February 2025

The Boone Central girls’basketball season came to an end last week at Sub-Districts in North Bend. The Cardinals started the tournament on a high note with a true shellacking of the Madison Dragons (7-15).

On Saturday, February 22, the Boone Central Cardinal speech team picked up a Team Sweepstakes runner-up trophy at a invitational at Battle Creek. The team had 133 team points, trailing by just four points behind host school, Battle Creek.

The Newman Grove/St. Edward Lady Panthers finished up their season of play in the D1-6 NSAA Sub-District D1-6 tournament at Nebraska Christian last week.

The Newman Grove/St. Edward Panther boys basketball team finished up its season in the C2-8 Sub-District tournament this week, falling to the Arcadia/Loup City Rebels.

We don’t charge for obituaries. Its been a long and arduous journey, but a line that I’ve held for 20 years and don’t intend to shift on any time soon.

Mass of Christian Burial for Neil Schumacher, 67, of Lindsay will be Saturday, March 1, 2025, at 10:30 a.m., at Holy Family Catholic Church in Lindsay. Fr.

A Celebration of Life for Guy S. Scheffler, 75, of St.

Graveside service for Kathy J. Parker age 67 of Neligh, were held Tuesday, February 25, 2025 at Rose Hill Cemetery in Albion. Rev, Keith Brich officiated. Kathy Jo Parker was born on July 5, 1957 to Ronald and Maxine Wear at Quincy, Illinois, and she passed away February 16, 2025 at her home She grew up in Quincy, Illinois until moving to Nebraska in 1993. She worked at Boone County Sheriff’s Office as a dispatcher in Albion. She loved her dogs, reading, and going to music concerts. She liked watching true crime shows, going out to eat at steakhouses, and shopping. She was preceded in death by her parents, and brother, Ronald Wear. Kathy J. Parker is survived by her son, Raymond Justin Wear of Streetsboro, Ohio; and daughter, Kaylan Shay Parker of Omaha. Beyer Snider Memorial Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.

Memorial services for Theodore “Ted” E. Travis, 83, of Albion, were held Tuesday, February 25, 2025, at the United Methodist Church, Albion.

Services for Mary Arlene Russell Weare of St. Edward will be held at a later date.