Stories from Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Dorothy Bess Jones Ditterline Jan. 16, 1930 - April 13, 2012 IRVING, Texas -- Dorothy Bess Jones Ditterline went to be with her two best friends; her Lord and her husband, Bob Ditterline, on Friday, April 13, 2012. She was born in DeSoto, Texas on Jan.16, 1930. Dorothy was a loving wife, sister, aunt, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She loved being a Methodist minister's wife and enjoyed making a home wherever the Lord took them -- in McCook, Nebraska, New Mexico and Texas...

Stanley Wayne Sellers Dec. 9, 1933 - April 14, 2012 CURTIS, Nebraska -- Stanley Wayne Sellers, 78, died Saturday (April 14, 2012), at Bryan LGH in Lincoln, Nebraska after a battle with cancer. He was born on Dec. 9, 1933, near Wellfleet, Nebraska, to Leo R. ...

Twila L. Bortner MAYWOOD, Nebraska -- Twila L. Bortner, 85, of Maywood, Nebraska, died April 17, 2012, at Hilltop Estates in Gothenburg. 

Services will be at Maywood Christian Church, April 23, 2012, at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Dale Heimer officiating. 

Interment will follow in the Maywood Cemetery, Maywood, Nebraska.
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This information is gathered at the McCook Public Safety Center, the McCook office of the Nebraska State Patrol, the Red Willow County Courthouse, the Red Willow County Sheriff's Office and the McCook Humane Society. Police activity Activity log...

OBERLIN, Kan. (April 17, 2012) -- Kansas is among the top 10 states with the highest percentage of hungry people, according to Kansas Food Bank, with more than 14 percent of the population being food insecure. The Decatur County Ministerial Association Food Pantry offers comfort and support to people from all over the community. ...

A truck eases its way through road and bridge construction sites on Highway 23 between Maywood, Nebraska, and Curtis Tuesday afternoon. Highway 23 from the Maywood junction on Highway 83 has been milled, and travel over two bridges between Maywood and Curtis is controlled with traffic signals. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Additional evidence has been received in the case against 20-year-old Stathis Kirkpatrick of Bartley, accused of killing 14-year-old Kailee Nichole Clapp of McCook, that indicates there was also a sexual assault involved. Special Red Willow County prosecutor Corey O'Brien said during a motions hearing Tuesday morning in Red Willow County District Court that the original underlying crime of the first degree murder charge filed against Kirkpatrick was kidnapping and additional evidence had been received to indicate it was sexual assault in the first degree.. ...

An 81-year-old man being diagnosed with prostate cancer isn't news -- urologists say that just about every man who lives long enough will get prostate cancer, but most men will die with, not of the disease. In fact, last year 240,890 men were diagnosed with prostate cancer, according to the American Cancer Society, and 33,270 men died of it...

God's very best for you is my new, all-purpose prayer, because whether you're in financial straits, your health is compromised or your children are filled with rebellion and little else, God's very best for you is your only hope. It's all-purpose because this prayer works for anyone, even meeting Jesus' command to "pray for your enemies."...

NORTH PLATTE, Nebraska -- Community business leaders in North Platte and the surrounding areas can access the knowledge and experience of world-renowned leaders by attending a live broadcast of the 12th annual "Chick-fil-A Leadercast" from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on May 4 at North Platte Community College's North Campus...

Bill Elliot, Red Willow County weed superintendent was in attendance at Central Community College in Hastings, the site of the Nebraska Weed Control Association's (NWCA) annual Spring Training, April 2-4. On Monday, 13 new superintendents (3 years or less) received orientation from the Department of Ag officials and the NWCA officers...

HOLBROOK, Nebraska -- Each carpet square measures two feet. Two feet at a time, down and back a hallway at Tri Valley Hospital in Cambridge, Nebraska, Justin Hamel of rural Holbrook measures his progress since a motorcycle accident last summer one carpet square at a time...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Thirteen members of the Dizzy Dollers met to hear the lesson on Gerber babies. The ladies brought some of their dolls to share with the group. Gerber babies are classified as an advertising doll and were introduced as a cloth doll in 1936. They were available for 10 cents and three Gerber labels...