Stories from Monday, July 21, 2014

Margaret Lucille (Ruf) Goodenberger Hunter Aug. 6, 1934 - July 18, 2014 McCOOK, Neb. -- Margaret Lucille (Ruf) Goodenberger Hunter of McCook passed away Friday, July 18, 2014, at Hillcrest Nursing Home. She was 79 years old. Margaret was born on Aug. ...

Gail E. Miller BIRD CITY, Kan. -- Gail E. Miller, 82, died Saturday (July 19, 2014), at Bird City. He was born July 14, 1932, at Thomas County, Kansas.He was a farmer and also a bus supervisor at the school. He was preceded in death by his son, Loren Miller, in 1991...

Helen R. Vaughn Sept. 7, 1931 - July 17, 2014 KEARNEY, Neb. -- Memorial Mass for Helen R. Vaughn will be held on Tuesday, July 22, 2014, at 11 a.m. at the St. Patrick's Catholic Church in McCook, Nebraska, with Father Gary Brethour officiating. Private family inurnment will be in the Elmwood Cemetery at Fruita, Colorado, at a later date...

Anna Frances Albers Aug. 24, 1931 - July 20, 2014 SELDEN, Kan. -- Anna Frances Albers, 82. died Sunday, July 20, 2014, at Sheridan County LTCU in Hoxie, Kansas. She was born Aug. 24, 1931, to John and Francisca (Lang) Haffner in Quinter, Kansas. She grew up southeast of Hoxie, Nebraska...

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...

Ogallala celebrates its past as a rip-roarin' cattle town of the late 1800s, with monuments and tourist attractions. It earned its claim to fame after the railroad reached what would become Ogallala in 1867, the closest point for Texas beef to reach transportation to the hungry East...

Through a rare set of circumstances I was able to fulfill a lifelong dream of visiting Berlin. It was after World War II had ended, but during the time when there was still a wall between East Germany and West Germany. This was a time of peace and booming prosperity in West Berlin, and a time of peace, but not prosperity in East Berlin. ...

Phyllis Daugherty, left, and Kayla Anderson bop along to the late 1950s and early 1960s music provided Friday evening by Full Throttle DJ Service during the second "cruise-in" evening sponsored by the new "Southwest Cruisers" car club. Organizers Shawn Paulson and Jim Gruhn, both of McCook, Nebraska, were very pleased with the turn-out for the casual cruise-in -- no entry fees, no winners/no losers, just a lot of people who like their drives. ...

Bicycle riders on their way to the West Coast pose for a picture before starting off on the next leg of their trip, comprising miles of hard riding broken up by days of hard work helping build homes with Habitat for Humanity and other housing charities. ...