Stories from Wednesday, July 25, 2018

BEAVER CITY, Neb. — All the entries from Saturday night’s Furnas County Demoltion Derby: Limited weld with prize money earned: 1. Carl Neville, $2,000; 2. Tyler Maas, $1,500; 3. Brad Hulse, $1,000; 4. Ethan Johnson, $700; 5. Shelby Schroeder, $400; 6. Brandon Herrick, $50; 7. Blaine Groothuis, $50; 8. Brian Johnson, $50; 9. Chris Wenninghoff, $50...

Joyce A. Sis April 5, 1941 - July 23, 2018 NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Joyce A. Sis, 77, of North Platte, passed away July 23, 2018, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Neb. Joyce was born April 5, 1941, in Atwood, Kan., to Kenneth and Erma (Fleischacker) McDougal. ...

hese McCook Bison Tennis Camp participants competed the advanced league challenge this summer. All are listed from left. Front row: Jaylen Gonzales, Harper Stevens, Brynn Hill, Amalia Almanza, Wyatt Meyers, James Neel, Dylan Carlin, Cadde Beeby, Lincoln Michaeliis and Brett Fraker. ...

hese McCook Bison Tennis Camp participants competed the advanced league challenge this summer. All are listed from left. Front row: Jaylen Gonzales, Harper Stevens, Brynn Hill, Amalia Almanza, Wyatt Meyers, James Neel, Dylan Carlin, Cadde Beeby, Lincoln Michaeliis and Brett Fraker. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook Community College Men’s Basketball coach Brandon Lenhart announced the signing of Ngoye Bobmanuel to the 2018 recruiting class. Bobmanuel, a 6’8 forward originally from Nigeria, played his senior season at Victory Christian Center School in Charlotte, North Carolina...

McCOOK, Neb. — Big-play touchdowns featuring seven of 50 yards or more lit up Weiland Field during Tuesday’s McCook Football League doubleheader. Both the Ravens and Eagles reached 3-0 with impressive victories. The Eagles-Redskins game was tight from start to finish as these fifth and sixth graders traded scores...

WAYNE, Neb. — McCook National Bank’s Seniors has drawn Area 3 champion Bennington to start Class B Legion state baseball tournament play on Saturday. Game time is set for 1 p.m. in Wayne following another first-round contest between Alliance and Hickman...

McCOOK, Neb. — A “haunted house” tour advertised on Facebook at St. Catherine’s Hospital in McCook will not materialize. According to the event posted by “Simplyghost.com” on Facebook, “the first ever paranormal investigation” of St. Catherine’s Hospital was set for two nights, Aug. 17 and 18, and sponsored by “ParaGeezers.”...

LINCOLN, Neb. – Many rural Nebraskans are saving money and generating income by using the internet, according to the 2018 Nebraska Rural Poll. Six in 10 rural Nebraskans surveyed are using the internet to save money by price matching or bargain hunting, and about one-third are generating income by buying or selling items online. Seven percent of respondents estimated the impact on their household as $1,000 or more annually...

Say “money” and an image of that silver coin rattling in your pocket or that green bill folded in your wallet comes to mind. When it comes down to it, however, money is anything two people, the buyer and seller, agree it is. The Pacific islanders who use huge, round stones with holes drilled in the middle come to mind...

I was on the phone with my best friend from high school (I am almost 62 so we have been friends a long time) talking about how in the world anyone could still be supporting Trump when she said her significant other LOVES Trump. I asked why, and she explained he doesn’t like the man but he likes his policies...

I am calling out Rep. Adrian Smith to quit hiding and DEBATE his worthy adversary, Paul Theobald. Election debates are the hallmark of American democracy. They represent the #1 way voters learn how to best cast their precious vote. Before we make a decision between two cars, two washing machines, two job offers, two marriage proposals, all the important decisions in our life - we make a side-by-side comparison. ...