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E96 >2EE6C]k^Am People are also reading… 199 students graduate from Lexington High School during Sunday ceremony Greenwood Cemetery petition signatures surge over 650 signatures Lexington boys to host Elkhorn in soccer B-7 district semifinal Tuesday Lexington's Mexican community engages in cultural celebration at public library Overton's Brock McCarter earns 2 gold medals at Fort Kearny Conference Invite Lexington boys soccer defeats Elkhorn 2-0 in district semifinal Overton boys take runners-up at home golf invite UPDATED: City Council approves acquisition agreement for parts of Tyson property Lexington tennis sweeps Hershey at Tuesday home dual Lexington area journalist Barb Bierman Batie inducted into the Nebraska Women Journalists Hall of Fame Cozad boys win Dawson County golf triangular Commissioners approve four liquor licenses for Cattlemen’s Ball Sutton sisters claim third and fourth at Central Conference Track Invite Nebraska man sues to stop use of new Medicaid assessment tool Lexington's Ashley Najera receives Nebraska Scholastic Wrestling Coaches Association female senior scholarship kAmrC@?DEC@>’D A:E49 3=6?565 A6CD@?2= 962=E9 42C6 A9:=@D@A9J H:E9 AC24E:42= >65:42= D6CG:46 :>A=6>6?E2E:@?] sC2H:?8 7C@> `e J62CD @7 962=E9 42C6 6IA6C:6?46[ rC@?DEC@> 6>A92D:K65 2 9@=:DE:4 2AAC@249 E@ :?>2E6 >65:42= 42C6 E92E 6IE6?5D 36J@?5 EC25:E:@?2= EC62E>6?E >@56=D]k^AmkAm“(6 H2?E E@ AC@G:56 :?5:G:5F2=D E96 D2>6 962=E9 42C6 5FE:6D C682C5=6DD @7 E96:C 4FCC6?E 4:C4F>DE2?46D[” rC@?DEC@> D2:5]k^Am kAmrC@?DEC@> D2:5 E96 AC@A@D65 >65:42= D6CG:46D >@56= H@F=5 AC@G:56 ac^f >65:42= DFAA@CE[ :?4=F5:?8 E6=6>65:4:?6 4@?DF=E2E:@?D[ >65:42E:@? >2?286>6?E 2?5 >6?E2= 962=E9 :?E6CG6?E:@?D] rC@?DEC@> DEC6DD65 E96 :>A@CE2?46 @7 4C62E:?8 2 DJDE6> E92E AC6G6?ED F??646DD2CJ 9@DA:E2= EC2?D76CD 2?5 AC@G:56D :>>65:2E6[ E2C86E65 962=E9 42C6 :?E6CG6?E:@?D]k^Am kAmz6J 4@>A@?6?ED @7 E96 AC@A@D2= :?4=F56ik^AmkF=mk=:mtDE23=:D9:?8 4=62C >65:42= AC@E@4@=D 7@C :?>2E6 42C6k^=:mk=:mx>A=6>6?E:?8 2 EC:286 DJDE6> H:E9 >F=E:A=6 =6G6=D @7 >65:42= FC86?4Jk^=:mk=:m!C@G:5:?8 >6?E2= 962=E9 DFAA@CE 2?5 4@F?D6=:?8k^=:mk=:m#65F4:?8 C65F?52?E >65:42= EC2?D76CDk^=:mk=:mrC62E:?8 56E2:=65 >65:42= 5@4F>6?E2E:@? 7@C 6249 :?>2E6k^=:mk^F=m kAm“~FC F=E:>2E6 8@2= :D E@ AC@G:56 >@C6 42C6 H:E9:? 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