Stories from Monday, October 8, 2012

Eileen Dible COLBY, Nebraska -- Eileen Dible, 92, of Colby, Kansas, and formerly of Rexford, died today (Oct. 8, 2012,) at Citizen's Medical Center in Colby. Services are pending with Pauls Funeral Home, Selden.

This information is gathered at the McCook Public Safety Center, the McCook office of the Nebraska State Patrol, the Red Willow County Courthouse, the Red Willow County Sheriff's Office and the McCook Humane Society. Police activity Activity log...

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McCOOK, Nebraska -- Carpenter Breland Funeral Home and McCook Community College are teaming up to offer a free class dispelling the myths about funeral homes. Titled "Funeral Home Myth Busters" this one-night class will be Oct. 10 from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at Carpenter Breland Funeral Home, 305 West C...

In November, of 1998, after the election, a number of former McCook residents, who either worked with Governor Nelson, or were closely associated with him, decided that it would be a good idea to have a party at the Governor's Mansion. This party would be in the way of saying thanks to the Governor for his service to the State of Nebraska, and also would be a chance to get together with old friends to see the improvements to the Mansion, which Mrs. ...

Is it time for a new national holiday? No, we're not suggesting we should add to the already generous number of days federal (and, often, state, county, city and bank) employees have off. A look at the issues, however, can be used to make a compelling case for changing the name of Columbus Day...

The setting sun Saturday emblazons America's flag and her soldiers on new banners that hang on Oberlin, Kansas' main street, Penn Avenue. Banners with other patriotic, red-white-and-blue designs adorn the pillars of the awnings that distinguish downtown Oberlin. ...

LINCOLN -- Nebraska's child welfare system might face another major change by the summer of 2013, continuing the overhaul of the system begun by the Legislature last spring. The Legislature's Health and Human Services committee held a hearing on Friday morning to explore changes to the way children enter the foster care system, how reports of child abuse are screened and investigated and how that can contribute to the number of children in foster care...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- A driver who led McCook police officers on a high speed chase through city streets in August, before officers decided to end the chase due to public endangerment concerns, was sentenced to jail time last week in Red Willow County District Court on charges stemming from the incident...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The changeable weather, turning from summer heat to winter chill seemingly overnight, can be cause for concern for already tight family budgets. The McCook Pantry, located in the Canterbury House at 509 W. First, has been an important part of stretching a family's food dollars for more than a generation and continues to provide supplemental food items on an as-needed basis...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Postal Service is recommending cutting service hours at post offices in Danbury, Culbertson, Stratton and the Frontier County seat of Stockville, Nebraska. Postal service officials plan meetings in these communities to discuss these proposed reductions:...

LINCOLN, Nebraska -- Things are about to start heating up. So say a panel of five environmental scholars and professionals, who presented "Climate Change and Nebraska: What Does Our Future Hold?" Saturday at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to warn of the dangers of a potential four-to-10 degree temperature increase in the state...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Shad Dewey is just about ready to switch his prayers for rain into prayers for snow. While Mother Nature refuses to release rain from clouds that look promising, maybe she won't be as stingy with snow this winter. And snow ... now, Shad can handle snow...

LINCOLN, Neb. -- Perhaps a little bit of deja vu all over again for the McCook Bison at the 2012 Class B State High School Girls Golf Championships. The Bison are in second place after the opening 18 holes of play Monday, Oct. 8, at the Mahoney Golf Course in Lincoln. McCook carded a team score of 348 strokes, second only to Elkhorn South's 328. Gering was third with a 361, followed by Elkhorn High and Scottsbluff, each with a 367...

HASTINGS, Neb. -- McCook brought home a "special" high school football victory from Hastings Oct. 5. Four blocked kicks and Zayne Gillen's kickoff return for a touchdown were keys to McCook's 41-12 win over the Tigers in a Class B-7 District contest played at Lloyd Wilson Field on the Hastings College campus...

EDITOR'S NOTE -- This is the first in a series on six new teachers hired by the McCook School District this year that are graduates of McCook High School. All of them are in their first year of teaching and we wondered what it was that brought them back to their old stomping grounds -- and what it is like to be teaching in schools they used to attend as students. ...