Stories from Thursday, October 6, 2016

Few issues are more divisive or generate more controversy than abortion, legalized on a 5-4 Supreme Court decision in 1973. "Pro-choice" women and men took to the streets in Poland Monday to derail a complete ban on abortion that was making its way through the national legislature...

I read a statement the other day explaining that "just because I want to be alone doesn't mean I'm mad" and then went on to explain that being alone recharges your batteries which implies you would return a calmer and happier person. Well, that just fits me like a glove and I wonder if anyone out there will ever realize it...

Dear Editor, Thank You McCook! I want to offer a huge "thank you" to everyone involved with the Nebraska Art Teachers Association conference in McCook this past week. Art Teachers from around the state gathered in McCook to work together, learn from each other and be inspired to teach in a virtual world. ...

Kent Duane Martin Jan. 23, 1953 - Oct. 4, 2016 KEARNEY, Neb. -- Kent Duane Martin, 63, of Kearney, formerly of Danbury, Neb., died Tuesday (Oct. 4, 2016), at his home. Services are Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016, 2 p.m. at Danbury Presbyterian Church with Scott Inman officiating. Inurnment is at the Danbury/Marion Cemetery...

If you asked Bison head coach Jeff Gross, he'd say the next three weeks are his favorite of the season...

INDIANOLA, Neb. -- Southwest Public Schools is expanding its preschool program for classes starting in the fall of 2017. Elementary principal Kathy Latta said next fall, they plan a morning class for 3-year-olds and an afternoon class for 4-year-olds...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The McCook City Council approved a citizens group to proceed with an effort to install solar-powered lighting at the Bolles Canyon Skate Park earlier this week. McCook residents Kirk Dixon and Alan Gunther recapped goals of the project during Monday's regularly scheduled meeting...

McCOOK, Neb. -- An account has been opened at the Horizon Bank in McCook to help a local couple with medical and other expenses following a highway accident Saturday near Holbrook. Penny Johnson was treated for head and neck injuries and released but her husband, Kip, remains in Kearney's Good Samaritan hospital with a crushed pelvis, broken vertebrae and other injuries...

Farm Credit Services of America employees of North Platte and McCook, including Betty van Boening, left, and Jessica Wilson, both of North Platte, stacked canned goods in preparation of the Food Bank for the Heartland/Omaha "Mobile Pantry" in Curtis Wednesday. ...

Cambridge High School sophomores Spencer Rice, left, and Drew Sprinkle, visit with Nebraska Game and Parks wildlife biologist Chad Taylor during the third annual Southwest Nebraska College and Career Fair at CHS Wednesday. About 250 students from Arapahoe, Cambridge, Maywood, Medicine Valley, Southwest and Southern Valley visited with 30 business, trade and career representatives and recruiters from 12 colleges. ...

Promoter Sam Jaeger's annual "Clean-Up Demo Derby" will pit full-sized welds, no-welds, compacts, old-school '90's and newer, and trucks against each other Saturday, starting at 6:30 p.m., on the Red Willow County fairgrounds in the 1500 block of West Fifth in McCook. ...

Nebraska Department of Roads and Paulsen Inc. construction crews start the work to build a new bridge over Coon Creek west of Indianola. Also on Highway 6&34 between McCook and Indianola, crews are working this fall on grading and pavement patching. ...