Stories from Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Vivian Joyce Rogers June 7, 1941 - Oct. 27, 2015 BEAVER CITY, Neb. -- Vivian Joyce Rogers, 74, died Tuesday (Oct. 27, 2015), at Beaver City Assisted Living in Beaver City. She was born June 7, 1941 at Cambridge, Nebraska, to Vaughn and Delores (Dillon) Meader...

LINCOLN, Neb. -- The Nebraska Hospital Association (NHA) recognized 78 hospital workers Friday, including those in Southwest Nebraska, for their excellence in service by bestowing them with the NHA's prestigious "The Caring Kind" award. Caring Kind recipients in the area include:...

Four McCook High School choir students, with one chosen as alternate, have been selected to attend All-State Honor Choir in Lincoln from Nov 19-21. Students submitted seven selections of music, including three sung in German, Arabic and Latin, with the top 400 high school singers in the state chosen. ...

We have to admit feeling some sympathy for students struggling with homework. "When am I ever going to need to know how to solve a quadratic equation?" Parents and teachers may have a better answer now that there's an increasing emphasis on STEM classes -- science, technology, engineering and math -- in our nation's schools...

The U.S. Marine Corps will celebrate its 240th birthday on Nov. 10, 2015. As many readers know, our Continental Congress established the Marine Corps as a new branch of the military on Nov. 10, 1775. Therefore, local Marines, spouses and friends will celebrate the anniversary of our beloved Corps...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Southwest Nebraska skateboard and bicycle enthusiasts cheered the opening of the Bolles Canyon Skatepark last week in McCook. The latest addition to the city's recreational portfolio brought a slew of new activities, as well as few new rules...

LINCOLN, Neb. -- A 46-year-old convicted sex offender in Southwest Nebraska has been given 28 years in prison for producing child pornography. U.S. Attorney Deborah Gilg said Anthony "AJ" Horton was sentenced last week in U.S. District Court in Lincoln. He'd been convicted of manufacturing child pornography. Authorities say Horton was convicted in 1995 in Colorado of sexually assaulting a child...

Volunteers Tyler Rambali, left, and Morgan Jones, right, help Barb Ostrum, coordinator of the annual McCook, Nebraska, Coat Closet and Winter Clothing Giveaway model stocking caps crocheted and donated by Margaret Trail Nielsen of Lexington, Nebraska, formerly of McCook. ...

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My original plan was to discuss the celestial ocean this week with all the "aquatic" constellations now floating in the southern sky after sunset, but I am going to put that on the back burner for a week since we are now close to Halloween. Halloween has always had an astronomical connection and not all of them are necessarily "spooky."...

Jean Elaine Ruggles Kunkee April 27, 1943 - Oct. 27, 2015 MCCOOK, Neb. -- Jean Elaine Ruggles Kunkee of McCook passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015, at The Ambassador Nursing Home in Omaha after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born on April 27, 1943, at McCook to parents, Lowell Albert and Sina Katherine (Jensen) Ruggles. ...