Stories from Monday, April 9, 2018

McCOOK, Neb. -- The McCook Lady Bison volleyball program will see a familiar face taking over next season...

Shirley Joan Schall Nov. 27, 1948 - April 5, 2018 KEARNEY, Neb. — Shirley Joan Schall, age 69, of Kearney, passed away April 5, 2018, at University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Neb., surrounded by her family. Visitation was Sunday April 8, 2018, at Govier Brothers Mortuary, 542 South 9th Ave in Broken Bow, Neb...

Larry Owens March 27, 1946 - April 5, 2018 CRESTON, Iowa — Larry Owens, 72, of Creston, passed away surrounded by his family at Greater Regional Hospice House on Thursday April 5, 2018. Celebration of Life Services will be Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at 10 a.m. ...

Gordon John Christensen July 9, 1925- April 6, 2018 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Gordon John Christensen, 92, died Friday (April 6, 2018), at Christian Rest Homes in Grand Rapids. He was born July 9, 1925, in Seattle, Wash., to Ivor John and Helen Violet (Weston) Christensen. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The McCook Community College Lady Indian softball team took a pair of games Sunday against Northeastern Junior College winning the first game 11-3 and coming from behind to win the second game 9-4...

LINCOLN, Neb. — The Cornhusker State Games Torch Run begins June 1 in Hemingford and will make appearances at 11 community events before lighting the caldron at the Games’ Opening Ceremonies on July 20 at Seacrest Field in Lincoln. The Torch Run will go through Southwest Nebraska on June 9, with a route planned from Imperial to McCook...

We used to allot at least half an hour to go through newsroom mail in the Gazette, but the advent of email has cut the number of letters to a couple a day. There’s little or no time savings, however, since it takes the same amount of time or more to go through email, even with much of that traffic being automatically routed into trash or junk mail folders...

Recently, at a gab session I attended, the subject of winning the lottery came up. I’m sure that at one time or another each of us has pondered (if just for a moment) just what we would do if we won big money in the lottery. That seemed to be the case for most of the people at the table. For most of us that is probably pure speculation, because one has to buy a lottery ticket in order to have a chance to win and most of us never even take that first step...