Stories from Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Hobert Harold Adkins Sept. 20, 1936 - April 26, 2015 DANBURY, Neb. -- Hobert Harold Adkins, age 78, of Danbury, passed away at the Kearney Regional Hospital on Sunday, April 26, 2015. He was born in Man, West Virginia, Sept. 20, 1936, to Clovis and Minerva (Belcher) Adkins. He graduated from Ham High School in 1954...

Mae M. Lofton July 4, 1929 - April 24, 2015 HOLDREGE, Neb. -- Funeral services for Mae M. Lofton will be on Saturday, May 2, 2015, at 10:30 a.m. at the St. Elizabeth's Episcopal Church in Holdrege, Nebraska, with Rev. Karen Watson officiating. Interment will be in the Moses Hill Cemetery in rural Phelps County, Nebraska, following the services...

What's in a name? Quite a lot, actually, especially for people who pay for the buildings they designate, or to the people who decide whom the structure is meant to honor. After countless newsroom discussions, we've settled on the obvious solution -- we go with what's printed on the front of the building...

The preliminary budget created by the Legislature's Appropriations Committee will be released to the legislature April 28 and it looks like they will recommend a growth in spending of 3.1%. The total budget will be in the $8.6 billion dollar range. The main problem the legislature will face is the Nebraska Forecasting Advisory Board, which predicts our future tax revenues, isn't set to meet until April 30. ...

And they called him Elijah, Elijah Paul! Quite a moniker to hang on a newborn nine and a half pound boy. Yes a big event in our household, huge. The healthy little guy is Grannie Annie and my first great grandson. We are happy. especially so as both his mama and the little guy survived his birth in fine shape and are doing well...

McCOOK, Neb. -- A Culbertson woman is facing a felony theft charge stemming from allegations she stole more than $800,000 from her former employer, Tri-State Livestock Commission Company, over the course of two years. The woman, 54-year-old Trina L. ...

Chet DeVaughn's teaching career follows a path of doing what made the most sense, but it's also been a career he calls extremely rewarding. He's retiring from McCook Community College this year. A retirement open house is set for Wednesday at the Weeth Theater on campus from 3-4:30 p.m. for DeVaughn and Kathy Dernovich. The public is encouraged to attend...

McCOOK, Neb. -- During the fall of 1981, Kathy Dernovich was a stay-at-home mother of three. A stranger knocked on the door of their Culbertson home and changed the trajectory of her life forever. "Ed Oberg was knocking on doors looking for people to join a group of Culbertson residents who wanted to learn emergency medical training," Dernovich recalls...

Betty M. May March 10, 1925 - April 27, 2015 OBERLIN, Kan. -- Betty M. May, 90, died Monday (April 27, 2015), at Decatur County Good Samaritan Society in Oberlin. She was born March 10, 1925, in Cheney, Kansas, to George and Frieda (Klinker) Hillman. ...

Ruth Ellen Bridgmon June 21, 1921 - April 28, 2015 McCOOK, Neb. -- Ruth Ellen Bridgmon, age 93, of McCook, passed away peacefully Tuesday, April 28, 2015, at Community Hospital. Ruth had been a resident of Hillcrest for the last six years. Ruth was born June 21, 1921, at McCook to parents, James Arthur and Anna Mary (Gustafson) Brandt. She graduated from McCook High School in 1940...