The Crofton Journal -

The Nebraska State Patrol has released the identity of the pilot who died in Monday, August 26th’s plane crash in Knox County. The pilot has been identified as Joseph Rudloff, 73...

A local Nebraska Firearm Hunter Education classroom course will be held on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 7-8 at the Crofton Senior Citizens Center. Any youth 11 years of age by Sep...

Staffing shortages, difficult print deadlines and some slowdowns in mailing delivery times may, temporarily, delay readers receiving their news in the coming weeks. Readers may e...

The Knox County Sheriff’s Office Staff were able to fingerprint 175 children at the Knox County Fair between 4 P.M. Friday, August 9th and 4 P.M. Sunday, August 11th. Each child ...

The Avera Sacred Heart Hospital Toastmasters Club met on Thursday, August 8, 2024. Toastmaster Jason Orr presented Steve Anderson with the award for Best Speaker for his speech o...

The City of Crofton has contracted with Five Rule Rural Planning to conduct a Residential Household survey to complete a survey for the Economic Development board. The surveys ca...

“Dear Young Nebraskan” by Jeff Yost My sincere hope is that I am just one of many people in your life saying this: we need and want you here in Nebraska. Generation Z will have ...

The 18U Crofton Lady Warriors softball team won the USA Softball of Nebraska Class D State Tournament during the weekend of July 12-14. This marked the first softball state champi...

The thunder rolled and in perfect timing, just as the last Wynot batter went down on strikes looking at the top of the ninth inning, threatening rain clouds opened up and poured on...

The Crofton Lady Warriors 12U softball team finished tied for 13th in the USA Softball of Nebraska Class C State Tournament in Hastings during the weekend of June 28-30. The team p...

Crofton Volunteer Fields had another great week from June 10 through June 16. The week included a mix of practices, games, and tournaments. The 12U Mueller baseball team had a grea...

That day back in 2007 was special. It was the end of an era at St. Rose School, but for Sister Charlotte Schuele, SSSF, who had been a teacher at the school since 1978 and serv...

Samantha Strunk of Crofton has been selected to attend the American Legion’s Cornhusker Girls’ State event on June 2-8 on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus. Strunk was sel...

Around 6:40 p.m. on Tuesday night, the Knox County Clerk’s office reported that the unofficial results of the main-in ballot Crofton School Bond Election indicated that the bond h...

For the sixth year in a row the Crofton Lady Warriors punched their ticket to the state tournament – this year bringing home a runner-up trophy for second place in Class C. They we...

Prior to the Crofton City Council meeting on Monday evening, Wanda Peterson was honored by Mayor Bob Evans with the “Key to the City” for her quick action that stopped a fire in th...

Coming in as the #1 seed, the Crofton Lady Warriors are Mid-State Conference Champions for the second year in a row. Along the way, the Warriors defeated O’Neill, Pierce, and Guar...

The Crofton Warriors youth basketball teams had a day in Hartington at the Hartington-Newcastle tournament on Saturday, January 6. Games were played in the Hartington-Newcastle gym...

The Knox County Leadership Class VIII graduation was rescheduled from Monday, Jan. 15 to Monday, Jan. 22 at 7:30 p.m. at the Sportsmen’s Bar in Niobrara. The featured speaker will ...

The Crofton Warriors boys basketball team matched their female counterparts by taking home the championship trophy in the St. Francis Flyers Holiday Tournament on Friday and Saturd...