Stories from Thursday, September 8, 2016

We hit the 100-day mark last week and it is time for a report from Waverly. Seeing the weather reports from Red Willow County has us thinking about McCook these days. We hope that everyone is safely riding out the storms. Our rough weather was in June when average temperature was hottest since 1934 -- not to mention the HUMIDITY...

As a mother of three growing kiddos, I've been known to try and save a buck here and there. If I can catch a sale or online bargain, I'm gonna do it, because keeping up on everything for three girls can be a toughy! Anyway, I came down the stairs the other night, glanced in the living room and saw everyone in my household sitting in a comatose state, eyes focused on their ipads and cell phones, while the tv blared some obnoxious nonsense. ...

Other issues have come to the forefront in this year's presidential race, but gun control is never far from the surface. The Black Lives Matter group focuses attention on officer-involved shootings, while the other side points out that the majority of African Americans who die from gunshot wounds are killed by other blacks...

As a mother of three growing kiddos, I've been known to try and save a buck here and there. If I can catch a sale or online bargain, I'm gonna do it, because keeping up on everything for three girls can be a toughy! Anyway, I came down the stairs the other night, glanced in the living room and saw everyone in my household sitting in a comatose state, eyes focused on their iPads and cell phones, while the TV blared some obnoxious nonsense. ...

We hit the 100-day mark last week and it is time for a report from Waverly. Seeing the weather reports from Red Willow County has us thinking about McCook these days. We hope that everyone is safely riding out the storms. Our rough weather was in June when average temperature was hottest since 1934 -- not to mention the HUMIDITY...

OBERLIN, Kan. -- On July 25, 2016, it was discovered that a CAT scan log binder detailing patient information was not in its typical location on the Decatur Health System premises, according to DHS officials. The binder was believed to be taken from DHS premises between 5 p.m. on July 22, 2016 and 7 a.m. on July 25, 2016. The binder contains personal information, including patient name, date of birth, date of exam, diagnosis leading to the CAT scan, ordering provider, and x-ray exposure levels...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Volunteers are being sought to help repair bicycles for the annual McCook Toy Box charity event. Interested parties should contact Roger Brush at the bike shop on the 100 block of East C Street or call event coordinator Barb Ostrum at 345-1187...

CONNIE JO DISCOE Regional Editor CAMBRIDGE, Neb. -- The family she married into ... the friends she and her children have made ... the community that welcomed them. Melissa Jackson is completely sold on Cambridge, Nebraska. Her mother asks her, "Of all the places you've lived, you would pick Cambridge?" "Yes," Melissa has told her. "I would pick Cambridge."...

Decatur County Museum director Sharleen Wurm sorts through baby dolls donated for the museum's garage sale during the Kansas "Highway 36 Treasure Hunt" 400-mile, 35+-town, 13-county, border-to-border trail of garage sales, flea markets and community activities during the third weekend of September. ...

Charlene Pursley WAUNETA, Neb. -- Charlene Pursley, 85, died Tuesday (Sept. 6, 2016), at Sunrise Heights Nursing Home in Wauneta. Survivors include her husband, Dean Pursley of Wauneta; children, Rebecca Erickson (Steve) of Omaha, Neb., Chris Pursley (Annie) of Enders, Neb., Mike Pursley of Thornton, Colo., and Teresa Swoopes (Steve) of Omaha; sister: Donna Gockley (Dennis) of Wauneta; 11 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren...

Goldene Teter Jan. 14, 1928 - Aug. 30, 2016 DALLAS, Texas -- Goldene Teter left this life peacefully on Aug. 30, 2016, after a lengthy illness in Dallas. She was born Jan. 14, 1928, in Omaha, Neb., to Helen and Everett Greenlee. Her love of reading and helping others came early in life -- important attributes, given she was the oldest of six children...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Along with becoming the first City Council in more than a decade to increase McCook's property tax levy earlier this week, city leaders approved a request to install bullet-proof glass at the new city building and earmarked more than $100,000 for park improvements...

Down two sets to none, the North Platte Community College Knights rallied to defeat McCook Community College.

Resting Saturday's top placers did not stop the McCook High cross country boys from a top three finish at Lexington on Tuesday.

Republican River Runners, the new McCook area running club, established a state-wide reputation during half-marathon competition Aug. 27 during the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island.

A look at this week's Friday Night Lights

McCook will rev up the buses again this Friday, as they embark for the Nebraska panhandle to take on the Sidney Red Raiders.

Russell 'Russ' Louis Niebur Oct. 23, 1972 - Sept. 7, 2016 McCOOK, Neb. -- Russell "Russ" Louis Niebur, age 43, of McCook, passed away unexpectedly at Community Hospital in McCook on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016. Russ was born to parents Ronald Louis and Peggy Ann (Roberts) Niebur on Oct. 23, 1972, in Denver, Colo. He was one of three siblings growing up in Colorado, graduating from Green Mountain High School in Lakewood...