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Damon Murray, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Murray of rural Callaway, was struck by a rattlesnake as he was playing in the family yard. Damon and his brother Jeff were playing around an old chicken coop when both decided to investigate the funny noise.

Okay, I’m old. I know it, and people who see me know it. The 40s may be the new 30s, but the 70s are still the 70s! That’s young compared to Harriet, a captive Galapagos tortoise who is 175 years old, or a female Greenland shark believed to be 392 years old, give or take a few years.

American Legion Auxiliary Unit 59 gathered on Aug. 10 to hear presentations by two local girls who attended the Girls State Citizenship Training Program.

Let me start this month’s superintendent corner with a great big welcome back for our kids, parents, and community members for the 2026-27 school year. The beginning of every school year is exciting. The floors are polished, the new paint has dried, and the classrooms are coming together.

This week, my husband Jody and I made another trip around the sun. We have what I consider a unique distinction of being a husband and wife who happen to share a birth date! And I have no problem admitting I am the older one, by six years.

Callaway Public School welcomes students and faculty back to the building to kick off the 2026-27 school year today, Aug. 20. Helping educate the kiddos this year will be two teachers new to the CPS district.

Today, Aug. 20, is the first day of classes for students at Callaway Public School. As a new year gets underway in the classroom, extracurricular activities are also kicking off this week. This evening the South Loup Lady Bobcats volleyball team will host Burwell beginning at 6 p.m. On Friday, Aug.

50 YEARS AGO: The Callaway men’s softball team won the Callaway Chamber of Commerce men’s softball tournament Aug. 13-15, by defeating Pleasanton 12-6.

Producers can get an up-close look at 14 warm-season forage varieties and compare their performance side by side during the Warm Season Forage Field Day on Thursday, Aug. 27, near Broken Bow.

Weather tried to stop it, but perseverance prevailed. Even without the big stage, the bright lights, and the booming sound system, Livin’ Out Loud 2026 happened.