Stories from Thursday, June 6, 2013

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...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- An alert citizen of McCook has received two separate phone calls advising her that she had won $3.5 million dollars as well as a choice between several luxury vehicles. The callers were very cooperative, providing their names and in one case, a call back number...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The meeting agenda for Monday evening's meeting of the McCook Planning Commission includes an unusual reminder from City Manager Jeff Hancock, stating the commission serves only in an advisory role to the McCook City Council and has a limited timeframe to provide input on a housing development project north of R Street...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The Red Willow County Visitors Committee has experienced an approximate 13 percent drop in lodging tax revenue in recent months which one official believes may stem from the number of long-term residents staying in county hotels...

 CONNIE JO DISCOE Regional Editor McCOOK, Nebraska -- Know what to do before bad weather strikes. Don't wait until the weather watch escalates into a warning to figure out the best hiding place in the basement, or, for lack of a basement at home, to find the emergency storm shelter closest to home or job...

Stew and I were talking about the world we grew up in. A time when family had a much greater influence on children than they do today. We grew up before cable television, texting, I-tunes, unavoidable soft porn, misogynistic vulgar rap, instantaneous news, a sense of entitlement and electronic isolation. Both of our folks were Bible belt believers and played music...

In a country of Angus and Angus-cross cattle herds, Hereford faces are a breath of fresh air. These graze in pastures north of McCook, south of Red Willow Lake.

So you've just finished grilling that $5 sirloin steak to perfection when it slips off the barbecue fork and flops onto the deck of the patio. Does the five-second rule apply? Should you slap that hunk of meat back on the grill and convert it from medium rare to medium, just to be safe?...

You can sure tell it's summertime at our house. My girls are leaving signs in every crevice of the house that they're not in school anymore. For instance, in one corner of my living room is a camp ground with a make shift tent with a blanket tied into the fake tree with a fake fire and camping supplies underneath. I'm wondering if all the wood shavings my daughter whittled out of a tree branch will vacuum up or not...

This cardinal had no idea he was being photographed May 31, as he sat on the wall surrounding the Frank Lloyd Wright house on Norris Avenue, unaware of the colors of summer. The McCook Daily Gazette would love to showcase your weather photos. Readers can contribute to our daily weather page, subject to space and color availability, by emailing photos to editor2@ocsmccook.com or bringing them into the Gazette offices at West First and E Streets. ...

Without action, millions of recent college graduates and other borrowers could see the interest rates on their student loans double on July 1 of this year. To prevent this problem, House Republicans passed H.R. 1911, the Smarter Solutions for Students Act, a long-term solution to stop the rate hikes next month, and to get politicians out of the business of setting student loan interest rates...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- Several Gazette area players will test their basketball skills in the annual Mid-Plains Area All-Star Games Friday, June 7. The girls and boys all-star contests will be held June 7, at the McDonald-Belton Gymnasium on the North Platte Community College campus on the south side of North Platte...

The McCook Horizon Bank Juniors B Black Legion baseball team couldn't put the bat on the ball Tuesday, June 4, against Oxford. The Juniors B Black squad couldn't come up with timely hits with runners on base as Oxford ran past the locals, 12-2 in five innings...

Area golf enthusiasts are getting ready to saddle up and watch one of the best fan-friendly events on the yearly McCook golf schedule. The John Mullen Pro-Am will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a three-day golf-fest at Heritage Hills Golf Course in McCook. A big highlight of the annual tournament is the Ron Coleman Memorial Horserace...