Stories from Monday, March 17, 2014

L'Marie Robertson GOODLAND, Kansas -- L'Marie Robertson, 87, of Goodland, Kansas, formerly of Oberlin, Kansas, died Sunday (March 16, 2016), at Goodland Regional Medical Center in Goodland. Services are pending with Pauls Funeral Home in Oberlin, Kansas...

OGALLALA, Nebraska -- When Herb Teter was merely more than a toddler, he stood with his mother under the big Nebraska sky on the family farm, and did what many little boys do -- ask questions. "We were out looking at the stars. And of course, a 3-year-old is rather curious and I asked her, "What are all these lights?" Teter said, a Cambridge, Nebraska, native and former sports editor at the McCook Gazette...

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...

Jilleen (Huet) Cooney LITTLETON, Colorado -- Jilleen (Huet) Cooney died March 2, 2014, in Littleton. She was born Oct. 10, 1947, to Majel and Merle Huet. She graduated McCook High School in 1965. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- U.S. Rep. Adrian Smith urged caution on legislative involvement in the national pilot shortage that has reportedly hurt most airlines and contributed to the suspension of commercial air service to McCook. Smith said the situation was created by an overreaction by lawmakers to the crash and he wants to avoid repeating the mistake...

Dusty and Jenna Morris reached their reception a little ahead of their wedding party, aboard a chartered helicopter that landed them on the lawn of the Republican River Valley Events Center in McCook, Nebraska, Saturday, while the rest arrived by limo from the ceremony in Bartley...

How much time do you spend with the media? Television, radio, movies, streaming video -- yes, books and newspapers -- offer more opportunities to be informed, educated and entertained than ever before in history. But no matter how it is delivered, in digital packets, radio waves, fiber optics or printing press, the story remains the most vital component of the whole process...

Two of the early settlers to Red Willow County were John and Katherine Longnecker, who emigrated to Nebraska from Kentucky, in 1872. John and Katherine had both come from old time, well-to-do Kentucky families. Still, for John, the lure of the new frontier, the stories of the "land of milk and honey" were an attraction that he could not resist. He very much wanted to be a part of the "new empire."...

Terry Lee Sydow Oct. 30, 1951 -March 14, 2014 STRATTON, Nebraska -- Terry Lee Sydow age 62 of Stratton passed away on March 14, 2014. He was born in Stratton on Oct. 30, 1951, to Gordon Keith and P. Bettie (Rowe) Sydow. Terry attended and graduated From Stratton High School in 1970...

Ardith Jean Pinkal Oct. 10, 1930 - March 16, 2014 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Ardith Jean Pinkal passed away Sunday, March 16, 2014, at Community Hospital in McCook. Ardith was born on Oct. 10, 1930, to Clarence Cecil and Polly M. Bales in McCook. She graduated from McCook High School in 1949...