Stories from Thursday, August 12, 2010

LINCOLN -- The Libertarian Party of Nebraska has been recognized as an official political party in Nebraska, according to Secretary of State John Gale. The designation means that individuals can affiliate with the party as registered voters and the party can nominate candidates for partisan offices, Gale said...

A large hunk of metal lies on the lawn of Terry and Evelyn Pettit of Culbertson, where they found it this morning after it apparently stuck a tree, above left, on the way down. Mrs. Pettit said she and her husband had been outside talking to friends earlier in the evening, but were inside after 10 p.m. ...

Chief Warrant Officer Donald Wann of Shawnee, Oklahoma, and 1st Lt. Paul Magers of Billings, Montana, were a long time coming home. Magers, who enlisted in Sidney, Nebraska, and Wann were in a helicopter gunship helping rescue an Army Ranger team in the Quang Tri Province on June 1, 1971, when, after the soldiers had been picked up, they were ordered to stay behind and destroy mines that were left in the area...

Okay, time to grab your mallets and wooden stakes, torches and pitchforks, the evil creature is back! Which one you ask? The one I thought we had killed last year, the one that reports the moon will be as big as Mars -- and in gasping tones says, "And you can see it, and it won't happen again in your lifetime, and tell all your friends."...

McCook High School sophomore Kaylee Samway places a shot on the ninth hole at Heritage Hills Golf Course Wednesday during Bison girls golf team practice. The McCook girls opened practices for the 2010 season Monday. Bison head coach Randy Ryser has seven players this season, with five letterwinners returning, including two-time state qualifier senior Shelby Allen and Samway, a state qualifier last fall. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- U.S. Senator Mike Johanns detailed concerns Wednesday afternoon regarding an unsustainable national debt and his belief it could be corrected if "checks and balances" were restored to government. The open coffee meeting was held at the Keystone Business Center in McCook...