Stories from Monday, March 10, 2014

Alene Scott Aug. 12, 1929 - March 7, 2014 OBERLIN, Kansas -- Alene Scott was born Aug. 12, 1929, at the rural Decatur County home of her parents, Frank and Anna Mae (Fiala) Krizek. She passed away Friday, March 7, 2014, at St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island, Nebraska, at the age of 84...

Howard N. Hector March 28, 1925 - March 6, 2014 ARAPAHOE, Nebraska -- Howard N. Hector, 88, died Thursday (March 6, 2014), at the Cambridge Hospital in Cambridge, Nebraska. He was born March 28, 1925, on the family farm outside of White Sulphur Springs, New York, to Walter A. and Ruth A. (Edwards) Hector. He attended school in White Sulphur Springs Elementary and Liberty High School, graduating in 1942...

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...

LINCOLN, Nebraska -- Nebraska's lawmakers rallied behind legislation that would make industrial hemp the newest among Nebraska's crops. The bill -- LB1001 -- advanced 32-1 on Wednesday. The bill's sponsor, Sen. Norman Wallman of Cortland, said on Friday that the bill is a great way for Nebraska to further its name as an agriculture state. He cited many benefits of hemp, including the fact that it uses less water than traditional Nebraska crops such as corn. It is also biodegradable...

McCook, Nebraska--Lorrie Morgan, country music star with three number one hits, "Five Minutes," "What Part of No" and I Didn't Know My Own Strength," will perform at a Concert for Cancer Care in McCook in March. Presenting sponsors, Community Hospital and Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte, are excited to bring country music of this caliber to the McCook historic Fox Theatre on Saturday, March 29 beginning at 7:30 p.m. Opening for Lorrie are The Davis Boys from Alma...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The Work Ethic Camp inmate that escaped the facility last July, stealing a local vehicle and avoiding apprehension for nearly two months before being arrested in Wyoming, will likely serve a year in state prison as result of the crime...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- State legislators have introduced several bills this session in an effort to attach requirements to inmates earning good time, which reduces their state prison sentence by half. LB 832 would require violent offenders earn their good time sentence reduction through participation in a program plan and actual good behavior...

While Colorado is dealing with the fallout from legalizing marijuana, Nebraska is taking a more sober approach to the weed -- or at least to its legal, commercial cousin. LB1001, which would allow industrial hemp to be grown in Nebraska, advanced 32-1 in the Legislature on Wednesday...

On March 1 1867, 147 years ago, Nebraska became the 37th State in the Union. Becoming of a new State was the culmination of a number of initiatives, most very controversial, stemming back to the Missouri Compromise in 1820. That Compromise, allowing statehood to Missouri, decreed that slavery would be outlawed in all Territories north of Parallel 30 degrees 30 minutes North, except the area within the proposed State of Missouri, which had been a slave holding area since the early days of the French explorers. ...

.James Elmer Holthaus March 18, 1943 - March 8, 2014 MCCOOK, Nebraska -- James Elmer Holthaus, age 70, passed away Saturday, March 8, 2014, at Community Hospital of McCook. James was born in McCook on March 18, 1943, to Elmer and Helen (Johnson) Holthaus. He graduated from McCook High School in 1961...

Clyde D. Fischer Aug. 31, 1938 - March 7, 2014 CAMBRIDGE, Nebaska -- Clyde D. Fischer, age 75, of Cambridge, died at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook, Nebraska, on Friday, March 7, 2014. He was born in McCook on Aug. 31, 1938, to James and Leola Ruth (Kistler) Fischer. Clyde grew up south of Curtis. He graduated from UNSTA at Curtis in 1957...