Stories from Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Kim Marie Harrington Dec. 29, 1956 - Nov. 18, 2017 McCOOK, Neb. — Kim Marie Harrington peacefully passed away Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017, after a brief battle with cancer at Hillcrest in McCook.  Kim was born Dec. 29, 1956, in Brainerd, Minn., to parents, George and Monica O'Million Nichols. Kim grew up and attended school in Iron River, Mich...

Chris LeBay, from left, Rachael Winder and Rob Dike of Valmont Industries in McCook, unload food items at the McCook Pantry, the result of a two-week food drive at Valmont. Employees brought in 920 pounds of food, or 1,050 individual items. A volunteer at the McCook Pantry said they appreciated the donation, as traffic at the pantry is always a little heavier during the holidays...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Community College Indians basketball team picked up its first win of the season Tuesday night, 71-61, a conference win over Central Community College in the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center. “I really thought our offensive rebounds were the key to the win,” MCC Coach Kellen Fernetti said. “Our turnovers were down and Colby Cox hit some key thee-pointers there in the fourth quarter.”...

Latest bowling league results from TJ’s Family Fun Center in McCook: Men’s Major Pizza Hut 228.5-189.5 Maris Gen. Cons. 228-190 J&L Construction 217.5-197.5 Diamond Vogel 213-207 Wagner’s Ford 208.5-211.5 Five Loners 207.5-210.5...

The volleyball teams announced recently; East All-RPAC appeared on Monday. First Team: Faith Simpson Wauneta-Palisade 12 MH 6’ 00” Sydney Mullin Maxwell 12 OH 5’ 11” Grace Frederick Dundy County Stratton 11 MH 5’ 11” Jayden Widener Maywood/Hayes Center 11 OH 5’ 10”...

People who’ve never been sportswriters have often asked “how can you not love your job?” That’s a good question but — believe it or not — tough to answer when you’re skidding between two deer on a dark Nebraska highway following Friday night football...

Admit if you have experienced this feeling: You select a pair of pants for the day but there is trepidation because sometimes they are loose, sometimes they are snug. You slowly pull them on, wondering if you will be able to breathe freely today or if the waistband will be digging into your mid-section all day...

McCOOK, Neb. -- A dominant fourth quarter helped McCook breeze past Cambridge 67-34 in Tuesday’s NSAA Hall of Fame Jamboree game played at McCook Senior High. The Bison led 21-16 at halftime and 41-30 at the end of the third quarter before outscoring the Trojans 26-4 in the final period...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Cambridge picked up where it left off last season with a 49-27 win over McCook in Tuesday’s NSAA Hall of Fame Jamboree game played at McCook Senior High. Coming off a 2017 state tournament appearance, the Lady Trojans built an early double-digit lead that it would only build on as the game went along...

McCOOK, Neb. — State Sen. Steve Halloran is sponsoring a town hall meeting at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in McMillen Hall, 1205 E. Third, Room 213, concerning LR6, calling for a Convention of States. Halloran, who represents Dist. 33 in the Legislature, will speak and answer questions about the lesser-known function of Article V of the U.S. Constitution. He says the founders actually prepared for the problem of a corrupt federal government and provided a way for ordinary citizens to fix it...

McCOOK, Neb. — The 34-year-old McCook man accused of leading law enforcement officers on a four-county chase last week waived his right to a preliminary hearing in Red Willow County Court Tuesday afternoon. Judge Anne Paine transferred the case of Samuel Yeager, charged with felony sex offender registry violations and flight to avoid arrest, a Class 4 felony, to district court. He will appear in district court on Monday, Dec. 4; a time has not yet been set...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse is sending a member of his staff to host a mobile office in McCook and Trenton on Wednesday, Nov. 29. The staff member will be available at the Red Willow County Courthouse, 502 Norris Ave. in McCook, 9 to 10:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Hitchcock County Courthouse, 229 East D in Trenton...

Many families make a habit of asking each member to mention something they are grateful for as they sit down the Thanksgiving feast. Relatively cheap, abundant food might be first on the list. Better yet, many share that abundance with the less fortunate, supporting food pantries and helping provide meals for the less fortunate...

In 2011, N-CORPE was formed when four Nebraska Natural Resource Districts (Upper Republican NRD, Middle Republican NRD, Lower Republican NRD and Twin Platte NRD) agreed to create an inter-local entity to jointly administer statutory duties to aid Nebraska’s efforts to comply with the Republican River Compact...

Halloween is over and Thanksgiving is near. We have many things to be thankful for. President Trump is very intelligent and never says stupid things. We have had only two mass shootings in the past several months, and the last one killed only 20 in Texas, compared to around 50 in Las Vegas...