Ben Holcomb News Today

The city of Marietta recently celebrated staff at its annual picnic, drawing roughly 500 employees for food, music and a few hours of fun.

It’s been a tough weekend. My hope is for everyone affected by Friday’s tornado has better days ahead. Best of luck to all of you as you clean up, rebuild and come back stronger. …

The Omaha World-Heralds third- and 10th-ranked boys basketball teams met Tuesday at Norris High School. The Class B No. 3 Titans bested the No. 10 Blair Bears, 58-45. The Eastern Midlands Conference …

Seven Blair High School student-athletes celebrated their futures Wednesday morning. Seniors Ethan Baessler, Greta Galbraith, Ben Holcomb, Braden McGill, Joslyn Policky, Dylan Swanson and Gavin …

Blair High Schools upset bid fell apart Thursday during the fourth period at Class B No. 5 Elkhorn North. The Bears led the Wolves 48-37 going into the final quarter, but lost 55-51 when they …

The Blair Bears won for the first time since Dec. 29 on Tuesday, beating the same team it topped that day last month during the Eastern Midlands Conference Tournament — Lincoln Northwest. The …

Back-to-back 3-point makes by Easton Bosanek and Crayton Macholan pulled the Blair boys basketball team within three points of the Class C1 No. 3 Wahoo Warriors during Saturdays fourth quarter. …

The Class B No. 10 Blair boys basketball team played well at times during Saturdays 66-46 loss at No. 6 Bennington. “We had moments where we were clicking,” coach Chris Whitwer said, …

The fifth-place game wasnt the Eastern Midlands Conference Tournament championship game, but Blair High School sophomore Bo Meier said his team wanted to win it all the same. “We want to get …

Still down 12 points after a late Bo Meier free throw, the Blair boys basketball team immediately caused a turnover with their full-court pressure Dec. 22 at Elkhorn North. Following the steal, …