Stories from Thursday, May 14, 2015

Linda Grace Boone Sept. 25, 1960 - May 13, 2015 TRENTON, Neb. -- Linda Grace Boone, age 54, passed away Wednesday, May 13, 2015, at her home in Trenton. She was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on Sept. 25, 1960, to Melvin and Dorothy Grace (Johnston) Boone...

87th birthday The family of Dorothy Johnson of Lincoln, Nebraska, is requesting a card shower in honor of her 87th birthday May 25. She lived in McCook for 46 years and was co-owner of Johnson Jewelry. She moved to Lincoln Sept of 2014. Her family includes children, Sandy Doss of Johnson Lake, Nebraska, Craig Johnson of Lincoln, Pam Ross of Monroe, Georgia, six grandchildren and three great-grand children. Cards of congratulations will reach her at 3900 Pine Lake Rd, Apt 108, Lincoln, NE 68516...

There's so many What to Expect When... books or tips on the Internet but I've yet to see one on Teenage Girls specifically. And since I don't have the privilege of raising boys, here are a few practical tips I thought I'd share for living with teenage girls:...

Eighty years ago later this month, it began to rain in Southwest Nebraska. By the time it was done, nine inches had fallen, filling the Frenchman, Red Willow, Medicine, Deer, Muddy and Turkey creeks, the runoff all pouring into the Republican River at the same time...

McCOOK, Neb. -- A trio of bills attempting to address Nebraska's prison issues gained momentum this week, at least in part, due to a riot at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution this past weekend. LB 173, LB 605 and LB 598 were all placed on final reading Wednesday...

McCOOK, Neb. -- This year's first place award at the golfing HorseRace at Heritage Hills Golf Course will have a special significance. In honor of the man who made the HorseRace one of the most popular and best-executed events in this region, the winner of the 2015 golfing shootout will be presented the first-ver Max Brodersen championship trophy...

McCOOK, Neb. -- A plea agreement was reached last week in Red Willow County District Court with a McCook man arrested in March on an alleged sixth drunk driving offense. The plea agreement admitted guilt to a Class IV felony offense for driving on a revoked driver's license and a Class I misdemeanor for theft by unlawful taking, while dismissing charges alleging felony possession of a deadly weapon by a prohibited person and misdemeanor assault, theft and refusing to submit to a chemical test...

Kevin Cox, manager of the McCook Pizza Hut Taco Bell and KFC gives some personal-pan-pointers to Hayes Center elementary first- and second-grade students on a field trip today. They are, from right, Sydney Mintling, Kody Schwenk, Casey Walker and Hunter Koetter...

U.S. Marines Private 1st Class Justin Dale Patras and Private Nicholas Paul Glaze are 2015 graduates of McCook, Nebraska, Senior High. Both officially graduated from MHS at semester in December 2014. Patras joined the Marines on Jan. 12, 2015, and Glaze on Jan. ...