Stories from Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Nebraska Department of Roads crews continue to work to clear highways in Southwest and south central Nebraska and have opened US-136 in Franklin County. Travel remains difficult in many areas due to roads being snow-packed and icy. The following roads in the area are currently closed:...

Wilma Sue Frick TRENTON, Neb. -- Wilma Sue Frick, 76, formerly of Herndon, Kansas, died Tuesday ( Feb. 2, 2016), at the El Dorado Manor in Trenton. Services are pending with Herrmann-Jones Funeral Home in McCook, Nebraska.

Kadence Matthew Christopher Day McCOOK, Neb. -- Infant Kadence Matthew Christopher Day was born sleeping on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016. He was born at Tri Valley Health System in Cambridge, Nebraska. He was born to Kristen Shayne Dike and Christopher Kyle Day. He departed this world way too soon, but we have faith that he is with God and we will see him again...

Kadence Matthew Christopher Day McCOOK, Neb. -- Infant Kadence Matthew Christopher Day was born sleeping on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016. He was born at Tri Valley Health System in Cambridge, Nebraska. He was born to Kristen Shayne Dike and Christopher Kyle Day. He departed this world way too soon, but we have faith that he is with God and we will see him again...

Danny Gene Pinkerton Jan. 12, 1947 - Jan. 28, 2016 IRVINE, Calif. -- Danny Gene Pinkerton, age 69, of Irvine, formerly of North Platte, Nebraska, passed away at home on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016, after a battle with cancer. Danny was born Jan. 12, 1947, to Gene and Margie Clark Pinkerton at Lexington, Nebraska. He grew up in the Lexington and Cozad area before the family moved to North Platte. Danny graduated from high school in 1965 then joined the U.S. Navy in July and served in Vietnam...

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...

COLBY, Kan. -- The Registrar's Office at Colby Community College has announced the names of students who achieved academic distinction for the fall 2015 semester. To earn a place on a CCC honor roll, students must complete 12 or more credit hours and have no failing grades. Students on the Dean's Honor Roll have grade point averages of 3.75-3.99. The President's Honor Roll includes only those with a perfect 4.0 GPA...

SEWARD, Neb. -- Concordia University, Nebraska named 260 students to its honors list for the fall 2015 semester. Students from Southwest Nebraska include: ARAPAHOE: Barbara Leising, senior; Mary Leising, senior; WAUNETA: Kelsie Skelton, a senior. The top 25 percent of undergraduate students who complete at least 12 credit hours on the traditional A-F grading scale, receive no failing grades in the semester and earn a semester GPA of at least 3.5 qualify for the honors list...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Challenged by snow-packed punches from the winter gods and assisted by bulldog-nosed water tankers, the McCook Fire Department, Red Willow County sheriff's department and Red Willow Western firefighters responded to emergencies in a blizzard unlike any known around here for decades...

McCOOK, Neb. -- A renovation project converting the former McCook ALCO building into an agricultural lab is nearing completion, thanks to assistance from state and local tax dollars. The Nebraska Department of Economic Development announced in April a $297,060 grant awarded to the McCook Economic Development Corp. ...

Psalms 150 says, "Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise him with the harp and lyre, praise him with timbrel and dancing, praise him with the strings and pipe, praise him with the clash of cymbals, praise him with resounding cymbals. Let everything that has breath praise the Lord."...

Well, we have burned through the first month of our new year and things are starting to heat up astronomically speaking, now we just have to wait for the weather to catch up. Yesterday was Groundhog Day, or the day that pesky rodent in Pennsylvania was supposed to stick his head out of his burrow looking for his shadow...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Truckers stranded in McCook during Tuesday's blizzard got a hot meal and time out of the storm, thanks to a local restaurateur. After a tip, Val Fuller of Fuller's Restaurant drove his Hummer to the Walmart parking lot Tuesday afternoon and picked up seven stranded truckers...

Sandra Louise Constant Aug. 17, 1941 - Feb. 1, 2016 McCOOK, Neb. -- Sandra Louise Constant, age 74, passed away Feb. 1, 2016, at the Community Hospital in McCook. Sandra was born Aug. 17, 1941, in Fort Knox, Kentucky, to Charles Edward Wing and Virginia Gertrude Burns. She married Clarke Constant on Nov. 28, 1992, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The couple moved to McCook in 2000...

Gary Lavern Scott Feb. 18, 1944 - Feb. 2, 2016 McCOOK, Neb. -- Gary Lavern Scott, age 71, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016, at Community Hospital of McCook. Gary was born on Feb. 18, 1944, to Russell B. and Rosa (Dugan) Scott in Sutherland, Nebraska...