Stories from Monday, June 13, 2022

SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. — Wauneta-Palisade's Alexa Sandman served 10 points and Hitchcock County's Lindsey Rippen sent out 12 assists for the East during a five-set West Nebraska All-Star Volleyball match Saturday afternoon. Medicine Valley alum Kaylyn Roblee ripped there kills with three blocks and three digs...

LINCOLN, Neb. – Roger Houser of Elwood is the fourth winner of a 2022 Ford F-150 XLT 4x4 Crew Cab Flex Fuel truck in the 27th edition of the Nebraska Lottery’s $2 Truck$ & Buck$ Scratch game. Houser purchased his winning Truck$ & Buck$ ticket at The Red Barn at 107 N Smith Ave. in Elwood...

McCOOK, Neb. — MNB Bank plans a bake sale to benefit young cancer patient Stella McConnell and her family. It will begin at 8:30 a.m. in the main lobby of the bank.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Freshman Jack Findlay threw five shutout innings in relief and back-to-back home runs by catcher David LaManna and Jack Brannigan in the seventh sparked Notre Dame to a stunning 7-3 victory over No. 1 overall seed Tennessee in the championship game of the Knoxville Super Regional on Sunday...

HASTINGS, Neb. — McCook's Pinnacle Bank Legion B baseball team swept blasted Hastings Thunder, 9-2 and 10-4, for a doubleheader sweep on Sunday. Coach Konor Rakes also saw his team trounce Minden 11-1 at the McCook Jaycees Complex Friday evening to start this 3-0 weekend...

McCOOK, Neb. — American Rescue Plan Act money will be used to install a new roof on the Red Willow County courthouse. The current roof is about 25 years old, and officials hope the new one will last at least that long. The winning bid was submitted by Eco Guard of McCook, $49,329.70 for the roof and $1,850 for an access hatch for a total of $51,179.70...

McCOOK, Neb. — The director of McCook’s Family Resource Center, says she’s amazed by the “unbelievable” generosity of the McCook area, but inflation and other economic conditions are likely to increase demand for the services it provides to local families...