Stories from Thursday, August 6, 2015

Deanna May (McChesney) Miller Nov. 20, 1951 - July 31, 2015 ARAPAHOE, Neb. -- Deanna May (McChesney) Miller, 63, was born in Norton, Kansas, to Harold and Helen (Ridpath) McChesney on Nov. 20, 1951, and passed away July 31, 2015, in Lincoln, Nebraska...

Jamie Garner, left, president of the Chi Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma teachers fraternity, presents more than 60 children's books to Julie Wilhelmson, R.N., director of the Emergency Department and Mother/Baby Services at Community Hospital in McCook. The books, one of two service projects conducted by the Southwest Nebraska teacher's organization each year, are given to pediatric patients in the emergency department as well as parents of hospitalized children to read to their children...

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 construction bid for a new McCook skatepark was awarded Monday and similar to previous steps in the process seemed to draw resistance from several City Council members. Councilman Gene Weedin pulled the bid item from the consent agenda to inquire about a $5,000 option calling for colored concrete to be used on the project. ...

The home-owned carnival on Decatur County's fairgrounds in Oberlin, Kansas, was the "magnet" Wednesday evening for kids of all ages. Twelve-year-old Hanna Quintana of Oberlin flew by on the swings, as Dustin Dold of McCook helped his daughters, Brooklyn, 4, and Addison, 2, ride the horses. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The crop of first-year teachers starting their teaching careers at the McCook School District include four hometown grads and two more graduating from nearby communities. All teachers new to the McCook School district will be paired with a mentor who is teaching at the same school, said Kate Repass, McCook School District curriculum director and Central Elementary principal. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Paperless meetings, or eMeetings, for the McCook School Board will come one step closer Monday night, as the McCook Board of Education will be asked to approve an agreement concerning the change at the regular board meeting, 6:30 p.m. at the junior high conference room...

Do you have a hot sauce addiction? Served scrambled eggs, do you find yourself looking for the Tabasco or salsa? Is your pizza incomplete without a little burn? Is hot sauce more at home on your salad than vinaigrette? Use the spicy condiment long enough, and no meal seems to be complete without it...

Alright, so the last two weeks I've been sharing the various hiccups that occurred on the "awesome" vacation we took last month and as of last week's story, I was still keeping my cool and hadn't completely flipped my lid. Well, if anyone knows Type A personalities, that's hard to do when all your plans fall apart. Anyway, by mid-week of the vacation, I was still smiling and determined to have fun despite the random setbacks...

McCOOK, Neb. -- A Holbrook woman received jail time earlier this week in Red Willow County District Court after admitting guilt to a string of probation violations. The offender, 21-year-old Alexis L. Kruger, was originally sentenced to 24 months probation in August of 2013 on a Class I misdemeanor offense for attempted possession of methamphetamine. ...