to wait an extra year before sending them off to kindergarten.

More than $5.4 million in state grants will help fund affordable-housing projects across Nebraska.

The "You drink and drive, you lose" campaign is in effect now through Labor Day.

Nebraska health officials say at least four areas of the state are experiencing outbreaks of swine flu, and the disease is present statewide.

Seventy-five years ago, the eyes of the nation were on rural Nebraska after hundreds of rioters and 40 sheriff's deputies descended on Loup City.

A Grand Island man has pleaded not guilty to kidnapping and weapons charges in connection with the kidnapping of a 19-year-old woman who was left tied to a tree.

A Grand Island man has pleaded not guilty to kidnapping and weapons charges in connection with the kidnapping of a 19-year-old woman who was left tied to a tree.

Twenty Nebraska towns and one county will receive more than $4.5 million in federal grants, mostly for public-works projects such as repairs to streets, sewers and water wells.

Here's a look at some of the stories we're looking at today as well as some events from around the area.

Here's a look at some of the stories we're looking at today as well as some events from around the area.

Still no new signs of a Nebraska native who's been missing in Steamboat Springs, Colorado since Saturday afternoon.

Nebraska may sometimes bear the brunt of jokes of people who live elsewhere but one local bank executive sees the Cornhusker State as having the last laugh when it comes to the recession.

Originally published in the May 8, 2009, print edition. The biggest maker or breaker of business in rural America is not Washington rulemakers, state environmental agencies or local taxing bodies.

The Sherman County sheriff's office says the 19-year-old woman was able to escape and led authorities to her abductors.

The following is a press release from the Sherman County Sheriff's Office: The Sherman County Sheriff's Office in conjunction with the Nebraska State Patrol investigated an abduction at gunpoint of a 19-year-old Loup City woman, Savannah Fuller from in front of the bowling alley in Loup City.