The couple had their first date at the home improvement store, so they thought it would be a handy place to get hitched, too. Gaylan Whitwer and Francine Brickner-Whitwer of Gibbon were married Friday, standing in a kitchen display at the Menards store in Kearney.
They remodel homes as a hobby.
"This is where we spend on all our spare time, where we spend all our spare money," Gaylan Whitwer told the Kearney Hub. "It's just the …
Planners are set to take action to ensure a historic area of thecity is saved from "a spiral of degeneration".
Aberdeen City Council is due to agree next week to introduce aConservation Area Management Plan in a bid to improve the area.
Chiefs want to regenerate the area between Union Street and GuildStreet and Bridge Street and Market Street, and is planning a five-year upgrade under the Townscape Heritage …
Dorchester families united by marriage
A smartly dressed couple walked up the steps to Dorchester's Holy Family Church speaking in Haitian creole Saturday afternoon. They were greeted with bagpipe music as they passed the white limousines that carried bridesmaids and grooms men to the Dorcena-Forry wedding.
Among the more than 240 people who turned out for the wedding of Billy Forry and Linda Dorcena -- the new generation of two of Dorchesters' most civically active families -- were a who's who of Haitian and Hibernian Dorchester.
Forry has become ubiquitous in the political and civic affairs of the neighborhood as managing editor of his family's Dorchester …
Even for Silvio Berlusconi, self-confessed admirer of the female form, a naked breast on a painting that provided the backdrop for his televised appearances proved one scantily clad beauty too many.
The breast _ a small part of a vast reproduction of an 18th century artwork by Venice master Gianbattista Tiepolo in the press room of premier's official residence _ has been visible in TV pictures and photos right behind Berlusconi.
The answer: a high-level cover-up. His staff apparently ordered the retouching of the naked female figure, representing truth, to add a delicate drape to cover the offending breast. Newspaper photos this weekend showed the painting …
Terrelle Pryor jumped on a golf cart and rode up the Rose Bowl tunnel in his grass-stained uniform, heading out to pick up a trophy. A clutch of departing Ohio State fans caught sight of his No. 2 jersey and let loose the sort of wild cheer Pryor always imagined would be the soundtrack to his career.
Ohio State's bowl woes were over, thanks to a quarterback who finally played up to his enormous potential _ and a sturdy defense that grounded Oregon's high-flying offense.
Pryor passed for a career-high 266 yards and two touchdowns, rushed for 72 more and threw a 17-yard scoring pass to DeVier Posey with 7:02 to play, ending the No. 8 Buckeyes' three-game BCS skid …
I have an easier time picturing youngsters clutching thoseGameBoys at the breakfast table, eyes riveted on the little screen,tongues jutting in concentration, furiously thumbing the well-wornplastic buttons, trying to get Sonic the Hedgehog up the staircasefor the 5,000th time, while the Froot Loops, untouched, slowlydisintegrate into a puddle of multi-colored slush.
The …
LEXINGTON, Kentucky (AP) — Tom McCutcheon won gold and U.S. teammate Craig Schmersal took the silver in individual reining Thursday at the World Equestrian Games at the Kentucky Horse Park.
McCutcheon, aboard Gunners Special Nite, finished with a score of 228.0. Schmersal, aboard Mister Montana Nic, had a 223.0, followed by Canada's Duane Latimer on Dun Playin Tag at 222.5 for bronze.
"Through the whole thing, he felt like he got stronger and stronger," McCutcheon said of his horse. "I was really happy with him today. He felt good to me all the way through. Everything I wanted to do, he was there."
T. McQuay, another American, was in fourth at 222.0.
Shawn Flarida, …
