Stories from Friday, November 26, 2021

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Bloated turkey R.B. Headley had already experienced one amazing Thanksgiving moment: eating pumpkin pie before, during and after Thursday’s road trip. Could there be another moment sweeter than pie today like Big Red actually beating those yucky Iowa Hawkeyes?...

McCOOK, Neb. — Jessie Jerome of Rawlins, Wyo., has signed her letter of intent to continue her volleyball career at McCook Community College, in the same month her older sister, Jordan, an MCC sophomore, signed on to continue her career at Augusta University in Georgia...

McCOOK, Neb. — Five McCook Community College volleyball players have received post-season and conference and Region IX awards as the program prepares to host the Region IX Showcase for 45 junior college athletes looking to continue their careers and displaying their talents in front of four-year coaches...

McCOOK, Neb. - The 15th annual Nebraska Kids Fitness and Nutrition Day (NKFND) was held in McCook in October at McCook Community College Peter and Dolores Graff Event Center with approximately 480 fourth grade students. The event was also hosted in Grant at Perkins County Schools with approximately 210 fourth grade students attending. Students came from across the Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department (SWNPHD) nine-county health district to participate in this fitness and nutrition event...

Haigler, Neb. - For eight years, the Haigler Community Foundation has hosted a gun show on the weekend before Thanksgiving. Hundreds of people throughout the tri-state area came to attend the show, shop at the Sunshine Thrift and Christmas Store for holiday bargains, enjoy lunch and participate in the community event held at the Cornerstone Center...

What value is there in a college education today? Where can a student go today for higher education which isn’t laced with Left-wing propaganda such as Critical Race Theory? Nebraska’s state’s colleges and universities are now devolving at an alarming rate. Many Nebraskans now believe there may be more hope for the Cornhuskers to play in a bowl game this year than for our own colleges and universities to recover their good names and reputations...

I am writing in response to the announcement by Community Hospital to join in a lawsuit related to the COVID vaccine mandate. First, I disagree with the statement by Mr. Bruntz that “this is not about the vaccine...” Of course, it’s about the vaccine and it’s about the attitude that employers do not have the right to tell employees what to do in the workplace. ...

Paul J. Gonzales June 29, 1935 – Nov. 20, 2021 OMAHA, Neb. - Paul J. Gonzales passed away on Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021. He was preceded in death by parents, Peter James and Mary (Reyna) Gonzales; wives, Norma Pennington and Dixie Benson; daughter, Paula Gonzales; brothers and sisters...

the stories I extract from newspapers come from the McCook Tribune but today I’m sharing stories from the McCook Republican that I found in Newspapers.com through my expanded Ancestry membership. Newspapers.com does offer a short-term free membership to allow you to search their website BUT, and this is a very big but, you have to remember to discontinue that membership or you will be charged every month...