Stories from Monday, June 26, 2023

BEAVER CITY, Neb. — An Arapahoe man was to be arraigned in Furnas County Court today on sexual assault charges from 2003 and 2004 after being convicted by a jury Friday in connection with a 2019 sex-trafficking case involving a 15-year-old girl and about 30 men...

McCOOK, Neb. — The East team downed the West, 3-1, Saturday at the McCook Community College Wild West all-star volleyball game. The east won the first game 26-24 with the west coming back to take the second game 25-21. The East took the final two games 25-14, 25-19...

McCOOK, Neb. — Gabe Roberts pitched a complete-game win and Quentin Terry's bases-clearing hit decided game two in the McCook National Bank Seniors' home sweep of Colby, Kan., Saturday evening. MNB evened its season record at 8-8 with the 7-3, 9-7 sweep at McCook's Jaycees Complex...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Florida had been involved in more close games than any other team at the College World Series this year. That changed in a big way Sunday, when the Gators unleashed an offensive barrage of historic proportions. Florida scored the most runs in a CWS game and came up one short of the record for largest margin of victory in a 24-4 rout of LSU that forced a deciding Game 3 of the finals...

McCOOK, Neb. — Governmental entities like Red Willow County can’t donate to nonprofits without specific statutory authority, and it is up to those nonprofits to cite the law, a state auditor has informed the county. The restriction could have far-reaching effects on local organizations that depend on such donations, most of which are submitting routine requests for funding in advance of the county’s budgeting process...