Stories from Monday, August 25, 2014

Nora H. Bearley Aug. 20, 1920 -- Aug. 22, 2014 OBERLIN, Kan. -- Nora H. Bearley, 94, died Friday (Aug. 22, 2014), at Johnson Center Hospice in Centennial, Colorado. She was born Aug. 20, 1920, in Achilles, Kansas, to Aubra John and Hazel (Riblett) Hurst. She grew up in the Achilles area near Decatur County. She graduated from Atwood, Kansas, in 1940 and from Fort Hayes Teachers College...

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...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- For the first time in more than a decade, when classes started Monday at Mid-Plains Community College campuses, students will no longer be attending Nebraska's smallest community college. "We've passed that baton back to Western Nebraska Community College in Scottsbluff," said MPCC President Ryan Purdy. "Our official full-time equivalent (FTE) Enrollment for 2013-14 was 1,899.2. The last report from WNCC was 1,866...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook Area Chamber of Commerce board of directors will take another look at the chamber's goals, mission statement, and overall direction at their next meeting in September. The makeup of the chamber board is continually evolving, as well as recent changes in staffing at the Chamber office...

McCOOK, Neb. -- A local woman escaped injury by fire Sunday morning after she was alerted by her neighbor of smoke coming from her attic. McCook emergency responders arrived at 808 East 4th Street, the home of Lorine Bauguess, just after 7:30 a.m. Sunday to find visible smoke and fire coming from the attic area...

McCOOK, Neb. -- A local woman escaped injury by fire Sunday morning after she was alerted by her neighbor of smoke coming from her attic. McCook emergency responders arrived at 808 East 4th Street, the home of Lorine Bauguess, just after 7:30 a.m. Sunday to find visible smoke and fire coming from the attic area...

(Note: Noting the start of World War I, just 100 years ago this summer, we continue the series with another air power story, this time from the German side. While we Americans are justly proud of the record number of victories that American Ace, Eddie Rickenbacker achieved -- 26 in just a two month period from September to November 1918 -- this record pales beside that of Baron von Richthofen, "The Red Baron," whose victories numbered 80 from 1916 to 1918, including 21 in just the month of April 1917.). ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- A local woman escaped injury by fire Sunday morning after she was alerted by her neighbor of smoke coming from her attic. McCook emergency responders arrived at 808 East 4th Street, the home of Lorine Bauguess, just after 7:30 a.m. Sunday to find visible smoke and fire coming from the attic area...