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Thayer Central opened its track season in a big way as the boys’ team ran away with the championship behind

Thayer County Community Theatre kicked off its 50th year anniversary last weekend by presenting “37 Postcards” at the Bruning Opera

It’s National Severe Weather week when emergency workers, volunteers, and management dust off equipment, test sirens and check emergency warning

Over two and one half years after the incident, Norder Supply Inc., is ending its involvement in an environmental calamity

The Thayer County wind project is proceeding as planned and received some good news from the Met Tower data collected

The Hebron City Council tackled a list of chores and updates last week during the regular Monday night meeting. Electric

Being a Girl Scout might best be expressed in the words of Thayer Central second-grader and Hebron Girl Scout Abigail

  A field fire Sunday, thought to have ignited by downed power lines, threatened three Hebron homes and outbuildings as

What better way to celebrate 50 years of community theater than with dinner and a comedy? That’s what longtime Thayer

Generations ago, most families had a connection to farming, but that’s no longer the case. And even though we live

The Deshler Dragons fell to D-1 No. 3 rated Pawnee City, 23-50, in the D1-1 district final at Firth, Tuesday,

A 12-person jury found Susan DeJong, 55, guilty of first degree murder Monday afternoon in Jefferson County District Court. Judge

For Kylea Hintz, an average junior high student who was getting ready for summer vacation, life can change at the

Election filing deadlines have passed although anyone wishing to run for office can still be added to the ballot as

Two Thayer County high school basketball teams met in a showdown Thursday night, Feb. 23, as the D1-2 subdistrict final

C2-3 Subdistrict Thayer Central advanced to face Sutton this Thursday in the C2-3 subdistrict final after defeating Blue Hill 62-37

Alex Vorderstrasse, who will be ten months old at the end of this month, was born with hypoplastic left heart

Travis Stierlen, 21,  was sentenced in Thayer County Court to the Nebraska Department of Corrections last week by Judge J.

Thayer Central senior Trevor Hartley secured the state championship in the 182 weight division in wrestling after defeating the unbeaten

Susan DeJong will stand trial for murder Feb. 17, in District Court at Fairbury. DeJong was arrested and charged with

About 200 Thayer Central elementary students created valentines to make a difference in the lives of active and retired service

Dustin Powers, 30, of Hebron, was sentenced Thursday morning by District Judge Vicky Johnson to 2-4 years in prison for

Last week it was reported in this newspaper that the Hebron sign at the intersection of Highway 81 and Lincoln

Update: Thursday, Feb. 9: Additional charges may be filed against Timothy Loontjer, 51, formerly of Deshler, who is accused of

Antiques, Art and Collectibles Joane Thompson has been in the antique business for 25 years. And although the business has

Thayer Central and Bruning-Davenport TCHCC (Thayer County Healthy Coalition) members presented  4’x 8’ portable banners to their respective high schools

Community stops cafe closing. Karen Keilwitz’s eyes well up as she talks about her Gilead community; a community with mighty

Darrell Hintz of Belvidere, just gave his 200th pint of O-negative blood last week at the Red Cross blood collection

City leaders gave the Hebron Fire Department the go ahead to purchase a new ambulance during the regular January council

Beginning Sunday, Jan. 22, it will cost a penny more to mail letters to any location in the United States.

Born Jan. 8, 2012, Karlea Marie, a little girl weighing six pounds 15 ounces, rang in the New Year for

Thayer County Commissioners used the first meeting of the new year to assign duties and designate official appointments. Commissioner Dave

The Thayer County Ag Society released county fair dates last month – the fair will take place one week later

Thought you knew how to buy a savings bond? You’ve been doing it the same way for years, right? But

Governor Dave Heineman has signed into law bill 667 (LB 667) which introduces new laws for driving under the influence

(Jacque Rocole comments on 2011 year-in-review stats in her column “My Thoughts Exactly”) In checking numbers for the annual year-in-review

Join us as we take a look back at the second half of 2011. July The summer of 2011 kicked

Each year the Hebron Journal-Register takes a look back as we prepare to head into another year of news worthy