Stories from Monday, October 26, 2015

Joyce Verlene Wahrman TRENTON, Neb -- Joyce Verlene Wahrman, 84, died Friday (Oct. 23, 2015), at El Dorado Manor in Trenton. Services are pending and will be announced by Carpenter Breland Funeral Home of McCook.

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...

Courtney Wacker Pollmann's said she was pleased with the response to her third annual "Junktoberfest" shopping extravaganza on the fairgrounds in McCook Saturday and Sunday. "We had great crowds, steady numbers even through the (Husker football) game Saturday," she said. "The vendors have been pleased, and really enjoy the community."...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Contemporary Christian music trio Phillips, Craig & Dean will perform at the McCook City Auditorium 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2. Formed in 1991 by Randy Phillips, Shawn Craig and Dan Dean, the group has won three GMA Dove Awards and sold more than two million records...

McCOOK, Neb. -- In another week of upsets in professional and college football, the entrants in last week's McCook Gazette Pigskin Picks' contest had a tough time predicting the winners. In fact, the best anyone could do was four misses out of the 20 games...

McCOOK, Neb. -- As a police officer in McCook and as the sheriff of Red Willow County, Gene has seen crimes of all levels -- the worst, of course, the murders of the prospector Tucker brothers in Karrer Park, the murder by Jerry Bussard of the man that he, his brother and a friend thought (erroneously) was a drug informant, and the killing of teen-aged Kailee Clapp at the cemetery northwest of Bartley. ...

A 25-year-old woman is being held on second-degree murder charges after plowing her car into a crowd at the Oklahoma State University homecoming parade, killing four people including a 2-year-old boy and injuring 47 others, including four critically...

McCook has always had an interest in good music. This interest is alive and well today in our fine high school band, the community concert series, fine church choirs, the "Live at the Bieroc" music series, as well as other musical events at the Fox, the auditorium, the lake, and other venues around town. The spring musical, brought to us by the community theater group, is a popular event and well attended...

Homecoming royalty crowned at Friday nights McCook-Adams Central football game include, left, second attendants Bret Baumbach and Paige Terry, right, first attendants Grant Oberg and Madison Garcia; and king Riley Loop and Josiane Dominguez. Junior attendants are Jackson Hartwell, 6, and Leighton Anders...