Aurora News

Moms In Touch International is celebrating 25 years of encouraging moms to pray for children and schools.

The Aurora Huskies advance to the second round of the State Football Playoffs with a 54-18 win over Alliance.

Most of us have a book that has either challenged or enlightened us. Now an Aurora bookstore owner wants every kid in her area to own one of those books, in addition to new mothers, hospital patients and those who have recently lost a loved one.

Two people have been shot at the Florence Mini Mart in Aurora, according to police.

In my mind you would have to be either totally crazy, Bill Paxton , or both in order to drive head-on towards an incoming tornado.

The road to recovery could be a long one for Chad Mertz, an Aurora police corporal who suffered a brain injury while off duty earlier this month.

Aurora police are investigating a report of a Tuesday morning attack by a teenage girl against a substitute teacher who confiscated her cell phone in the classroom, KMGH-TV in Denver reported.

They don't look like much at first glance, the narrow medians jutting up in the middle of the road on either side of two railroad crossings.

It was a typical Friday evening for Aurora, Neb., resident Connie Sailors. But as she reached for the phone, little did Sailors know this call would dramatically alter her day.

Fourteen-year-old magician J.T. Wetherington was performing in front of by far the largest crowd of his young career Wednesday, but you couldn't tell it from his demeanor onstage.

On Friday, September 25, 2009, eleven officers from Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri will graduate from the 24th Nebraska D.A.R.E. Officer Training.

The Heartland Events Center will play host to the first-annual Grand Island Volleyball Showcase Tuesday, September 22nd.

Two locals -- Thomas Balogh of Bethlehem and Camille Brennan of Easton -- were among 32 finalists named "Remarkable Grandparents" in a national contest sponsored by KidsPeace, GRAND Magazine and health insurer Humana.

The meeting started with a brief presentation from Superintendent Carl Deitz who outlined the process in which the district got to this point.

You might as well put the target on the back of Aurora. The Huskies are the reigning Class B champions.

Authorities have located 71-year-old Russell Hoppner, who went missing Monday. The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office says Hoppner was found around 12:10 Tuesday afternoon, by law enforcement in Hitchcock County.

The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office is requesting the assistance of the public in locating Russell Hoppner.

I read recently that a tornado touched down in Aurora, Nebraska. That was the home of my maternal grandparents who lived on a farm outside Aurora.

A lethal combination of heat, humidity and dead calm killed hundreds of cattle in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa this week.

We haven't been the only ones dealing with severe weather. Wednesday night, some storm chasers caught up with a large tornado that touched down west of Aurora, Nebraska.