Stories from Thursday, September 22, 2011

Carla Ann McKillip Dec. 24, 1968-Sept. 20, 2011 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Carla McKillip, youngest child of Lamoine and Betty McKillip, died at Hillcrest Nursing Care Center in McCook on September 20, 2011 at the age of 42. She was born Christmas Eve in 1968 at St. Catherine's Hospital in McCook, Nebraska...

We have to admit a little bias, but it was great to see the honorees named at Wednesday night's Heritage Days kickoff mixer at the McCook National Bank. You will have to go a long way to find a nicer couple than Jack and Norma Stevens, the 2011 Honor Family...

Nothing like a good story where the young, handsome, hero rescues the pretty girl who is in danger. Such is the story of Perseus and Andromeda, at least in ancient mythology. We are looking at the Pegasus/Perseus group of constellations currently rising in the east in the early evening. Last week we looked at Pegasus, the Flying Horse and now we will look at his rider, Perseus -- the young, handsome hero -- and Andromeda -- the fair damsel in distress...

This "embarrassing your kids" thing is kinda fun! Til now they haven't been old enough to care, but my two big girls now are at the age where Dad and I often embarrass them, and most times we really get a kick out of it. The worst thing we do to humiliate is dance. ...

HAYES CENTER, Nebraska -- Hayes County Attorney D. Eugene Garner confirmed reports that an autopsy had been ordered in the death of 50-year-old Michael J. Scott of Hayes Center. Scott died at his rural Hayes Center home, Tuesday. Garner told the Gazette this morning that his office would release a statement in a couple of weeks...

DAWN CRIBBS Associate Editor McCOOK, Nebraska -- It's a daily event. Sometimes, a thrice-daily event. Human bodies need fuel. Food is our fuel. And in some parts of the world fuel is short supply. We could talk all day about the reasons this is true...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Red Willow County's jail task force handed the final decision -- build a jail or continue transporting prisoners -- to county commissioners following a 2 1/2-hour task force meeting Wednesday evening. Jail committee members have met since April and have, with planners from Prochaska & Associates, updated a jail study done in 2005-06 and toured new jails built since that time. ...

The FBI is seeking assistance in the disappearance of Kerra Wilson (description above). Kerra was last seen yesterday morning (9/21/11) near her school in Mitchell, Nebraska. Anyone with information can call the Omaha FBI office at 402-493-8688, or the Nebraska State Patrol (listed below)...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook City Council coordinated an interview for the vacant city manager position, Wednesday evening, at Council Chambers. The interview is the third that councilors have sat in on, opting to hire out the actual interview process itself to a counseling company out of Columbus, Nebraska...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- "My goodness gracious," was the exclamation heard from Gene O. Morris Wednesday night as he was named the 2011 McCook Heritage Days Parade Marshal at the McCook National Bank Chamber mixer. "I love this town; if you're looking for a place to retire, this is a wonderful place."...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The 19-year-old Bartley, Nebraska, man accused of killing a McCook girl in January has been deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial. Red Willow County District Judge David W. Urbom Monday committed Stathis Kirkpatrick to the Lincoln Regional Health Center for mental health treatment until he is considered competent to stand trial for the murder of 14-year-old Kailee Nichole Clapp...

Bison host Grand Island Northwest in second home game of the season after a wicked opening month of the fall prep football season that saw 4-0 McCook make three trips to the Nebraska panhandle.