April 2024

Boone County Ministerial Association and many parishioners took part in the annual Good Friday Cross Walk in Albion on March 29. The group made seven stops, including this one at Boone Central Elementary, to pray and contemplate the last words of Jesus Christ before his crucifixion.

This pickup driven by Dustin Liss of Columbus was involved in a roll-over crash on Highway 14 about six miles south of Albion on Monday, April 1, shortly after 4 p.m. The driver apparently fell asleep at the wheel, and the southbound vehicle entered the east ditch and rolled.

Masses in Petersburg, Raeville and Elgin have been recently announced. Petersburg will have mass on Sunday at 8 a.m.

Many Boone Central FFA members are entered in competitions at the 2024 Nebraska State FFA Convention to be held April 3-5 at the UNL East Campus in Lincoln. Boone Central members have qualified to compete in 15 areas of state contests.

Nebraska’s hospitals will benefit from new state legislation that will maximize the federal financial resources available to them. The new law signed last Friday by Gov.

Pat Miller and David Shipley, four-hand keyboard entertainers and fan favorites at area events, will provide a musical program after the annual Immanuel Zion (IZ) salad supper to be held Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 6 p.m.