Kayla Thomas

Mar 26, 2025 | unmc.edu | Jeffrey Robb |Kayla Thomas |Nebraska Medicine

The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center will be home to the first of its kind targeted particle therapy treatment in the state. Proton therapy will offer patients new hope, with construction starting the end of this month on a $36 million project at Nebraska Medical Center.  Proton therapy provides significant benefits to certain patients. The system focuses an extremely targeted dose of radiation for the treatment of tumors, minimizing damage to surrounding tissues and reducing side effects.

Dec 5, 2024 | unmc.edu | Jeffrey Robb |Kayla Thomas |Nebraska Medicine

The entrance of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center-Kearney is drenched in natural light. Twinkling Christmas trees stand in every corner, waiting to welcome patients and their families. Everything is shiny and new, from the chairs in the infusion therapy area to the spacious new lab to the TrueBeam radiation therapy system. But the building had been missing its most important feature: The team who will treat cancer patients. As the sun set through the spacious windows on Dec.

Nov 22, 2024 | news-graphic.com | Kayla Thomas

The holidays are here. This time of year often brings a variety of events from light shows and festive decorations to plays and performances. Below is a list of regional events for families this holiday season. Woodford County Festival of Trees Downtown Versailles 115 N. Main Street, Versailles Currently through Dec. 8Walk the Tree Trail in downtown Versailles to see Christmas trees on display throughout the community.

Nov 19, 2024 | news-graphic.com | Kayla Thomas

Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) at Phoenix Horizon Community (PHC) will be hosting a free community Thanksgiving dinner at Ed Davis Learning Center on Thursday, Nov. 21 to ensure everyone has a welcoming place to go for the holiday. “There’s a lot of people who don’t have that every year tradition of sitting down at Thanksgiving,” Vice President Meryl Walrod said.

Nov 15, 2024 | news-graphic.com | Kayla Thomas

Frank Downing Sr., an Ashton Grove Senior Living resident, learned in October he has been living next to an ancestral homestead through an Old Friends purchase of land right next door.  Downing, who retired in Owen County after a career developing electric infrastructure across the state, moved to Scott County by chance, he said. He settled at Ashton Grove upon a recommendation from his three children after his wife had passed away.