Stories from Thursday, June 6, 2019

COLBY, Kan. — The array of singles, doubles and triples for McCook National Bank Wednesday night were even better than visiting Colby’s tasty Meat Market restaurant right off Interstate 70. The Seniors feasted on 33 hits while conquering this doubleheader like a cool chocolate milkshake...

“She can’t take much more of this, captain!” It turns out the traditional Scots engineer transported to the 23rd century for the original Star Trek series could take quite a lot, himself. Seventy-five years ago today, future “Scottie” James Doohan stormed Juno beach with the Royal Canadian Artillery, taking out two snipers before being wounded with six bullets from a German machine gun. He lost part of a finger, but a silver cigarette case in his pocket stopped a bullet from piercing his heart...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook SCNBL Cats 14U lost the lead late in a 13-11 defeat to Holdrege on Wednesday evening. The game was tied at 11 with Holdrege batting in the top of the fourth when an error scored one run for Holdrege. SCNBL Cats 14U collected six hits and Holdrege had three in the high-scoring affair...

FELLING FIELD — Mac’s Drive In Marauders lost the lead late in a 4-3 defeat to Sports Shoppe Iron Birds on Wednesday. The game was tied 3-3 with Sports Shoppe Iron Birds batting in the top of the fifth when Jaime Samaniego grounded out, scoring one run...

McCOOK, Neb. — Heritage Hill Men’s League standings following Wednesday night on the course: A League Samway/Michaelis 124.5 Deveny Motors 118 Gary Thompson Agcy 113 Arrow/Kohl Auto 110.5 McCook Lettering 109.5 Coppermill/Loop 108...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Brandon Crick of McCook and Braden Thornberry of Olive Branch, Mississippi, have been granted exemptions to play in the Pinnacle Bank Championship in Omaha next month. The 31-year-old Crick played at Nebraska and turned professional in 2010. His best performance this year was a tie for 19th in the Dormie Network Classic in San Antonio...

HAYS, Kan. — The McCook Rebels 12 & under softball team went 4-1 to earn third place at the Hays Summer blast tournament last weekend. The Rebels finished 3-0 in pool play on Saturday. They started with an 8-3 win over the Colby Sweet Thunder featuring 12 hits overall...

McCOOK, Neb. — More than a 30% drop was seen for second quarter totals in Boutique Air passengers embarking and deplaning at McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport. There were 208 passengers flying out in May, a 7.96% decrease compared to 226 passengers May of 2018. Second quarter totals for passengers flying out were 371 passengers, a 35.59% drop from 2018 second quarter totals at 576 passengers...

McCOOK, Neb. — Three areas in McCook will be looked at to see if they qualify to be designated as blighted and substandard. The McCook Council Monday night received and filed an agreement with Miller and Associates, Consulting Engineers, P.C., for a “blight” study in the City of McCook. ...

TREYNOR, Iowa — A graduate of Maywood High School received the 2019 "Charles E. Lakin Outstanding Teacher Award" at his elementary school in Treynor, Iowa.. Michael Stinman, a K-5th music instructor at Treynor Elementary School, was named the second winner in the elementary category in a surprise ceremony at the school May 29. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — A total of $238,000 is estimated to be the cost of three street improvements still scheduled to be completed. A total of six street improvement projects were approved by the McCook City Council this year, at a cost of about $1.2 million. Revenue for these projects is coming from city sales tax revenue at $250,000, used annually to fund street improvement projects, as well as buy-back dollars from the state and additional gas tax money...

McCOOK, Neb. — Any questions about stage curtains and installation can probably be answered by Tracy Burkey. That’s because the administration assistant at the City of McCook was tasked with finding quotes for new curtains at Memorial Auditorium and in doing so, had a crash course in curtain management...

McCOOK, Neb. — Weather permitting, an asphalt-patching project will begin June 12 on US-34, according to the Nebraska Department of Transportation.  The asphalt patching is to remove and replace deteriorated asphalt to improve the roadway surface and drivability...

Community Hospital volunteers from McCook joined hundreds of others this morning preparing the the 2019 Cattlemen’s Ball near Enders Reservoir, which begins Friday. Country superstar Clay Walker is headline performer Saturday night for the two-day, sold-out event, which aslo includes a golf tournament, 5K run, champagne brunch, wine tasting, auctions, ranch rodeo and many other events to benefit the Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center in Omaha, as well as local health and wellness programs. ...