Western Nebraska Observer - Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First

Welcome to “The Banner County News!”

This page, at least the upper portion of it, is meant to look like a newspaper’s front page. There’s a story behind this that I’d like to share with you.

During my time as editor at the Harvey County Independent in Kansas, that paper actually featured three “front pages” on inside pages.

To me, this was – and is – one of the greatest features I’ve ever seen in a newspaper for both how the pages look and what they contain.

You see, the Independent was the product of three papers that merged – the Halstead Independent, Sedgwick Panta...