Stories from Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Charles 'Charlie' Richard Petrusky Conroy June 22, 1954 - Jan. 9, 2014 LAS CRUCES, New Mexico - Charles "Charlie" Richard Petrusky Conroy, 59, passed away unexpectedly Jan. 9, 2014, at his home in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Born June 22, 1954, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, he was the son of Margaret (Gatterer), Richard Petrusky, and his adoptive step-father, John Conroy...

A local woman who pulled in front of a motorcycle at a McCook intersection in July, and fled the scene after the bike slammed into the side of her SUV, pleaded guilty Monday in Red Willow County District Court to a felony offense stemming from the incident.

A convicted rapist accepted what is at least his third plea agreement in Red Willow County since the fall of 2010, each reducing felony sex offender registration violations to misdemeanor offenses.

Commercial air service at McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport came to a near grinding halt earlier this year and may be finally showing signs of a recovery.

Students will have a new coach bus to travel in, but forget about the built-in bathroom.

LINCOLN, Neb. -- If every artist has a muse, then Richard Budig's would be those who do what is right, regardless of the cost. A self-described "closet artist," Budig, now of Lincoln, grew up in McCook, Nebraska, during the throes of World War II. He vividly remembers the German prisoners from the Indianola prisoner of war camp 10 miles away, coming to McCook by military trucks and guarded by Army soldiers with guns. ...