A self-inflicted neck wound should have been cause for a mistrial, according to Ben Murray, the court-appointed attorney representing Aubrey Trail, who was sentenced to death for the murder of a …

A late-night fire broke out at Dollar General in Friend Sunday night, Aug. 28, with three fire departments responding to the call. At 9:45 p.m., the Friend Volunteer Fire Department was …

A resident of Crete has taken it upon herself to honor 13 soldiers who were killed in the Afghanistan war. Dionne Gorji, an Army veteran herself, put 13 crosses in her yard to honor the fallen. …

The Crete Chamber of Commerce held its annual When Pigs Fly barbecue on Aug. 27 at the Crete Municipal Airport. A sea of jerseys filled a hangar at the airport after the event was pushed inside …

A body was found Aug. 13 outside of a home, reportedly near the Benne Memorial Museum in Crete. The Crete Police Department received the call around 2:35 p.m. that afternoon, dispatching …

The City of Crete is experimenting with a new way of clearing traffic near the Crete Mills. On July 19, the Crete City Council voted unanimously to approve a resolution to create one-way traffic …

Crete Elementary School welcomed students back on Aug. 11 for the beginning of the 2022-2023 school year. Kindergarten students went back a day early on Aug. 10 for a transitional day. Incoming …

Four Crete High School Future Business Leaders of America members and their adviser attended the National Leadership Conference in Chicago, Illinois, June 29-July 2. This was the first in-person …

About a dozen teachers from Nebraska found themselves in unfamiliar territory this summer. The group visited South Korea through the Fulbright-Hays program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. …

A new business will allow Crete residents to get purified ice and water any time of the day. On Aug. 4, a new Twice the Ice was installed at the Crete Ace Hardware parking lot at 1025 Main Ave. …

Taylor Street, south of Crete’s city reservoir, was approved to be vacated during the July 16 City Council meeting. The street is one block long and has a building and the city’s water …

Blue Valley VFW Auxiliary Post 4959 received awards at the Department of Nebraska convention in Kearney. Awards received were for Youth Activities in the Get Excited for the Red, White and Blue …

At its July 19 meeting, the Crete City Council: • approved the city’s share of financial support in the amount of $8,007 for Saline County Aging Services. Director of Saline County …

A Crete High alumnus and recent graduate of Buena Vista University in Iowa has created a documentary highlighting the sport of girls wrestling and the mindset its athletes have. Clayton Van Horn, …

The Crete Club, which was founded by Dutch Ator in 1952, got together for lunch at the library on July 22 to celebrate group member JoEllen Wright’s 93rd birthday. All the group members …

France Day 10 - July 23 Reims to Paris We left Luxembourg this morning and headed to Reims for two stops. One was a museum that houses the room where it happened, as Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote, …

France Day 9 - July 22 The 35th Infantry, Bastogne and Luxembourg American Cemetery We’ve been following the 134th Infantry 35th Infantry Division in its march across Europe. Today we …

France Day 8 - July 21 Lorraine to Sugar Loaf Hill Today didn’t have as much on the agenda. This morning started at the Lorraine American Cemetery. Among the graves we visited was that of …

France Day 7 - July 20 We started the day at Flavigny Bridge, a site where the Americans took the bridge and then were annihilated by the Germans. Two plaques adorn the bridge, one on each side. …

Day 6 - July 19 We spent most of today in the bus, traveling from Caen to Nancy (pronounced non-SEE as far as I can tell). We did make two amazing stops though. Our first was in Amiens, …