Stories from Wednesday, January 12, 2011

In Nebraska, we're number one -- but it's not necessarily something to be proud of. According to the Centers for Disease Control, Nebraska has the highest reliable mortality rate from carbon monoxide. In 2010, the Nebraska Regional Poison Center received 292 calls concerning carbon monoxide, but that may be misleading, since such poisoning is often under-reported...

It may be hard to believe, but there was a time when I was afraid of the sound of my own voice. It's hard not to develop that fear when seemingly every time you proffer an opinion, especially a dissenting opinion, you get shouted down. In my family of origin, I learned to keep my peace in order to keep the peace...

Nov. 27, 1920 - Jan. 10, 2011 Nila Faye (Post) Wesch, 90, passed away Monday, Jan. 10, 2011, at the Good Samaritan Society-Decatur County in Oberlin, Kansas. Nila was born Nov. 27, 1920, in southwest Decatur County, Kansas, to Lewis Arden Post and Minerva (Huber) Post. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Sunshine and warmer weather is expected for later in the week, and the McCook Daily Gazette is inviting everyone suffering from the winter blahs to get out of the house and come enjoy the family comedy and music that two-time Grammy Award winning storyteller Bill Harley will offer at the Fox Theater at 7 p.m. Saturday night...

CURTIS, Nebraska -- The Middle Republican Natural Resources District board was reorganized after the swearing in ceremony that installed the newly elected members and two incumbents, Kevin Fornoff and Brad Randel. New members are Steve Cappel, Bill Hoyt, John Palic and Blaine Stinson...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- A tiny premature baby girl, born two months early, is home with her parents in McCook. Family and friends of Abigail Louann Porter and her parents, Shelia (O'Neil) and Trevor Porter of McCook, will celebrate Abigail's home-coming at a soup supper and silent auction fund-raiser Sunday, Jan. 30, from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m., at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 308 E. Ninth in McCook...