Stories from Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Laura Pearl Wall April 16, 1923 - Jan. 31, 2015 WRAY, Colo. -- Laura Pearl Woods was born April 16, 1923, the second child of Leola Grace (Jones) and Royal Woods II, north of Haigler, Nebraska, and died Jan. 31, 2015, in Wray, Colorado. She had been named in honor of her grandma Laura Jones and grandmother Pearl Woods and always treasured her name. Laura Pearl loved growing up with her older brother, Royal, sister, Mildred, and little brothers, Raymond and Donald...

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...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The City of McCook will begin ironing out the details surrounding a one-year lease of the former Public Safety Center to a Lincoln-area non-profit. The non-profit, Prairie Gold Homes, was among several entities showing interest recently in leasing or purchasing the building...

McCook High School crowned its 2015 Color Day royalty after Saturday night's Bison-Lexington boys basketball game at the Senior High gym. The royal court includes, front, from left, crown bearers Grady Lentz and Kenzie Michaelis; back, first attendants Katie Elder and Peyton Stagemeyer, Queen Molly Hardin, King Frank Williams, second attendants Hannah Esch and Spencer Powell...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- A McCook man and a Lebanon woman were seriously injured in an ATV accident near Lake Maloney Saturday. according to the Lincoln County Sheriff's office. Sean Baker, 29, of McCook and passenger Tahnee Sanders, 29, Lebanon, were transported to the North Platte hospital by ambulance and at least one was transferred to another hospital...

We have blown through one-twelfth of our year and passed the halfway mark of winter. Feb. 2 -- Groundhog Day --is a cross-quarter day which marks about the halfway point between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. You have probably noticed that the days are growing longer, the Sun is appearing higher in the sky and there is less sunlight coming in your south-facing windows...

"Obamacare" and Nebraska's decision not to participate in the related expansion of Medicaid are popular topics of debate in bars and coffee shops around the state, and a popular target for politicians, including many now in office. Lest the other side of the story be neglected, the Munroe-Meyer Institute at the University of Nebraska Medical Center has launched the "Medicaid Works" photo project to spotlight the good Medicaid does for those who depend on it for help that would otherwise not be available.. ...

Helen A. Allen Nov. 11, 1921 - Feb. 4, 2015 McCOOK, Neb. -- Helen A. Allen went to be with the Lord on Feb. 4, 2015, at Community Hospital. She was 93 years old. She was born on Nov. 11, 1921, to Blaine G. Dutton and Esther (Nylander) Dutton at McCook, Nebraska. She attended grade school at District 8 and graduated from McCook High School in 1939. She attended McCook Junior College, then graduated from the Lincoln School of Commerce in 1941...

Buddy Lee Lashley July 18, 1945 - Feb. 3, 2015 CURTIS, Neb. -- Buddy Lee Lashley, 69, parted from this life Feb. 3, 2015. He was born on July 18, 1945, to Buddy Milton and Mary Lea Lashley in McCook, Nebraska. At the age of one week, his mother left him in the care of his grandmothers, Ella Lashley and Elizabeth Robeson, while she went to Texas where his father was in basic training. ...