Stories from Friday, July 20, 2018

HOLDREGE, Neb. —Doniphan-Trumbull players mentioned “15-running” as they built a quick six-run lead over McCook National Bank Thursday afternoon. They were oh so right – but wrong about who put 15 runs on the board when this B-6 tournament game was done...

I read a couple of posts on Facebook this past week that were pretty hard to believe. One said they would trust a Russian before a Democrat and the other asserted that Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were the two biggest terrorists in the world. We’ve always had partisan politics because each side has what they believe to be their own best way of governing and it tends to conflict directly with the way the other party sees it. ...

CRETE, Neb. — A tro of McCook-area high school graduates have earned Great Plains Athletic Conference scholar-athlete honors while competing for Doane College. Students must own a minimum 3.3 grade-point average throughout the academic year. Achieving this honor were Cambridge alum Alea Shaner (women’s basketball) along with former McCook Bison Abi McGill (women’s track and field) and Mack Alspaugh (men’s golf)...

OMAHA, Neb. — McCook High alum Brandon Crick appears to be moving up during today’s second round of the Pinnacle Bank Championship golf tournament. Through nine holes, Crick had fired two-under par to move from 61st place into a tie for 31st. He’s two-under overall after finishing Thursday’s par first round at the Indian Creek golf course...

League champions from the McCook Bison Tennis Camp completed this week are shown from left. Seated: Brett Fraker, Harper Stevens, Macy Hill, Delaney Jumps, Kassidy Michaelis, Carlie Peters and Amalia Almanza. Standing: Dylan Carlin, Chloe McMichael, Emily Alberts, Isaac Nielson, Isaac Hinze, Ian Brown, Maddie Travis, Casey Carlin and Kaiden Porter. A full recap of the camp and other photos can be seen in Thursday's McCook Gazette...

The collisions were great during a super-close season opener between Eagles and Redskins at Weiland Field Thursday night. The Eagles eventually prevailed 13-12 to start 1-0 in McCook Football League fifth and sixth-grade play. The Ravens shut out the Chiefs, 27-0, in seventh-eighth grade action and a photo appears in today's Gazette. Games continue tonight with first kickoff set for 6:30 p.m...

McCOOK, Neb. — When McCook cowboy and roper Tom Kiplinger died on July 29, 2017, he left behind a lifetime of adventures and lots of laughter and a legacy of charitable giving. A close friend said, “There’s been no one before in this area who has ever been as charitable as Tom Kiplinger.”...

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) have seized 168 pounds of marijuana and arrested two people following two separate traffic stops in Hamilton County. The first traffic stop occurred at approximately 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 18, just north of Interstate 80 on the Giltner spur, after a trooper observed a 2018 Chevrolet Tahoe fail to signal. During the traffic stop, an NSP K9 detected the odor of a controlled substance...

McCOOK, Neb. — After meeting as a board of equalization for tax roll corrections and a hearing on a motor vehicle tax exemption application, the Red Willow County board of commissioners will reconvene to open bids for Red Willow and Frontier County bridge replacement projects...