Stories from Monday, August 28, 2017

AURORA, Neb. — Senior Zach Schlager’s post-game smile showed why the trust fund for 2017 McCook football should never run out. Not with the deep pockets of talent filling another Bison roster. Yes, all-state quarterback Schlager limped off the field before halftime Friday night against Class B No. 6 Aurora...

McCOOK, Neb. -- What a difference a day can make...

Theda Blythe McKee Feb. 27, 1928 - Aug. 24, 2017 HOXIE, Kan. — Theda Blythe McKee, 89, formerly of Selden, Kan., died Thursday (Aug. 24, 2017), at Sheridan County Health Complex LTCU in Hoxie. She was born Feb. 27, 1928, in Colby, Kan., to Christmas Carl and Edith (Brainard) Carman. ...

Jeanie Marie Weese Vincent Aug. 6, 1971 - Aug. 12, 2017 OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — Jeanie Marie Weese Vincent, 46, died Aug. 12, 2017, in Oklahoma City. She was born in Stratton, Neb., on Aug. 6, 1971, to James Weese and Connie (Owens) LeMay. She grew up in Colorado and Arizona. She married twice, both ending in divorce...

BARTLEY, Neb. -- Southwest used big plays to dispatch Sutherland 36-22 Friday night in Bartley...

BENKELMAN, Neb. -- In a game that saw five lead changes and a lightning delay, Dundy County-Stratton found the spark to pull away from Alma Friday night.

HOLDREGE, Neb. — McCook’s varsity softball team finished strong on Saturday with two big wins at the Holdrege Invitational. The Bison (4-4 overall) no-hit Minden, 12-0, in their final game of an eight-game opening road stretch. Senior Shayne Coleman pitched all three innings, striking out three...

McCOOK, Neb. — They were rolling down the fairways and overcoming “10” on the first hole without a sweat. Overall — though far from where they want to be in October — McCook High golfers made great strides at Friday’s Bison Invitational. Seniors Holland Stagemeyer and Cassidy Redel both placed among the top six while McCook took third overall among six varsity teams...

BEATRICE, Neb. -- The McCook Community College Indians went 4-0 in the Southeast Community College RKP Tournament Friday and Saturday in Beatrice...

AURORA, Neb. – Team stats and all the Bison leaders from McCook’s 38-8 crashing of Aurora’s home opener Friday evening: Team stats Rush yards: McCook 223, Aurora 51. Pass yards: Aurora 291, McCook 153. Total yards: McCook 376, Aurora 342. Turnovers: Aurora 3, McCook 1...

A recap of high school football games involving area teams...

McCOOK, Neb. — Trash collection fees are scheduled for a slight increase in the coming year. The McCook City Council granted first reading approval last week for a 25 cent per month residential increase and a $1 per ton increase for commercial waste...

Editors note: This is the first in a five-part series on new teachers hired this year for McCook Public Schools. In this installment, teachers talk about how they chose their career in education, despite starting out with other ideas. Deon Allen wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps, but instead ended up finding his own...

We remember the lines of volunteers to give blood following the 9/11 terror attacks in New York, and the sad realization that their donations weren’t really needed by the few survivors of the Twin Towers collapse. Thankfully, loss of life has been limited in the Hurricane Harvey assault on southeast Texas, but the widespread desire to help is still appropriate...

Recently the McCook Gazette ran an editorial about the number of people who are hit by lightning each year. The writer was pleased to report that there has been a marked decrease in the number of lightning fatalities in the last years, but the experts were at a loss as to why this is so. Maybe we’re just lucky, or people spend less time outdoors during thunder storms, or perhaps something else. Whatever the cause, it is a good thing...

If you know of a hardworking young person who will be in college in the Lincoln area during the spring 2018 semester and who has an interest in government, policy, politics, or administration, the legislature is currently selecting for Legislative Page Positions. Pages must be high school graduates currently enrolled in a Nebraska college or trade school with a GPA of 2.5 or higher, and able to work 20 hours a week from January through May 2018...