Stories from Monday, March 24, 2014

Wendell A 'Bud' Rogers Nov. 28, 1922 - March 23, 2014 SELDEN, Kansas -- Wendell A "Bud" Rogers, 91, died Sunday (March 23, 2014), at Decatur Health Systems in Oberlin, Kansas. He was born Nov. 28, 1922, in Sheridan County, Kasas to Roy L. and Eva (Cole) Rogers. He attended Sheridan County country school. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II...

Raymond W. Stehno Dec. 9, 1924 - March 21, 2014 STRATTON, Nebraska -- Raymond W. Stehno, 89, one of five children of Frank and Mary Sis Stehno, was born on a farm 5 ½ miles southeast of Stratton, Nebraska, on Dec. 9, 1924, and departed this life on March 21, 2014...

Eva Eunice Fanning Polly Bodeman July 17, 1913 - March 18, 2014 WAUNETA, Nebraska -- Eva Eunice Fanning Polly Bodeman, 100 years of age, passed away on March 18, 2014, at the Sunrise Nursing Home. She was born to Della and Clarence Fanning on July 17, 1913, in a dugout sod house. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- A recent ranking of the best and worst states to be a taxpayer indicated Nebraskans pay 36 percent more in state and local taxes than the national average. Nebraska was ranked 49 of 51 states including the District of Columbia with residents paying an average of$9450 annually in state and local taxes. Only Californians at $9509, and New Yorkers at $9718, paid more...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The city's additional one and a half percent local sales tax is scheduled to expire in 2018 and the McCook City Council is wasting no time in beginning the renewal process, scheduling two town hall meetings for May. Councilors said a 23 month waiting period was required to follow any voter-rejected attempts and indicated during last weeks regular meeting they would like to have at least two opportunities to renew the revenue stream...

One of Southwest Nebraska's oldest and best-known businesses has got to be Lord's Store, of Indianola. Andrew Lord came to the area in 1882 and opened his harness and shoe repair, and retail hardware store on the corner of the highway and Main Street in downtown Indianola. ...