Stories from Wednesday, April 27, 2022

COLBY, Kan. – The McCook Community College baseball game won a pair of games on the road Tuesday sweeping Colby Community College 7-6 in eight innings and 7-4. “We just had a really fun day today,” said MCC Coach Jon Olsen, “The guys were loose and played hard, we got really a good effort on the mound both games, and it was a really nice bounce-back day after tough day Sunday.”...

Team scores along with all champions, McCook and area top five placers on Monday. GIRLS Teams: 1. McCook 228, 2. Perkins County 113, 3. Hitchcock County 50.5, 4. Gothenburg 43, 5. Ogallala 18, 6. Lexington 15, 7. Cozad 14, 8. Chase County 4, 9. Southwest .5...

All top three McCook Junior High and St. Patrick school placers on Tuesday at the quad: Eighth grade BOYS Team standings: 1. McCook, 2. North Platte, 3. Cozad, 4. St. Patrick. 100 meters: 1. B. Snider, COZ, 11.81. 100-hurdles: 1. Quinn Taylor, MC, 16.15 (PR); 2. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — Team scores along with all McCook Bison and area top five placers at Monday:’s JV track-field meet. BOYS Teams: 1. McCook 135.5, 2. Gothenburg 132, 3. Perkins County 84.5, 4. Cozad 71, 5. Lexington 67, 6. Chase County 16, 7. Ogallala 11, 8. Hitchcock County 9...

KEARNEY, Neb. — Kearney and Kearney Catholic both stepped up to stop McCook's varsity tennis dual win streak at nine Tuesday afternoon. The Bison were playing without varsity regulars Carley Peters and Carsyn Craig, who both stayed home due to illness...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Beefed-up fire crews made major progress on a large prairie fire burning near the Nebraska-Kansas line on Tuesday and lighter winds allowed firefighters to keep flames from advancing significantly at big fires in the Southwest where some rural towns remain under evacuation orders...

LINCOLN, Neb. - History Nebraska is now accepting applications for the Historical Marker Equity Program. The program will review and select winning applications that share the story of underserved groups and topics. This current grant cycle is asking for markers to cover any of the following topics:...

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — Firefighters got a chance to catch up today and Thursday with lower winds and even a slight chance of rain both days. Tuesday's winds enabled the fire to find unburned fuel in what the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency calls the Division Yankee on the southeast side of the fire south of Wilsonville and north of the state line...

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — Rocky Mountain Complex Incident Management Team One has issued the following update on the Road 702 fire: Firefighters continued to make progress on containing the Road 702 Fire despite critical fire weather yesterday. Shifting winds and gusts 30 – 40 mph caused the fire to spot in two places outside of the current perimeter. ...

Nebraska swiped six stolen bases in the first and scored seven runs through the first four innings in an 8-6 win vs. Kansas State on Tuesday night at Hawks Field. Nebraska (16-23) had eight runs on eight hits, while K-State (21-19) totaled six runs on five hits and an error...

SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. — McCook delivered four steady scores in the 80s as the varsity golfers finished fourth among 11 golf teams competing at Monday's Scottsbluff Invitational. Senior Jonas Somerville earned fourth overall when he dropped one stroke off his back to finish at 81 (41-40). Classmate Hunter Hansen placed eighth while only needing only two more strokes (41-42) during this 18-hole event...