Jim Mckee

Banks seem to pop out of the ground, flourish, merge and change their names almost too quickly to keep track of.

Times -- and cigarettes -- changed, ending a business that employed hundreds across the state and turned out millions of cigars.

(This column originally ran Nov. 9, 2014.)

McKee: Harold Warp -- from plastic film and Pioneer Village to the 1932 World Series

The state's first college's earliest ties were to Pawnee City.

(This Jim McKee column originally ran on May 18, 2014.)

Trump attended a wake for fallen NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller, who was fatally shot during a routine traffic stop.

The US is poised for a significant increase in its centenarian population.

Technology and competition shaped the evolution of theaters in Havelock.

House Republican hardliners want to block a permanent budget deal, which could trigger automatic spending cuts under the Fiscal Responsibility Act in April. The first government funding deadline is Friday, and the second is March 8th, risking a partial or full government shutdown. Biden is meeting congressional leaders today about the budget impasse. The Freedom Caucus wants to extend short-term funding through the fiscal year, ensuring the FRA cuts occur. Automatic cuts could subtract $4 billio…