Stories from Thursday, November 5, 2015

Earle Donald 'Dusty' Rhoades Sept. 8, 1920 - Nov. 1, 2015 AMARILLO, Texas -- Earle Donald "Dusty" Rhoades, 95, died Sunday (Nov. 1, 2015), in Amarillo. He was born Sept. 8. 1920, in Culbertson. Funeral services were Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015, at First Baptist Church with Dr. Howard Batson officiating. Entombment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery East Mausoleum under the direction of Memorial Park Funeral Directors...

From left, Alan Garey of Curtis, Jim Kent of Benkelman and Mike Kuhlen of McCook have been elected to serve as board directors of the McCook College Foundation and will begin serving their three-year term Jan. 1, 2016. Incorporated in 1974, the Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established to raise funds solely to support the students and programs at McCook Community College in the core categories of student financial aid, campus enhancements and student and community activities and programs.. ...

Preserving local access to care is one of the most important components of a healthy community. At Community Hospital in McCook, Nebraska, we help all of our patients get the care and medicine they need to get better and remain healthy. However, patients are not just the people who walk through our doors; our definition is everyone in our area. In our view, the hospital's work is not contained inside its walls. Our mission is in our name: we serve the Community at large...

The American tax system is based on honesty and voluntary compliance. When you stop laughing, consider the taxes you, as an honest citizen, are paying to make up for those who are less than honest, as well as interest on the national debt. Thanks to reduced funding for the IRS, the amount of money the government has recovered from non-compliant taxpayers is the lowest its been since 2004...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Several McCook businesses are sporting a new store front, with a host of others slated for similar renovation projects, and construction is already underway on McCook's latest senior housing project, all thanks to local-option sales tax funds...

PALISADE, Neb. -- Southwest Public Power District, based in Palisade will have crews from a metering company replacing customers' electric meters over the next six months in SWPPD service areas in Red Willow, Hitchcock, Chase, Hayes and Dundy counties...

A jolt to the system was delivered Wednesday as it was announced that the Kentucky Fried Chicken, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut 3-plex would be closing two out of the three of the businesses, Taco Bell and KFC, leaving half of the building empty. The Gazette's Nate James sits down with Kevin Cox, the General Manager and Jim Molacek, the Director of Operations...

Alan Garey of Curtis, Jim Kent of Benkelman, and Mike Kuhlen of McCook have been elected to serve on the board of directors of the McCook College Foundation and began serving their three year term January 1, 2016. Incorporated in 1974, the Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established to raise funds solely to support the students, and programs at McCook Community College in the core categories of student financial aid, campus enhancements, and student and community activities and programs.. ...

City of McCook, Nebraska, and Red Willow Western Rural firefighters work to free a man trapped under an overturned tractor this evening about one-half mile north of Highway 6&34 on County Road 388, known locally as the Weathercraft road. Emergency responders, the Red Willow County Sheriff's Department and the Nebraska State Patrol responded to the...

Lawrence A. Sheneman Jan. 25, 1927 - Nov. 4, 2015 BEAVER CITY, Neb. -- --Lawrence A. Sheneman, 88, died Wednesday (Nov. 4, 2015) at Phelps Memorial Health Center in Holdrege, Nebraska. He was born Jan. 25, 1927, in Oxford, Nebraska, to Early and Phoebe Sheneman. ...