Stories from Thursday, June 25, 2015

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...

They say lightning doesn't strike the same place twice, but the late Ray Search of McCook, who was struck three times over his lifetime, knew that wasn't true. It's especially not true of a tall, pointy, isolated object -- the Empire State Building is struck nearly 100 times a year...

Since it was Father's Day last week, I should have written something prior but better late than never right? I think it's so easy to take for granted all the things that Hubby does for our family and I don't just mean the standard providing financially and mowing the lawn. I want to thank him for the little things that go unnoticed, or sometimes the big things that also go unnoticed. So anyway......Dear Hubby, Happy Belated Father's Day and I want to say Thank You:...

Since it was Father's Day last week, I should have written something prior but better late than never right? I think it's so easy to take for granted all the things that Hubby does for our family and I don't just mean the standard providing financially and mowing the lawn. I want to thank him for the little things that go unnoticed, or sometimes the big things that also go unnoticed. So anyway......Dear Hubby, Happy Belated Father's Day and I want to say Thank You:...

Don Hageman, manager of Crawford Supply Co. in McCook, Nebraska, stands in the new 30x70-foot addition to the shop at 1709 West O Street in McCook. The addition, completed this spring by Custom Solutions, houses an expanded work area for down-hole pumps for the oilfield and provides more room for Traeger Wood Pellet Grills, for which Crawford is the authorized midwest distributor. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- As construction on a senior housing development on West Q Street garners much of the attention a nearby residential development has quietly made progress of its own. North Pointe Properties representatives confirmed Wednesday six residential lots are ready for construction along R Street and workers are expected to begin building a spec home on the property in the near future...

MaryAnn Pierce-McCarter Feb. 7, 1936 - June 24, 2015 TRENTON, Neb. -- MaryAnn Pierce-McCarter, (Grandma Mary) of Trenton, Nebraska, lost her battle against cancer June 24, 2015, at Community Hospital in McCook, Nebraska. She was born Feb. 7, 1936, to Ernie and Georgie Pierce. ...

Marlene Diane (Thebault) Cox June 5, 1934 - June 24, 2015 McCOOK, Neb. -- Marlene Diane (Thebault) Cox passed quietly out of this world to join her Heavenly Father on Wednesday, June 24, 2015, at the age of 81. She was born in Crawford, Nebraska, on June 5, 1934, the daughter of Henry and Ruth (Grant) Thebault. ...

Max Dean Carman March 22, 1933 - June 25, 2015 KEARNEY, Neb. -- Max Dean Carman was born March 22, 1933, in Decatur County, Kansas, to Joe B. and Myrtle (Bell) Carman. He passed away Thursday, June 25, 2015, at Kearney Regional Medical Center in Kearney, Nebraska, at the age of 82...