Stories from Thursday, July 25, 2019

GERING, Neb. — Pairings were finalized Thursday morning and the McCook National Bank Seniors will play Springfield during Saturday's Class B Legion state baseball opening round at Oregon Trail Park in Gering. First pitch is set for 5 p.m. central time, or 4 p.m. mountain...

INCOLN, Neb. — McCook, Curtis and Palisade have all added gold into their medal collections during this week’s 2019 Nebraska Cornhusker State Games. McCook’s made the greatest impact thanks mainly to athletes named Shaw. Jeremy Shaw won four gold medals in his 165-pound powerlifting division as listed in photo caption (at left)...

Steve Doak March 18, 1953, - July 15, 2019 CHULA VISTA, Calif. — Steve Doak passed away on Tuesday, July 16, 2019, at 66 years of age. He was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia in May. He was an incredible father and a friend to many. Born in Goodland, Kan., on March 18, 1953, to Wayne and Vonda Doak, his family settled in McCook, Neb. ...

Richard James Dunkhas May 6, 1939 - July 24, 2019 HOLDREGE, Neb. — Richard James Dunkhas, 80, of Holdrege, died Wednesday (July 24, 2019), at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Neb. He was born on May 6, 1939, in Oxford, Neb., to Chriss and Margaret (McIntire) Dunkhas. He graduated high school in 1957. He married DeEtta L. Martin on Jan. 3, 1959. He worked for Burlington Northern Railroad and in 1964, starting working on the family farm...

McCOOK, Neb. — Hillcrest Nursing Home will garner $105,000 in revenue over expenses for the fiscal year. While not an astounding number, it’s still better than losing money, said Hillcrest Board of Trustee president Randy Dean at the board meeting Wednesday morning...

McCOOK, Neb. — The Hillcrest Board of Trustees gave the go-ahead to the Hillcrest Foundation for converting a room at the facility for a chapel. Currently, there is no chapel at Hillcrest and the activities room is being used for services when needed...

"Clover Kid" pre-4-H'er Luis Almanza and rabbit show judge Dennis Pace of Broken Bow discuss Snowball's "lucky rabbit's foot" in rabbit showmanship during the Red Willow County Fair on the fairgrounds in McCook Thursday morning. Assisting a shy Luis with Pace's questions was his club leader Bryn Jordan, left; holding the microphone to capture Luis' answers was Patti Neel. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — The Heritage Hills Men’s League rolled on with Gary Thompson Agency climbing the A League standings while Pinnacle Bank took B League leadership, just above Red Willow Aviation. A League Old Sarge’s Bar 82.5 Samway/Michaelis 80...

After polling nearly 7,000 patrons, Columbine High School, Jeffco Public Schools Superintendent Jason Glass announced that there isn’t enough support to tear down and rebuild Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo. The patrons are right. We remember how things got slowly back to normal after the September 11 attacks; perhaps too quickly. ...

PLYMOUTH, Neb. — Hoping to improve on last year’s Class C state Legion baseball tournament showing, Imperial’s juniors came home a bit disappointed from this year’s experience. Imperial was eliminated from the tourney after losing its first two games to Syracuse and Pierce...

McCOOK, Neb. — Power pitching and great hitting are only part of what led to the Hickman celebration at McCook’s Jaycees Complex Wednesday afternoon. Perhaps there’s even a bigger reason for the 5-0 Class B Juniors Legion state tournament sweep this week:...