Stories from Monday, December 18, 2017

McCOOK, Neb. -- McCook head coach Amy Scheil said it doesn’t matter who scores for the Lady Bison. All she hopes for is balance...

McCOOK, Neb. -- North Platte is as big of a rival as McCook has...

SUTHERLAND, Neb. -- Maverick Green and Jalen Kruep are no strangers to success...

GRANT, Neb. — A team truly is dominated when nearly as many players score points as the other team’s TOTAL points. The unbeaten Dundy County-Stratton girls didn’t quite reach that feat Saturday night, but 12 Tigers did hit shots in a 65-16 pummeling of Perkins County...

ARAPAHOE, Neb. — Stellar Southwest defense allowed no field goals before halftime and junior Caitlyn Smith’s 21 points sparked a 51-23 victory over Arapahoe Friday evening. The Roughriders raised their record to 3-4 as eight different players hit baskets...

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — A strong 17-7 fourth quarter broke the Cambridge boys away from Loomis Wolves and on to their 56-48 home win Friday evening. The Trojans (5-2) were tied 39-39 until sophomore guard Paxton Ross got free to bury a pair of huge three-point baskets...

ARAPAHOE, Neb. — Senior Spencer Watson’s 13 points in the first quarter sparked Arapahoe to a feisty 49-42 win over area foe Southwest Friday evening. Watson (22 points total) won a super early duel with Roughrider senior Derek Greenlee, who delivered 10 points before those first eight minutes were finished...

SUPERIOR, Neb. — Every boys’ varsity basketball team has a win before Christmas after Southern Valley and Maywood-Hayes Center scored victories Saturday evening. Freshman Clayton Berry’s sizzling six-for-seven shooting sparked the S.V. Eagles to a tough 49-46 win over Superior...

VALENTINE, Neb. — Freshman Alec Langan’s 5-2 win in his consolation final put the final touches on McCook’s pre-Christmas wrestling efforts at Valentine Saturday afternoon. Langan battled past tough area foe Evan Fisher from Chase County to decide which 182-pounder would take third during this two-day Valentine Invitational...

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — Put a capital “L” on the holiday light show senior KateLynn Benson put on for Cambridge Trojan fans Friday night. Loomis new where all the electricity was coming from — but no one could stop Benson from hitting six of seven three-point shots...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Following a work session on overall budget parameters and a facilities master plan, the Mid-Plains Community College board of governors is expected to approve the purchase of a home near the McCook Community College campus...

BEAVER CITY, Neb. — Furnas County sheriff’s officers are looking for an Arapahoe woman in connection with an ongoing narcotics investigation. Cheryl L. Westerland, 53, of Arapahoe was not home at the time officers executed a search warrant on her house at 403 Fourth Street, Lot 4, in Arapahoe at 6:20 p.m., Dec. ...

Columbus, Neb. – Electric rates for wholesale and retail customers of Nebraska Public Power District will remain stable for 2018 with no overall average increase in either category of customers. NPPD President and CEO Pat Pope praised work done by District employees to implement long-term, cost-cutting measures that do not impact service, reliability, or jeopardize safety for customers or themselves...

McCOOK, Neb. — A local felon arrested this summer on charges including possession of a deadly weapon, burglary tools and drug paraphernalia, was sentenced to probation time earlier this month in Red Willow County District Court. The man, 34-year-old Joshua Knappert of 912 West K Street and 1207 West 14th Street, accepted a plea agreement in October admitting guilt to a Class IV felony for attempted possession of a deadly weapon by a convicted felon and a Class 3 misdemeanor for driving under suspension. ...

LINCOLN, Neb. — On December 18, 2017 the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will begin enforcement of the ELD (Electronic Logging Device) Mandate, which was signed into law in 2015. This new electronic logging technology affects any motor carrier or driver that is required to keep track of Hours of Service by preparing a log book and has a number of technical and practical considerations as the systems are put into use...

To many Nebraskans, their work is not only a way to make a living, but a way of life. Take horse massage therapy—better known to its practitioners as equine massage therapy—which has faced obstacles to becoming an established, lawful profession in Nebraska...

McCOOK, Neb. — Goodwill Industries of Greater Nebraska is having a donation drive in McCook beginning after noon on Thursday Dec. 28 and continuing through Tuesday Jan. 2, 2018. People living in McCook and around the surrounding communities can drop off their donations at the Sears Parking Lot at the Highway 83 and Highway 6-34 Junction, McCook...