The 6th Graders at Hershey Elementary celebrated their D.A.R.E (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) Graduation on April 30, 2013. Each class member had to write an essay in relation to what they learned from D.A.R.E and how they would resist peer pressure. There were three winning essays chosen from each class. Third place winners included: [...]
Scotts Bluff County Attorney Doug Warner says the death of a Scottsbluff man who was struck by a train about 8:30 Saturday morning near a Scottsbluff crossing appears to be an apparent suicide. Warner says 26-year old Lee Weber was walking on the tracks just east of the Avenue I crossing in west Scottsbluff when [...]
Former school teacher from Solomon, KS, 28-year-old Amber M. Stroda, turned herself in to the Dickinson County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday morning. After a several month long investigation, Dickinson County Investigators requested a warrant for Amber Stroda for 6 felonies. The warrant had been issued on Tuesday. Stroda was booked into the Dickinson County Jail [...]
The Hershey Sixth Grade girls took 2nd in the Sutherland Basketball this past weekend. The girls played hard and lost to Chadron in the final game. Emily Barr and Autumn Miller both made two baskets with Ty Oztel completing a free throw shot in their final game. Hershey sixth grade will be in action again [...]
Computer classes continue at the North Platte Library in February. Classes meet in our downstairs meeting room and are taught on Windows 7 laptop computers. Each 2-hr class costs $10.00 per person and includes a take-home handout. Class size is limited to 10 people. Class schedule is below. Pre-registration and payment is required. Please call [...]
If a Kindle, Nook, iPad or other eReader device was under your Christmas tree, you can now borrow eBooks as well as hardcover books through your library account at the North Platte Public Library. The library is offering free classes the second week of January to teach you how to use Nebraska Overdrive Libraries with [...]
The Mayan calendar says the end of the world is Fri Dec 21st. Whether you believe it or not, who cares? Let’s party at THE BAR with Dirty Finger!!!! Just in case the Mayans were wrong we’ve got Dirty Finger on Sat the 22nd too!!!! Please share with your friends we don’t want them to [...]
Monday, November 19th, 2pm At the Espresso Shoppe, downtown North Platte For a proclamation of Small Business Saturday with Mayor Marc Kaschke & members of the Downtown Association. Refreshments will be provided.
Early Saturday morning, November 17th, officers from the North Platte P.D. responded to the Touch Down Club after things became physical. When officers arrived on location they could see a large group of people around the south door where the suspect, Marlan Fox, 27, allegedly swung his fists at individuals including TDC staff. According to [...]
