Stories from Tuesday, April 25, 2023

McCOOK, Neb. — The most recent icon of McCook High School basketball history made his final mark in that home gymnasium Tuesday morning. Senior three-point wizard Evan Humphrey signed with the Hastings College Broncos, where he’ll join head coach and McCook High alum Todd Raridon later this summer...

We don’t hear a lot about it on national news, but things are brewing big time in the Near East. A couple of evenings ago Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to the nation in a setting like our Commander in Chief would speak to our nation from the Pentagon only with none of the military generals present. ...

Mike Flint, AKRS Operations Director for Region 2, announced the construction of a new 30,000 sq ft facility in Oberlin, Kansas at the Gateway on Friday. This facility will replace their current store and rented building in Oberlin. The facility will be located across the highway North of the Oberlin cemetery and will feature a sales and parts area as well as 16 bays for maintenance and repairs, all climate controlled. ...

No, your eyes weren’t fooling you if you thought you saw a lot of the same type of sports cars parked at the Cobblestone Hotel in McCook on Saturday night. Thirty-two individuals in 16 cars representing the Bluebonnet Miata Car Club of San Antonio, Texas, stopped here on a trip to Mount Rushmore. They also took time to drive their Mazdas around town to take photos for their scrapbooks...

McCOOK, Neb. — Long-time University of Nebraska Cornhuskers football assistant Ron Brown will be visiting McCook this season. Brown will be a guest speaker at McCook’s Evangelical Free Church Sunday morning. Services are set for 9 a.m. and 10:45 a.m...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook Community College’s Purple Out event is set for Friday starting at 2 p.m. The MCC softball team will play North Platte in a doubleheader with games at 2 and 4 p.m. This event helps bring awareness to epilepsy through the example of Abbee Terry of McCook and her family, extended family and friends...

LAMAR, Colo. – The McCook Community College baseball team picked up a 21-11 win Monday against Luna Community College. This was a make-up date for the March 25 game in McCook that was postponed because of snow. MCC overcame deficits of 6-0 and 10-1 with a 10-run second inning and put the game away with five runs in the fourth, one in fifth and two more in the sixth to end the game on the 10-run rule...

LEXINGTON, Neb. — Junior Sienna Dutton reached McCook High’s No. 10 all-time spot with her 800-meter title at the Don Bader Invitational on Friday. Dutton and freshman Emma Dutton finished 1-2 to highlight a great distance running effort from caoch Brent May’s team...

LEXINGTON, Neb. — Junior Brett Fraker unleashed Class B’s No. 2 triple jump this season as the McCook boys placed high in several Don Bader Invitational events on Friday. Senior Lucas Gomez-Wilson delivered another personal best while winning another 200-meter dash...

LINCOLN, Neb. – Today, Governor Jim Pillen signed LB77 Constitutional Carry into Nebraska law. LB77 allows law-abiding Nebraskans who are 21 years or older to carry a concealed handgun without a permit. Governor Pillen was joined by the bill introducer Sen. Tom Brewer and state senators...

McCOOK, Neb. — Weather permitting, an asphalt overlay project to improve roadway surface and drivability will begin May 4 on N-89, according to the Nebraska Department of Transportation. State maintenance forces will be performing the asphalt overlay from reference post 62 to reference post 68, beginning at the south corporate limits of Orleans...