O'neill News

O'Neill - which calls itself Nebraska's Irish capital - might be the last place you'd expect to find students learning Mandarin.

Gov. Dave Heineman will be among the dignitaries at a grand opening this afternoon of a new housing project in O'Neill, Neb., for low- to moderate-income families.

Fourteen Children from St. Mary's School, Ballyconnell, received their first Holy Communion during 12 noon Mass on May 16, celebrated by Fr.

A private transport helicopter made an emergency landing in Omaha Tuesday morning.

The building for the National Park Service's new Missouri River Recreational River headquarters in Yankton is virtually complete, but regional Superintendent Mike Madell says some work remains to make it fully operational.

Rib Steak or Prime Rib every Monday 6 pm - " 9 pm. $10.95. Knotty Pine, 402-386-5488, Petersburg, NE.

The Honor Flight, which takes World War II veterans to Washington, D.C. to see the memorial built in their honor, made its final trip last week.

The Voodoo Glow Skulls started as a backyard party band, playing its combination of punk, ska and Latino swing music around the houses of friends in the band's hometown of Riverside in 1988.

"It took us four days to find this place," said event director Matt Wilson. "Now we've found it, we're not moving," he joked.

Surfersvillage Global Surf News , 29 March, 2009 : - - Solid two metre waves at Bluffs Reef proved ideal for South African surfing sensation Jordy Smith.

Tornadoes were been reported in the state Monday evening, with at least three confirmed.

Improvements are being made in West Sussex County Council's child protection service a ' which had been strongly criticised by the Ombudsman a ' but there is 'still a long way to go', a County Hall meeting was told.

Surfersvillage Global Surf News , 26 March, 2009 : - - Nettles Beach on Tasmania's far north west coast is the setting for Day 4 of competition at the O'Neill Cold Water Classic in Tasmania.

The first storm of the season is bringing widespread reports of hail and possibly some tornado and wind damge.

Several tornadoes briefly touched down in north-central and eastern Nebraska on Monday while the western end of the state reeled from a late wintry blast.The tornado-laden storm system moved northeast through the eastern quarter of the state, hitting Lincoln and Omaha about rush hour.

Bad Brad? Friedel appears to try to get out of the way as Torres advances Spanish fly: Torres goes over with Friedel still hunched No mercy: Referee Atkinson produces the red card Aston Villa have appealed against the red card shown to goalkeeper Brad Friedel in the 5-0 drubbing at the hands of Liverpool .

The past week was colored darkly by two dramatic deaths felt throughout the theatre.

TWO zebra crossings on Cross Bank Road, Batley, will not be turned into pelican crossings, councillors decided.

She's the last of the breed. The last great celebrated Irish-American. Indeed, as I read this profile of Maureen Dowd , it occurred to me that our lovely New York Times columnist might just be the only ...

Linda Nelson of Hartford is used to the "family-like" relationship she has with staff at the Capitol Region Education Council.