Stories from Thursday, February 16, 2023

McCOOK, Neb. — Coach Dalton Pettera provided details about the McCook seventh-grade boys’ basketball finales this week. --- “On Monday, the 7th Grade Bison traveled to Southern Valley for two games and came away with two victories. The A team won 45-30. Mason West had 20 points, Krayten Ureste scored 8, and Jackson Hartwell and Rylee Stensvad added 6 each...

HAYES CENTER, Neb. — No. 1-seed Maywood-Hayes Center and No. 2 Cambridge both scored nearly 40-point wins to start D1 subdistrict playoff runs Tuedsay evening. The Wolves (22-1 record) devoured a 72-33 victory over Maxwell (3-20) behind three seniors who’ve been lighting up playoff nets all four years...

WAUNETA, Neb. — Medicine Valley junior Stella Heapy couldn’t make her 1,000th career point count any more than it did Tuesday night. The Raiders (12-9 record) were facing a potential first-round subdistrict playoff loss to rapidly improving Hitchcock County...

OXFORD, Neb. — Junior Ann Bose's 26 points were more than enough for a 54-30 Southern Valley victory over South Loup in C-2 subdistrict basketball action Tuesday evening. Bose barely missed on three of four three-pointers or her nine-for-10 at the foul line...

CISCO, Texas – The MCC offense showed some offensive spark Thursday, but the team was swept by Cisco Community College 11-3 and 10-9. The Wranglers picked up the win in Game 2 on an MCC error and a walk-off double. MCC had 19 hits on the day but committed nine errors – six in the first game...

Rita Jo (Hambidge) Adam Sept. 29, 1958 - Feb. 5, 2023 ARAPAHOE, Neb. — Rita Jo (Hambidge) Adam, 64, died Feb. 5, 2023, at her home. She was born Sept. 29, 1958, to Don and Carol Jean Hambidge. She was a court services officer in Kansas. She married Donald Adam on May 10, 1980...

Franklin Charles Anderson May 28, 1964 - Feb. 14, 2023 WAUNETA, Neb. — Franklin Charles Anderson was born May 28, 1964, in Imperial, Neb., to Teddy Dean and Carolyn Kay (Roschewski) Anderson. Frank grew up in the Wauneta area. Frank attended Wauneta Public Schools. ...

McCOOK, Neb. – No one ever said the McCook Chamber of Commerce didn’t know how to have a good time. The chamber board of directors are planning several events for later in the year which should be a good opportunity for their members and the public to socialize and connect as they work to make McCook a better place to live, work, and play...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — A major remodeling project for McCook was advanced Wednesday during the Mid-Plains Community College board of governors’ regular monthly meeting. A not-to-exceed price of $10.4 million with Samson Construction for remodeling of the old Elks Club into the McCook Community College East Campus was approved. ...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska Cornhuskers football recruit Malachi Coleman will be featured in Steve Hartman’s “On the Road” segment on CBS News Friday evening. The story will feature his “Fly Like Chi” foundation to benefit children in foster care. He is the son of Craig and Miranda Coleman of Lincoln and grandson of Charles and Christina Coleman of McCook...

Beyond the syllabus, books, tests and homework assignments, you will find hobbies, interests and skills that do not always have a place, or a time, in the classroom. But for two days each February, students at McCook High School venture past curriculum and into a world of newfound talents and interests, learning skills like cooking and crafts and discovering a new array of pastimes and hobbies. A potential career or job opportunity may even arise out of the sessions...

INDIANOLA, Neb. - There is a Democratic politician named Sheila Jackson Lee from Texas who has been in politics for 30 years.  Recently she has introduced a bill that broadly states if anyone says anything disagreeable about the current administration’s policies, you can be federally prosecuted as a terrorist. And if one is white, then you would also be labeled a white supremacist which is also a felony. ...

Throughout my time in the legislature, I have heard countless stories from across Nebraska of working people being driven off of their farms and out of their homes because of the rising burden of property taxes. Working with Governor Pillen, I am proud to be the lead sponsor of LB 783, which would eliminate the property tax levy authority of community college boards...

LINCOLN, Neb. — The Nebraska State Patrol is requesting assistance from the public in locating a person who went missing from Bruning, Nebraska on Feb. 2. Jamie Balluch, 43, of Bruning, was last seen at his place of employment, Bruning Grain and Feed Company, on Thursday, Feb. 2...