Pastor Larry Crawford of Open Arms Christian Fellowship in Lincoln accepts a check from Matt Burgess of Home Sweet Home Ministries. The check in the amount of $1,035 was raised locally by Mission Mart sales of "Turkey Cards" and will be used locally to support a meal program for Thanksgiving. Read more below.

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This week, students at New Holland-Middletown got a startling but pleasant surprise when they arrived at school. As they marched into the school building, they discovered that it was raining candy! The culprits? Teachers on the roof, doing something unique in celebration of American Education Week.

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Diogo Morgado portrays Jesus in the film "The Bible." Mark Burnett and Roma Downey's "The Bible" franchise continues to grow in unexpected ways. Up next? A 16-city music tour featuring some of today's most popular Christian acts. The tour begins next March following the nationwide theatrical release of a companion film, "Son of God," and will feature music inspired by and visual components from the movie and miniseries.

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The West Lincoln-Broadwell Lady Wolverine basketball team helped organize a supply drive for the victims of the Washington tornado. Adam Osborn, uncle to two Lady Wolverine players, Morgan and Kennedy Lolling, lives in Washington and was directly affected by this tornado. Osborn was able to tell the girls what some of the families from his church needed because they had lost everything. The team chose "eighth-grade night" to kick off their supply drive. The drive continued this week and ended on Friday, when the eighth-grade team members helped the Osborn family load the collected items into their van to take to Washington and be dispersed to families in need. The Lady Wolverines thank all who donated supplies as well as money. It was a huge success!

Pictured, left to right: Ali Wilson, Emerie Wieber, Grant Osborn, Morgan Lolling, Adam Osborn, Kruz Froebe, Autumn Hoffert, Kennedy Lolling, Haley Hicks and Kaelyn Froebe

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