Stories from Monday, December 10, 2012

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...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- This Husker football season, Longnecker Jewelry decided they wanted to have a little fun with their friends on Facebook. The business decided to have a contest; Facebook friends entered their prediction of what the final score would be for the football game each week. The closest guess was the winner and if there was a tie, names were drawn from a hat or a coin was flipped. For 10 Husker football games, Longnecker Jewelry gave away a total of $1,648 in prizes...

LINCOLN, Nebraska -- The Nebraska Department of Natural Resources is continuing to prepare for dry conditions in the Republican River Basin next year. These continued preparations include efforts by the Department to update and refine its forecast for the Republican River Basin for the upcoming year as well as reassigning staff resources to carry out the administration that may be necessary. The preliminary forecast was released on Nov. 16 and is available at:...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook Community College Choir under Director Tiffany Gapp will have its winter concert 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Tipton Hall Theater on campus. Selections include; "All I Ask of You," "Footloose," "Rhythms of Life," "16 Tons," "Johnny B Goode," "Java Jive," "Gloria," "Sing Joy," and "I'll Be Seeing You," as well as Christmas selections...

LINCOLN, Nebraska -- Successfully Managing the Cow Herd in the Course of Drought will be the focus for the 2013 Tri-State Cow/Calf Symposium and Trade Show Jan. 8. Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. Central Time with opening remarks beginning at 9 a.m. ...

Actors and audience discover the "Secret of Snowflake County" in an Evangelical Free Church children's Christmas program on Sunday, filling the Fox Theater in downtown McCook. The program was also staged Friday night and Saturday afternoon.

EWING, Nebraska -- An early morning fire at a trailer house in Antelope County led authorities to the discovery of two bodies and the arrest of a male suspect. Just after midnight on Saturday, the Antelope County dispatch received a 911 call of a domestic dispute possibly involving weapons at a home in rural Antelope County. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- A McCook man who successfully fled from an arresting officer in June was convicted on a charge of driving on a suspended driver's license stemming from the incident. The offender, 34-year-old Tyler D. Wilcox of 71355 Road 384, was fined $100 for the incident during an Oct. 30 hearing in Red Willow County Court...

Murray Eugene 'Gene' Stinnett July 28, 1931 - Dec. 7, 2012 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Murray Eugene "Gene" Stinnett, age 81, passed away Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. He was born July 28, 1931, to parents, Murray Barclay and Laura Elizabeth (Bickford) Stinnett at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He graduated from Bell High School, Lakewood, California, in 1948. On April 13, 1977, he was united in marriage to Evelyn Ruth Lafferty Hofman in Reno, Nevada...

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