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When Adrian Pospisil learned that COVID-19 vaccinations would soon be coming to his nursing home, he immediately jumped to the front of the line. “Put me on the list,” the 73-year-old resident of the Douglas County Health Center told one of his caregivers. “I’ll be the first.” The retired machinist said he’s more than ready to be freed from the deadly virus that has kept him largely confined to his room. No movies or other group activities. No Sunday worship or Wed...

Photos: (from left) Matthew Braden and Lakota Tripp The second of two Kansas men, who stole vehicles to make their way to Arkansas and ended up crashing one of them in the parking lot of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie at Midway, pled guilty to the charges against him in Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday. Twenty-one-year-old Matthew Braden was sentenced to six years probation and ordered to pay $2,500 restitution for damage done to a sign at the Eagles Aerie. The other man involved in th...

Jim Schaap reads "The Standing Bear Story" To be sure, there was a good reason for the Poncas to cut the deal they did with the strange emissary who showed up one day from Washington. He’d come to let them know  that “the Great Father” wanted the Poncas to move from their homeland on the Missouri River, to Indian Country, what would become Oklahoma, to a place where, he claimed, they’d be safe from raids by larger and more warlike neighbors. That argument was, for the Ponca, not total ...

1 of 4 The Ozarks Buffalo River Trail is a backpacking favorite, but sections would be ideal for a First-Day Hike. Globe/Andy Ostmeyer Hikers departed on a previous First Day Hike at Wildcat Glades.Globe | Roger Nomer Prairie State Park naturalist Dana Hoisington explained the difference between bison and buffalo to about 50 visitors during a First Day Hike near Mindenmines in 2016. Globe | Laurie Sisk A First Day Hike occurred in 2014 at Roaring River State Park.Courtes...

Inside the back of an ambulance is rarely a good place to find yourself. Unless you were being transported by the Ponca Volunteer Fire and Rescue squad and Husker Bob was back there with you. In that case, you were in good hands, and possibly in stitches before you ever got to the hospital. "If the patient wasnt doing too bad, hed ask them if they had their wallet with them so we could get dinner," Ponca fire chief Brad Krohn said, shaking his head and chuckling at the memories. A 26-year membe...

Bob Kneifl, Poncas longtime rescue captain and fire prevention officer, was laid to rest Thursday, saluted by dozens of firefighters, EMTs and law enforcement officers. Kneifl, 64, died Monday of

The things people have to realize, as a ponca woman im here to protect nigh family and generations to come, the unborn, the fact is we live in environmental genocidal process already, with conoco phillips on the land, many other environmental stressors that are literally killing us, with one funeral a week. and this particular pipeline would not only come to where we are right now, as the obama administration has already fast tracked the southern end but also impact our an sancestral land under ...

people sitting on the porch. they didnt have nothing to do. >> come on, boys. >> because they never learned how to pick cotton. >> lollygagging around here with them picks and shovels. >> are they better off as slaves? >> when you was slaves you sang like birds. >> or better off under governor subsidy? >> this is a welfare cowboy. >> ive often wondered. >> see what ted cruise, mike huckabee and others who supported mr. bundy, what they say. >> his comments are beyond repub nant. >> if ...

>> even jimmy carter would have given that order. >> reporter: unlike any previous president mr. obama has escalated devastating drone attacks on al qaeda and the taliban. a new strike announced sunday despite a ban by pakistan. the presidents proven to be aggressive. >> how are we doing on security? how are we working on the global war on terror? youve got to give him a pretty high grade. he has been tougher than people would have expected. >> reporter: in a new obama ad about the bin...

most the we have seen, rainfall totals are closer to what is toward the bottom of the list. about 1/4 of an engine oakland, to 10th in mill valley. there are a few hundred, and tickets to the future cast into tonight and tomorrow morning, continuing with light showers to the evening. a chance of light rain struck the bay area. again these are flying under the radar so it is hard to the pit where the rain will fall. in to your morning commute tomorrow will start to see clearing skies in...