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Dugout Day’s carnival was in full swing Friday evening, featuring a number of rides, food, and fun. Here, a dusk-time shot looking north on Saunders Avenue in Sutton shows rides underway.

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BY JORDYN HULINSKY

The Edgar Council heard discussion from the public on a drug problem in Edgar Tuesday in a special meeting of the council.

Members of the community voiced concerns about a problem with drugs in town and, according to the public, the law enforcement not doing their duty, allegedly.

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Saturday, June 23, Edgar’s Fire Department had practice in house fires with a controlled burn of a dilapidated home, located on B Street in Edgar.

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DUGOUT DAYS
Dugout Days this year will begin on Thursday, and feature another three days of jam-packed activities.

THURSDAY, JUNE 28
• Brandy’s Balloons, 6-8:30 p.m., Sutton American Legion.

• Children’s books and VHS tape sale at the Sutton Library, 6-8 p.m

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BY TORY DUNCAN

For the second straight year, Sutton Public Schools’ Career and Technical Education program has been awarded with a reVISION action grant from the Nebraska Department of Education to help grow the program, now in its sixth year at SPS.

The program earned a $49,498 shot in the arm for the 2017-18 school year. This year, according to secondary principal Brandy Thompson, the program was awarded a $49.934 grant to help pathway programs headed up by Steve Ramer and Nancy Schlautman.

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On Saturday, June 16, Clay County hosted the annual Dairy Goat Show at the Clay County Fairgrounds. Several 4-H youth participated in the day, including the Clay County 4-Her’s shown here, Cecily Gregory Watson and Owen Smiley (216). Judge Shanon Alman is talking to the duo during the Junior Showmanship class.

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BY ASHLEY D. SWANSON

For the second year in a row, Sutton Public School was awarded money from the ReVISION Grant, which helps with the advancement of equipment for the Career Pathways Program.

During Monday’s SPS Board meeting, High School Principal Brandy Thompson said this year Sutton was awarded $49,934 of a possible $50,000 grant. Including last year, SPS has received $99,468 of $100,000 possible.

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BY JORDYN HULINSKY

Members of Glenvil, Edgar, Clay Center and Sutton’s first responder teams were part of a group of about 60 first responders who participated in a Multi-Casuality Incident Training (MCI) Saturday at Central Community College in Hastings.

An MCI is where there are more patients than responders to treat individuals. The exercise was a realistic traffic accident that emergency crews could respond to.

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46-year-old mother apprehended east of Friend June 7

BY TORY DUNCAN

A Colorado woman led the Nebraska State Patrol on what turned out to be a near 30-mile high speed pursuit along Highway 6, running through Clay and Fillmore Counties before officers of the Friend Police Department used a tire deflation device to slow down the vehicle, allowing the state patrol to apprehend 46-year-old Donetta Phipps of the Thorton,  CO, area. Thorton is a suburb of Denver, located in the northeast area of the Denver Metropolitan area.

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BY ASHLEY D. SWANSON

On Tuesday, June 12, Aubrey C. Trail, 51, and Bailey M. Boswell, 24, were charged in Saline County Court with First Degree Murder (Class I or Class IA Felony) and Improper Disposal of Human Skeletal Remains (Class IV Felony) in the death of 24-year-old Sydney Loofe.

Court records released by authorities Tuesday morning stated that on or about Nov. 15 and/or Nov. 16, 2017, Trail strangled Loofe to death with an extension cord. An autopsy performed on Dec. 7, 2017, showed “the cause of death is homicidal violence including strangulation.” With the help of Boswell, he then dismembered Loofe’s body and disposed of her in rural Clay County.

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