Mary Jane Skala

More than 100 people watched Kim Todd and four horticulture experts answer gardening questions during Tuesday's taping of "Backyard Farmer" at Yanney Park. You can watch it at 7 tonight.

Twelve local riders were among the 600 participants in the National Pony Express Reenactment ride. It stopped — momentarily — at Fort Kearny State Historical Park Wednesday morning.

Brad Mills, center, in the gray shirt and aqua hat, is the executive producer of "Backyard Farmer." In this picture, Mills is helping set up the taping. He's a Holdrege

Crane River Theater's high-energy "Footloose," bursting with singing and dancing and a message of redemption, opens Tuesday and runs through July 2 at the Merryman Performing Arts Center.

Pioneer Village has 350 old cars, 17 vintage airplanes, tractors, street cars, a sod house, medical kits, stoves, refrigerators, toys and more.

I'm a pitifully amateur gardener, but humans have a universal pleasure in planting and harvesting. That's why more than 100 people attended the "Backyard Farmer" taping Tuesday.

Evan Hadden, a glass major at UNK, and Nadine Saylor, associate professor of glass at UNK, were involved with making the keepsake paperweights.

The 250 red, white and blue paperweights say American 250 Kearney and were made by glass students at UNK.

The UNK Glass Club handcrafted 250 glass paperweights that are being hidden all over the county in honor of America's 250th birthday. If you find one, it's yours.

The Crane Trust has a free two-day Pollinator Festival this weekend, with nature walks, crafts and more. It culminates Saturday evening, when Rascal Martinez plays at the free Bison Bash.