Stories from Friday, February 21, 2014

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...

Christian Towne and Kristy Green of Lincoln, Nebraska, announce the birth of their son, Josias Christian Michael Towne, who was born Feb. 13, 2014, in Lincoln. He weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces and measured 19 3/4 inches long. Siblings are Brittany Struble, Dalyon Green, Elora Towne, Jalisa Green, Matthew Towne, Michaela Green, Landon Towne, Tryston Green, Akira Green, and Elvis Green. ...

Maxson Allen Stewart Chad and Lindsey Stewart of Indianola, Nebraska, announce the birth of their son, Maxson Allen Stewart, who was born Jan. 12, 2014, at Tri valley Health System in Cambridge, Nebraska. He weighed 6 pounds, 3 ounces and measured 20 inches long. ...

80th birthday The family of Barbara O'Dea of McCook, Nebraska, is requesting a card shower in honor of her 80th birthday. She was born March 2, 1934, in McCook. Her family includes husband, Densel O'Dea of McCook; children, Kenneth and wife, Kristy O'Dea of Commerce Township, Michigan, James and wife, Kim O'Dea of McCook, Patricia and husband, David Fulton of Imperial, Nebraska, Pamela and husband, Douglas Adams of Fort Worth, Texas; 12 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. ...

Susan Doak SW Nebraska Genealogy Society McCOOK, Nebraska -- As mentioned before, I spent my school years at Indianola up until I started my sophomore year at MHS. We purchased a home on Sunset Road and mom immediately made an appointment to register my brother and me for school...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- One of several men arrested as a result of a search warrant and drug bust at the former Republican Valley Jr. Sr. High School brick schoolhouse, between McCook and Indianola, appeared in Red Willow County Court Thursday afternoon...

BEAVER CITY, Nebraska -- Furnas County sheriff's officers have charged two Holbrook men with drug violations and a Riverdale man with felony child abuse. According to Sheriff Kurt Kapperman, his deputies arrested Tyler D. Wilcox, 35, of Holbrook after Wilcox attempted to destroy drug paraphernalia as officers entered his residence in Holbrook on the evening of Feb. 11. He was also detained on an arrest warrant from Red Willow County for failure to pay child support...

CURTIS, Nebraska -- Of all the issues facing Southwest Nebraska, nothing comes close to being as crucial as what's being done to protect the quality and quality of the region's water supply. For that reason, the 28th Annual Southwest Nebraska Water Conference -- scheduled Friday, March 7, at the Red Willow County Fairgrounds Community Room in McCook -- has taken on added significance. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The filing deadline for non-incumbent candidates is less than two weeks away and as of Friday only the office of Red Willow County Sheriff and a seat on the McCook School Board are certain to be contested. Red Willow County Sheriff candidates Alan Kotschwar and Steve Kotschwar have both filed for the office to be vacated by departing Sheriff Gene Mahon...

They Keystone XL Pipeline's future was thrown into further disarray this week with the ruling Wednesday by Lancaster County District Court Judge Stephanie Stacy that LB 1161, which allows the governor and the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality to approve a route for the pipeline, is unconstitutional...

It's a common belief that Las Vegas was a far better city to visit when the mob was in control and there's significant evidence available to support that theory. Entertainment in the city was influenced heavily by the mob when world-class entertainers like Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Diana Ross, Liberace, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, Ike and Tina Turner and Elvis Presley were regulars at Strip hotels. ...

.Waldon Lee Volz July 31, 1930 - Feb. 21, 2014 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Waldon Lee Volz, age 83, passed away Friday, Feb. 21, 2014, at Hillcrest Nursing Home. Waldon was born July 31, 1930, to Edward Thomas and Bernice Walthina (Bush) Volz in York, Nebraska. He graduated in 1948 from Polk High School. He won a football scholarship as quarterback, but decided on the ministry...

Myrtle Annetta Ross OBERLIN, Nebraska -- Myrtle Annetta Ross, 96, died Friday (Feb. 21, 2014), at Good Samaritan Center in Oberlin. Funeral services will be 2 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, at the Oberlin Church of Christ with the Rev. Bill Duncan officiating. Burial will be in the Oberlin Cemetery...