Stories from Friday, August 24, 2007

HASTINGS -- The McCook Bison softball team kicked off its season against some quality opponents Thursday night in Hastings. The Bison dropped their first game to Omaha Gross 2-1, then came back and beat Omaha Skutt 8-1 in the nightcap. In the first game, Cody Korus singled to left, Marissa Wallace was hit by a pitch, advancing Korus to second...

Jan. 28, 1924 - Aug. 21, 2007 BIRD CITY -- Harold "Bud" Everett Cress, 83, died Tuesday (Aug. 21, 2007) at Hillcrest Care Center in Wray, Colo. He was born Jan. 28, 1924, in Cheyenne County, Kan. He married Corrine Holscher, she preceded him in death on 1989. He worked as a farmer and served in the U.S. Army...

STAPLETON -- Stapleton, the No. 3 ranked team in Nebraska Class D-2 and last year's state runnerup, opened the 2007 season Thursday with a 48-22 victory at home over Maywood. Stapleton led 8-0 after one quarter and 28-8 at halftime. Then the Broncos added 14 more points in the third quarter...

Whether student-athletes travel a few miles or across the country, college life can be an unsettling experience. After years of living at home, the young athletes must learn to live on their own at a new type of educational institution and in a new kind of town...

INDIANOLA -- A Nebraska state fire marshal's investigation Wednesday and Thursday of the charred remains of an Indianola home did not reveal the cause of the fire. Indianola Fire Chief Tom Davidson said this morning that the cause of the fire at the Judy Stark Hall house late Tuesday evening is "undetermined. There was just too much damage," to decide what started the fire...

Raleigh Haas, Warden of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services Work Ethic Camp in McCook, Nebraska has resigned his position, effective no later than Oct. 6, 2007. In a memo announcing his resignation, Haas writes: "I truly appreciate the opportunity and privilege to have been part of the planning, development and implementation of the WEC. ...

CAMBRIDGE -- What says summer better than a mouth-watering watermelon or hand-picked corn-on-the-cob? Located on Penn Street, just north of U.S. Highways 6-34, the Cambridge Farmer's Market provides a unique opportunity to shop for local farm fresh fruits, vegetables, freshly baked goods and homemade specialities, as well as a barbecue rib sandwich grilled by Two Men & A Grill...

In case you needed a reminder of the power -- and danger -- of e-mail, the recent flap over Sen. Ben Nelson's earmark of funding for a software company that has a McCook office should serve the purpose. It was also a disappointing glimpse into how childish and petty some congressional staffers can be...

My brothers and sister and I were born about a year apart and as a result, there was a period of about three or four years, in my childhood, when the Tooth Fairy came to visit our house on a very frequent basis.  She came so often that I thought that maybe it would be best if we set up a guest room for her so that she didn't have so much flying to do...

CAMBRIDGE -- A new Cambridge logo and marketing campaign was launched at the end of July by the Cambridge Economic Development, with the support of a special task force working to support existing businesses. The new logo and tag-line, Cambridge,...

Red Willow County commissioners will adopt or reject the reclassification of about 150 miles county roads from "local" to "minimum maintenance" at their weekly meeting Monday in the courthouse in McCook. That item comes up for discussion at 9:15 a.m...