Stories from Monday, May 9, 2016

THURSDAY 1:40 a.m., Southwest McCook -- open door 5:25 a.m., Southwest McCook -- intrusion alarm 8:18 a.m., 300 block of East 8th Street -- neighbor dispute 8:23 a.m., 300 block of East 8th Street -- nuisance abatement 8:41 a.m., 600 block of W. First Street -- uncontrollable juvenile...

94th birthday The children of Evelyn Winters of McCook are requesting a card shower in honor of her 94th birthday Saturday, May 14. Cards of congratulations will reach her at 610 East 14th, C3, McCook, NE 69001.

McCOOK, Neb. -- The Nebraska 2016 Primary Election is only hours away and for McCook voters primarily revolves around selecting a presidential candidate and considering whether to renew the city's ability to spend sales tax revenue on economic development...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Life isn't all about us, said one of the student speakers featured at the 2016 McCook High School commencement ceremony Sunday. "We're a selfish generation ... we need to stop focusing on ourselves and start being self-less," said Brandon Molcyk, one of three student speakers at graduation ceremonies at the Peter and Delores Graff Events Center. ...

Alexis Popp photographed this tornado in front of her Indianola home about 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Red Willow County Sheriff Alan Kotschwar said Dept. Mahlon Lofton watched one funnel cloud and then another touchdown about two to three miles southeast of Indianola, between Indianola and Bartley, starting about 6:30 p.m., Sunday. ...

Speakers gave this weekends' graduates a lot of advice, but dropping out of school wasn't among it. We've all heard the stories about college dropouts doing well -- Time has a Top 10 list in fact: Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Frank Lloyd Wright, Buckminster Fuller, James Cameron, Mark Zuckerberg, Tom Hanks, Harrison Ford, Lady Gaga and Tiger Woods...

Recently, the Nebraska sports world was rocked with the news of the resignation of Connie Yori, from her position as Head Coach of the University of Nebraska Lady Husker basketball team. Yori, after 14 years at the helm, has emerged as the winningest coach in the program's history, with some 280 victories against 166 defeats, for a .628 winning percentage, at Nebraska, 475-306 overall, in 26 seasons of coaching. ...

Diana and Duane Tappe say goodbye to McCook during an open house-reception Saturday afternoon at the High Plains Museum. The couple moved to McCook 20 years ago, and has been very involved in school, church, community and volunteer activities ever since. ...

Stannis Maureen Spencer Nov. 26, 1927 -May 8, 2016 McCOOK, Neb. -- Stannis Maureen Spencer, age 88, passed away Sunday, May 8, 2016, at Community Hospital of McCook. Stannis was born on Nov. 26, 1927, to Stanley Marvin and Mary Irene (Whitaker) Clark in Boise, Idaho. The family moved to Nebraska when she was young. She graduated from Benkelman High School in 1944...