Features

Boone Central sophomore Leialoha Barnes saw great success at a world wide modeling and talent competition held in New York this summer. She participated in New York’s International Modeling and Talent Association (IMTA) Competition, and, under the modeling name Kayda Cruz, took her sections of the five day contest by storm.

As Boone Central Schools welcomes the start of the new school year, they also welcome in the start of new school superintendent Christopher Look. Look grew up in northwest Kansas in Stockton and lived there until he moved for college.

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Boone Central High School has announced that the local FCCLA Parliamentary Procedure teams, level 2 and level 3, have both placed in the top 10 of the nation at the 2025 Nationals Leadership Conference in Orlando, Florida this past July.

The artwork of 13 Nebraska students will be featured in the 2026 “Nebraska: Don’t Waste It!” environmental calendar, and an Albion student was chosen for the calendar’s cover. The statewide contest is sponsored by the Nebraska Department of Water, Energy, and Environment (DWEE) and focuses on the importance of waste reduction, recycling and litter cleanup.

Staff 2025 marks the five year anniversary of the completion of Albion’s Niewohner Arena located at the Albion Fairgrounds at 2624 Fairgrounds Road. To commemorate the occasion the Albion News met with the Albion fairgrounds manager, Chuck Rolf, to talk about the history and importance of the arena.

A great honor was bestowed upon Steve Pelster of Omaha in mid-May of this year. After spending decades of his life boxing and working with Golden Gloves of America, a prestigious amateur boxing organization, Pelster was inducted into the Golden Gloves Boxing Hall of Fame.

From a summer job to a lifetime of service at the fairgrounds… What was supposed to be a one or two year summer job turned into an almost 40-year journey I never expected. In May of 1986, my wife Angie, our daughter Ashley, and I, moved back from Lincoln for the summer.

The Albion community blood drive was held Monday, June 30 at the Casey’s Building at the Boone County Fairgrounds. They had 83 units of blood donated from 85 donors.

Four Good Samaritan locations have been recognized as 2025 Silver – Achievement in Quality award recipients by the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL).