Stories from Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Mitch Lyster just wanted to compete and stay active...

INVESTIGATORS ESTABLISH LINK BETWEEN AK-47 BANDIT ROBBERY SERIES AND MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY SHOT AT A KANSAS STATE TROOPER Investigators with a variety of law enforcement agencies in multiple states believe they have identified a suspect known as the “AK-47 Bandit,” who was linked to armed bank...

BROKEN BOW, Neb. -- The sticks were clicking for McCook AmFirst Tuesday night...

McCOOK, Neb. — Hillcrest Nursing Home will make the last payment in September on the $1 million loan it utilized to pay expenses in 2012. The $220,000 payment will be in September, said Renee Wright, business manager at Hillcrest, at the regular Hillcrest Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday...

McCOOK, Neb. — The search will begin for a new administrator at Hillcrest Nursing Home, with the resignation Tuesday of Colinda Nappa. During a closed session at the regular Hillcrest Board of Trustees meeting, Nappa, current administrator, tendered her resignation effective by the end of the day, said Randy Dean, board president. Dean made the announcement after the board reconvened as an open meeting...

McCOOK, Neb. — A British fighter plane known for its epic dogfights and agility in the sky during World War II is now quietly waiting to be repaired in a McCook hangar. Backed safely into a corner at one of the largest hangars at Red Willow Aviation rests a Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX, one of only 12 in the U.S. today that is still flyable, according to its pilot, Warren Pietsch...

A news clipping of a 1929 photograph depicting several school buses at Red Willow High School is among several submissions on display at the McCook Arts Center on Norris Avenue. The art guild is soliciting early photographs and news clippings for participation in an upcoming Heritage Days exhibit. Among the entries already on display are images of McCook’s first doctor, Norris Park circa 1900 and McCook’s first hospital building...

McCook rancher Tom Kiplinger chuckles over the mannequin that wears his grandfather Jacob Bauer’s horsehide coat on display now at the High Plains Museum in McCook. McCook Beauty Academy students Dani Johnson and Shaylee Dorn recently “aged” the mannequin with a real hair beard and mustache to make him more believable as an 1800’s-era prairie hunter-trapper dressed to brave Nebraska winters. ...

Nebraska political, agricultural and business leaders are applauding a proposal to reverse an Obama-era environmental rule that was excessively restrictive everywhere in the U.S. but especially in the “flatwater state.” After the Obama administration’s EPA redefined the Waters of the United States rule, landowners, developers and municipalities were nearly paralyzed by the prospect of having to navigate federal red tape under threat of substantial fines...

McCOOK, Neb. — A Kentucky man traveling via Amtrak and arrested shortly after arriving in McCook on narcotic transportation charges was sentenced to probation earlier this month in Red Willow County District Court. The man, 58-year-old David L. McCord of Flemingsburg, accepted a plea agreement in April admitting guilt to a pair of Class IV felony offenses for possession of more than one pound of marijuana and possession of tetrahydrocannibinols...

FELLING FIELD – The Golden Plains Realty Lugnuts fell behind early and couldn’t come back in a 13-4 loss to the McCook National Bank Rivercats in Game 6 of the Minors Division postseason tournament on Tuesday. The Rivercats dominated early by scoring seven first-inning runs with the big hits of the rally being a Jalen Collicott triple and Jack Baker’s RBI-double...

The Ed Thomas YMCA is now accepting registrations for youth volleyball and youth flag football for kids entering first through sixth grade. Registration is open now through August 7. Games will be played on Saturdays, beginning Sept. 9 through Oct. 21...

IMPERIAL, Neb. —Anybody who witnessed Kaleb Taylor’s perfect dart to second base on Monday night should dispute the powerful role reversal that took place Tuesday evening. “He’s got a pretty lively arm,” coach Jeff Holthus declared about his No. 1 catcher becoming a pitcher for one game against area foe Imperial...