Stories from Tuesday, December 4, 2012

David Lee Murray Sr. Nov. 9, 1937 - Dec. 1, 2012 OBERLIN, Kansas -- David Lee Murray Sr., 75, died Saturday (Dec. 1, 2012), at Decatur Health Systems in Oberlin. He was born Nov. 9, 1937, to Samuel and Evelyn (Earl) Murray in Gothenburg, Nebraska. He was raised in Gothenburg. He resided in Cozad and Smithfield, Nebraska and Jennings and Oberlin, Kansas...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department (SWNPHD) congratulates Heidi Wheeler, Emergency Response Coordinator from Imperial on her recent graduation from the seventh class of the Great Plains Public Health Leadership Institute...

McCOOK, Nebraska --The McCook FFA Chapter at McCook Senior High had it's first annual Greenhand Jacket ceremony Nov. 15. Freshman members of the McCook FFA Chapter received their National Blue Corduroy FFA Jackets from their officer or senior mentors. Six members of the freshmen class received a free jacket through the Nebraska FFA Foundation Blue Jacket Program. These members include: Madison Crowe, Andrew Heskett, Kylie Messersmith, Kathy Miner, Cole Peters, and Jodie Poire...

LINCOLN, Nebraska -- Nebraska students are being rewarded for their work at the polls during the primary and general elections in 2012. Their names were selected by the Secretary of State's office and the Nebraska Bankers Association to receive a $50 savings bond...

Santa Claus appears to be directing the upward movement of Hixson Construction's crane lifting a new heating and air conditioning unit to the rooftop of McCook National Bank in downtown McCook, Nebraska, Tuesday morning. Bank facilities manager Randy Korgan laughed that they weren't really preparing for a rooftop visit by Santa, but simply replacing an aged HVAC unit...

Grannie Annie heard from her sergeant in Afghanistan. The packages that she, and this community sent, had arrived! "Thank you for all of the boxes everyone is truly appreciative of everything you have done for us," read the short note. Then the other shoe dropped! "Unfortunately we have lost three great Soldiers," continued the Sergeant's missive. ...

While the political parties wrangle over the requirement that voters show some form of identification at the polls, more and more Nebraskans are taking advantage of a chance not to go to the polls on election day at all. Of the 804,245 people who voted in Nebraska during the Nov. 6 general election, nearly 26 percent voted early, according to Secretary of State John Gale...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook City Council approved an ordinance, Monday evening, which implemented a rare reduction in local taxes to citizens. The ordinance, approved on its third and final reading, reduces the city occupation tax on telephone land lines from 3 percent to 1.5 percent and will be effective Jan. 1, 2013...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Community Hospital has recently developed a new tobacco cessation program which offers services for inpatients, outpatients and the public. To help develop the program, three Community Hospital Registered Respiratory Therapists attended specialized training to become Tobacco Treatment Specialists. ...

MCCOOK, Nebraska -- It was about this time of the year a couple of years ago when Wynn and Dyanna Miller of Cambridge, Nebraska, encountered the angel from the white car. They had set up a garage sale on a location on B Street, hoping to earn enough money to send a sizable donation to Angel Tree...