🌱 How will Overton fare hosting Axtell under Friday night lights?

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• How will Overton fare hosting Axtell under Friday night lights?

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 76 and low of 45 degrees.
• Sunday: Nice with plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 70, low: 46.
• Monday: Sunny, breezy and pleasant, with a high of 71 and low of 52 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Sports Overtime: Week 6 (Friday, Oct. 2, 2026) (1011now.com) — Overton football fans can look forward to hosting Axtell in a Week 6 high school matchup, part of a full slate of Nebraska games this Friday night. The schedule runs through dozens of contests statewide, but local eyes will be on how Overton defends home turf in this key midseason clash.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday October 5

• Boys Football: Loomis vs Axtell (Junior High)
  Axtell High School
  5:00 pm
• Girls Volleyball: Loomis vs Axtell (Junior Varsity)
  Axtell High School
  5:00 pm

Tuesday October 6

• Myths of Women’s Madness on the Plains →
  Lexington Public Library, 907 N Washington St, Lexington
  5:00 pm
• Volleyball: Sumner-Eddyville-Miller vs Hi-Line (Junior Varsity)
  Elwood High School
  5:00 pm
• JV-VB @ Hi-Line(Elwood)
  Junior-Senior High at Sumner Sumner, NE 68878
  5:00 pm
• 2026 Fall Snap & Boost
  Nebraska Enterprise Fund, 2112 N 30th St, Ste 103, Omaha
  5:30 pm
• Girls Volleyball: Loomis vs Hershey
  Hershey High School
  5:30 pm
• Volleyball: Sumner-Eddyville-Miller vs Hi-Line (Varsity)
  Elwood High School
  6:00 pm
• V-VB @ Hi-Line(Elwood)
  Junior-Senior High at Sumner Sumner, NE 68878
  6:00 pm

Thursday October 8

• Girls Cross Country: RPAC XC (Varsity)
  Oregon Trail Golf Course & Campground
  4:00 pm
• Boys Cross Country: RPAC XC (Varsity)
  Oregon Trail Golf Course & Campground
  4:40 pm
• JV-VB @ Alma
  Junior-Senior High at Sumner Sumner, NE 68878
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• O'Reilly Automotive posted a job opening for Parts Specialist in Lexington. Apply here.
• Chief Industries, Inc. posted a job opening for Production Operator in Lexington. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Overton here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Holdrege

• Smith Announces 2026 Angels in Adoption Honorees (house.gov)
• Supporting Nebraska Families at Every Stage (house.gov)
• Hastings College Theatre to present Sean O'Casey's classic masterpiece ‘The Plough and the Stars' (centralnebraskatoday.com)

Kearney

• FotoFunSpot Brings Lil' Sketchy to Inaugural UNL Engler Event in Kearney (strictlybusinessomaha.com)
• Kearney Public Library, UNK partner in a Bilingual Storytime Series (kgfw.com)
• Public hearing scheduled in Kearney for general election ballot measures (centralnebraskatoday.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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