Stories from Friday, September 12, 2014

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...

Dorothy Taylor WAUNETA, Neb. -- Dorothy Taylor, 71, long-time resident of rural Wauneta, died Wednesday (Sept. 10, 2014), at Chase County Community Hospital in Imperial. Survivors include her children, Rick Taylor and wife, Kim of Wauneta and Alan Taylor and wife, Teresa of Venango, Nebraska and three grandchildren...

Janet Schuetz OBERLIN, Kan -- Janet Schuetz, 50, of Hays, Kansas, formerly of Oberlin, died Thursday Sept. 11, 2014. Services are pending with Pauls Funeral Home in Oberlin.

Susan Doak SW Nebraska Genealogy Society McCOOK, Neb. -- Wild plum jam anyone? The preservation specialist (me) has now made wild plum jam. I find it interesting that I don't eat jam, jelly, apple butter, BBQ sauce or ketchup and yet, here I am putting by those things. ...

LORRI SUGHROUE McCook Gazette McCOOK, Neb. -- Marie Coffey may be retiring from her church choir, but she won't be far from her roots. "Music is in my DNA, it's who I am," the spry 94-year-old said recently at her home, a polished grand piano part of the decor...

McCOOK, Neb. -- A McCook man received prison time Monday in Red Willow County District Court stemming from the law enforcement raid of his West Third Street residence in April. The offender, 29-year-old Thomas R. Ortiz of 901 W. Third Street, was sentenced to a combined 24-72 months in state prison after being convicted on felony offenses for possession of methamphetamine and possession of a destructive device, in addition to violating his probation in a previous felony conviction...

Matt Sehnert of McCook, playing a New York fire captain, and Linsey Dugan of Stanton, Texas, playing a writer, struggle over the wording of the eulogy for one of the firefighters killed in the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001. "The Guys" was presented by the McCook Community College as a benefit for the McCook Fire Department and a tribute to all firefighters and first responders. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The third reading of the 2014-15 City of McCook fiscal year budget scheduled for Monday evening will represent final approval of the upcoming city budget, as well as provide the first glimpse for the public pertaining to how council members plan to allocate more than $250,000 in uncommitted funds...

McCOOK, Neb. -- If you can't identify your stolen property ... if you don't have a serial number, a make, a model, then it's very difficult for law enforcement officers to not only locate the item, but to return it to its rightful owner. Law enforcement officers can put information on stolen items on a nation-wide law enforcement computer system. ...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- The Mid-Plains Community College board of governors approved a $42 million budget Wednesday following a public hearing in North Platte. The board voted unanimously to use $13.5 million in property taxes toward the budget, which will be generated by a levy of 8.2 cents per each $100 of assessed value, a decrease of 0.4455 cents from the previous budget...

Many Nebraskans take pride in being able to leave their doors unlocked and keys in the ignition of their pickup trucks. They used to, anyway. Unfortunately, there has been an uptick in certain crimes, especially those involving theft of items left in unlocked, unattended vehicles...

I was sitting at the computer in my apartment next to my deck when I heard the sirens. I looked out the sliding glass door like I usually do and saw an ambulance followed by a police car zipping up the street. I live across the street from the hospital so I thought that's where they were going but they weren's. ...

Redonda May Golding Latta March 12, 1929 - Sept. 11, 2014 BENKELMAN, Neb. -- Redonda May Golding Latta was born March 12, 1929, near Stratton, Nebraska, to Clarence Emery and Lena (Welch) Golding. She passed away Sept. 11, 2014, at the age of 85 at the Sarah Ann Hester Memorial Home in Benkelman, Nebraska...

Amber Nicole Newcomb Jan. 17, 1977 - Sept. 11, 2014 CAMBRIDGE, Neb. -- Amber Nicole Newcomb, age 37, of Cambridge, passed away on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska. She was born in Cambridge on Jan. 17, 1977, to Ed Newcomb and Judy (Thompson) Mousel. Amber graduated from Cambridge High School and attended Mid Plains Community College in North Platte...