OxBow Motel will close Friday night

With the arrival of the new year, travellers will have fewer places to stay when visiting Nuckolls County and Nelson will have one less business.

Located on the hill overlooking Nelson, the OxBow Motel is slated to close at 11:59 Friday night. With the arrival of the new year, the motel which the late Frank Korbelik constructed in stages about 50 years ago will be converted into a family home.

Long time residents remember how the motel was opened when the first rooms were ready and expanded as time and demand allowed.

Earlier this month, Vince and Teresa Walton, the motel’s current owners told...