LINCOLN – George Beadle, a Nobel Prize-winning University of Nebraska alumnus, is back on the UNL campus.
ASHLAND – The Ashland City Council took a few minutes at the start of last Thursday’s meeting to acknowledge the contributions of two citizens.
WAHOO – The impacts of supply chain issues continue to crystallize in unexpected ways. In Saunders County’s case, the ongoing aluminum shortage is likely going to rob what, for some people, has become sentimental: their license plate number.
ASHLAND – When Ashland residents received pink sheets of paper in the mail with figures showing their tax increases for the next year, they may have been caught off guard by a significant increase to the money they were expected to pay to the Ashland-Greenwood school district.
ASHLAND – Jeff Carney’s journalism career started in Ashland.
OMAHA- Solid finishes by Elliot Gossin and Cooper Maack helped the Ashland-Greenwood boys cross country team get seventh place with 124 points on Sept. 12 at the Yutan Invite held at Walnut Grove Park in Omaha. Both finished inside the top 20 with Gossin getting 19th in a time of 19:34.79, w…
ARLINGTON- The Ashland-Greenwood volleyball team was able to push their current win streak up to four games and get to 7-7 on the year by picking up straight victories over Arlington and Louisville on Sept. 13 and Sept. 15.
ASHLAND – Jeff Carney’s journalism career started in Ashland.
OMAHA- Solid finishes by Elliot Gossin and Cooper Maack helped the Ashland-Greenwood boys cross country team get seventh place with 124 points on Sept. 12 at the Yutan Invite held at Walnut Grove Park in Omaha. Both finished inside the top 20 with Gossin getting 19th in a time of 19:34.79, w…
ARLINGTON- The Ashland-Greenwood volleyball team was able to push their current win streak up to four games and get to 7-7 on the year by picking up straight victories over Arlington and Louisville on Sept. 13 and Sept. 15.
ASHLAND- Three runs are what the Ashland-Greenwood softball team could muster up when they took on Class C No. 8 Malcolm and Class C No. 1 Yutan-Mead on Sept. 12 and Sept. 13. As a result, the Bluejays fell to the Clippers on the road 4-3 and were shutout by the Patriots by a final of 8-0 by…
BLAIR- The Ashland-Greenwood girls golf team found themselves up against some of the best teams and players in the state at the Blair Invite at River Wilds Golf Club on Sept. 12. Coming in 14th place were the Bluejays with a 486, while Bennington won with a 358 and Elkhorn North and Gretna g…
AUBURN- A strong 26 point third quarter helped the Class C-1 No. 5 Ashland-Greenwood football team earn a dominant 40-0 victory over Auburn on the road on Sept. 16. The Bluejays racked up 366 yards of total offense and the Bulldogs came up with 114 yards.
ASHLAND – They hang out on the street corners, but they don’t cause any trouble.
ASHLAND – The four men reflected on their days at Ashland’s Memorial Stadium as they waited for the celebration honoring the 75th anniversary of the sporting venue to begin.
ASHLAND – A donation of $1,000 from the WoodmenLife organization kicked off a fundraising campaign to pay for a new aerial truck for the Ashland Volunteer Fire Department.
ASHLAND – The safety and appearance of the railroad underpass on Silver Street brought local government and business officials together to talk to railroad representatives last week.
CEDAR BLUFFS – Gracie Thomas has a tender bond with a horse named Bubba.
SYRACUSE- The Ashland-Greenwood softball team was able to put together a good offensive and defensive showing in three wins against Syracuse, Douglas County West, and Logan View/Scribner-Snyder on Sept. 6 and Sept. 8. On Tuesday, the Bluejays shutout the Rockets 9-0 and the Falcons 10-0 in t…
ASHLAND- In a battle of No. 1 against No. 3 in Class C-1 in Ashland, it was Aurora who was able to knock off Ashland-Greenwood 33-14 on Sept. 9. It also spelled the end to the Bluejays 29 game winning streak in the regular season.
MALCOLM- In the Malcolm tournament held on Sept. 8 through Sept. 10, the Ashland-Greenwood Volleyball team finished with a winning record by going 3-2. Their wins were against Centennial in straight sets and then Fairbury and Milford in three sets. The Bluejays losses came in straight sets a…
WAHOO- The Ashland-Greenwood cross country team took on one of the hilliest courses they will see this season when they competed at the Wahoo Invite on Sept. 8 at Lake Wanahoo. This year the meet was held on the back side of the lake which presented more of a wilderness course for the runners.
ASHLAND- Scores continued to get better for the Ashland-Greenwood girls golf team as they took part in their home triangular with Syracuse and Lincoln Christian at the Ashland Country Club on Sept. 6. The Bluejays ended up with a team score of 236 with the Crusaders shooting a 201.
WAVERLY – In a matchup with Class B No. 4 Waverly, the Ashland-Greenwood volleyball team fell in straight sets by a final of 25-12, 25-13 and 25-15. A big struggle for the Bluejays in the match was their play at the net where they had a -.047 hitting percentage and only four blocks.
ASHLAND – Good hitting and taking advantage of mistakes were the recipe for success for the Ashland-Greenwood softball team when they knocked off Arlington 11-1 at home on Aug. 30.