Stories from Wednesday, January 3, 2024

McCOOK, Neb. — The YMCA of McCook is happy to announce that registration is now open for the 2024 Youth Soccer League sponsored by Valmont. Divisions will be formed for children 5 years of age through 12th grade and are: Pre-K/Kindergarten, 1st/2nd Grade, 3rd/4th...

Scores from both McCook Gazette-area teams and familiar foes Tuesday evening in the first big high school basketball evening of 2024. GIRLS Area teams Maywood-Hayes Center 61, Hi-Line 10 Southwest 43, Hitchcock County 35 Chase County 35, Dundy County-Stratton 26...

McCook Community College sophomore Gabby Caskey has signed a letter of intent to continue her volleyball career at the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota. The Marauders compete at the NCAA D2 level in the Northern Sun Conference. “I am happy Gabby has found her next volleyball home, as I know she is going to do great things there,” said MCC Coach Hayley Kobza...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Over the holiday season, Nebraska State Patrol troopers successfully took 65 impaired drivers off the roads, ensuring safer travels for all. In the last two weeks of 2023, troopers actively participated in the national Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign. The campaign, spanning from Dec. 15 to January 1, involved numerous law enforcement agencies nationwide...

OMAHA, Neb. — The Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index, a key economic indicator for the nine-state region from Minnesota to Arkansas, rebounded above the growth neutral threshold in December after slipping below it in November. The Business Conditions Index, mirroring the national Institute for Supply Management (ISM), rose to 50.3 from November's 42.2, reflecting a more optimistic outlook...