Laurel Advocate

LAUREL – The LCC speech team hosted a meet Saturday, Feb. 24.

HARTINGTON – Two political newcomers will face off this May for a four-year term on the Cedar County Board of Commissioners.

That looks tasty

LAUREL – After nearly 40 years as an employee of the city of Laurel, Mark McCoy has announced plans to retire on Feb. 29.

Commissioners get an update on area bridge inspections

HARTINGTON – A judge ruled certain evidence inadmissible in the case of a Louisiana man accused of murder at a Hartington worksite last year.

HARTINGTON – The LCC Bears showed Thursday they never give up – no matter how bad things look.

Staying busy

Shortly after the first of April 1943, people living along the Missouri river in Cedar county were facing what was predicted to be the worst flood since 1881. Water was flowing over Homewood Park north of Wynot and a number of families living on low ground were forced to evacuate.

HARTINGTON – Lawyers for a Laurel woman accused of murder are seeking to suppress statements she made to law enforcement.

CROFTON – People planning to launch boats in Nebraska this spring should beware of low-water conditions.

LAUREL – The decision by Laurel-Concord-Coleridge and two other area schools to leave the Lewis and Clark Conference is causing a bit of a domino affect.

LAUREL – The next Laurel Community blood drive is scheduled for Tuesday, March 19.

LCC students came out in force last week to root on the Bears during Sub-District basketball action in Hartington

KEARNEY – The 66th Nebraska Agri-Business Exposition was held recently in Kearney.

HARTINGTON – With only a few days left to file, only one person has put his name in to succeed Craig Bartels as the District 2 Cedar County commissioner.

NIOBRARA – People may experience the sharp-tailed grouse mating dance from a new viewing blind at Niobrara State Park.

WAYNE – Several Laurel area students were recently named to the Wayne State College Dean’s List.

LINCOLN – Several area students were among the more than 6,800 University of Nebraska-Lincoln students to be named to the Deans’ List for the fall semester of the 2023-24 academic year.

WAYNE – Wayne Public Schools won the Wayne State/Wayne High Invitational Speech Tournament held Feb. 3 on the Wayne State College campus. More than 320 entries from 19 schools competed in the event. Laurel-Concord-Coleridge took part in the event, finishing 39th.