Stories from Thursday, April 25, 2024

HASTINGS, Neb. — McCook High’s varsity boys shot 320 to win the 15-team St. Cecilia Invitational at Southern Hills Golf Course Wednesday afternoon. The Bison featured three medalists in Landon Kmoch (77), Reid Loop (78) and Kolton Koetter (80). Senior Cole Graham’s 85 completed the champion team total while Trenton Raile added a round of 93...

COLUMBUS -- The McCook Community College softball team closed out the regular season Wednesday on the road and lost two games to Central Community College. The Raiders won 4-0 and 6-3. Central kept MCC bats cold with just two baserunners in a 4-0 shutout...

HASTINGS – The McCook Community College baseball team shutout Hastings College JV Wednesday 12-0. Sophomore Jackson Finder picked up his first collegiate win pitching four scoreless innings, and MCC took advantage of five Bronco errors and 11 free passes to take the game in seven innings...

McCOOK, Neb. — Team scores, top six area placers and all McCook personal bests during Monday’s McCook JV Track-Field Invitational. Boys’ results appeared on Tuesday. GIRLS Teams: 1. Perkins County 116, 2. McCook JV 94.5, 3. Chase County 81, 4. Gothenburg 57, 5. Holdrege 56, 6. North Platte St. Patrick’s 32.5, 7. Cozad 28, 8. Lexington 23, 9. Cambridge 13, 10. Medicine Valley 1, 10. Ogallala 1...

KEARNEY, Neb. — Their first duals since the prom dance had McCook High making better moves than ever against Class A Kearney on Tuesday. The Bison didn’t need much shimmy-shake to take care of Kearney Catholic, 12-0, to start this triangular. Sophomores Jaylee Hammond and Elizabeth McConville both won 8-0 singles matches while five other decisions were no closer than 8-3...

McCOOK, Neb. — The three candidates running for the Red Willow County District 2 Commissioner position in May’s primary election seem to agree on almost everything except who should win. The three joined over twenty others at the Gazette’s April 24 “Coffee Talk” at Sehnert’s Bakery and Biéroc Cafe’. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — In keeping with a centuries-old tradition, the Masons of Nebraska will lay the cornerstone of the McCook Aquatic Park in a ceremony 1 p.m. Saturday May 18 at 500 East M Street in McCook. The head of Nebraska’s Masons, Grand Master John Ferguson of Kimball, Ne., and officers from around the state will take part in the ceremony, which dates to several hundred years ago...

McCOOK, Neb. – McCook’s Fox Theatre will be hosting a one-woman production of Crane River Theater Company’s “Pretty Fire” by Charlayne Woodard on Monday, April 29 at 1:30 p.m. This award-winning play is told through the eyes of a child during the civil rights movement, with stories of overcoming life’s challenges. Admission is free...

McCOOK, Neb. — With Mayor Linda Taylor reading a proclamation, city and hospital officials joined the public in celebrating Arbor Day with a tree planting at Community Hospital on Tuesday afternoon. McCook was recognized with a Tree City USA Growth Award “for demonstrating environmental improvement and an outstanding level of tree care.”...

There is a day, week and month devoted to just about anything these days. For a while, “Speak like a pirate” day was unique. But then along came “donut” day, “take your dog to work” day, “stay in bed until noon” day, which all in theory could be every day...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol SWAT Team arrested a Milford man following a standoff overnight. At approximately 11:15 p.m. Wednesday, NSP was notified by the Milford Police Department of a situation involving an armed subject who had barricaded himself inside his home. ...

As of April 15, 2024, there were 71 traffic fatalities for the year in Nebraska, a 29% increase over the same period in 2023. The causes are not surprising – speeding, drunk driving, lack of seatbelt use, and distracted driving were some of the reasons for the fatal accidents. You can take steps to increase your chance of avoiding or surviving a vehicle accident...