Stories from Thursday, July 11, 2013

Robert K. Cox May 12, 1923 - June 20, 2013 McCOOK, Nebraska -- Robert K. Cox of McCook died on June 20, 2013, at the age of 90 at Great Plains Medical Center in North Platte, Nebraska. Bob was born the oldest child of Russell and Opal (Roberts) Cox on a farm south of Hemingford, Nebraska, on May 12, 1923. ...

Jefferson Vance Kellogg July 1, 1941 - July 6, 2013 IDAHO FALLS, Idaho-- Jefferson Vance Kellogg, 72, of Palisades, Idaho, passed away peacefully Saturday, July 6, 2013, at Eastern Regional Medical Center, Idaho Falls, Idaho, surrounded by his family.
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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...

BARTLEY, Nebraska -- The West Central Medical Response System provided and presented mass casualty incident field-triage bag to Bartley and Cambridge Fire and Rescue EMS Units and the Indianola Volunteer Fire and Rescue Unit. The presentations were made at the Bartley Fire Station on July 3, 2013. Overall, 40 triage bags will be provided to EMS ambulance units in the 16-county West Central Medical Response System region...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Buckle Inc. has announced that Krista Kennedy is the new manager of the Buckle Store at Westview Plaza in McCook. Kennedy started her career with the Buckle in 2010. She served as assistant manager at the McCook location and at the Kearney store before being named manager at the Westview location. She is a graduate of the University of Nebraska at Kearney, where she earned a degree in family studies and psychology...

Glenda Baker of Cambridge, captures the clearing skies after Tuesday's storm south of Cambridge, on her cellphone camera. Glenda reports that, "We had a nice rain and some small hail that didn't seem to do any damage." The McCook Daily Gazette would love to showcase your weather photos. ...

It turns out there's no free lunch -- even if it is sugar free. That's the conclusion Purdue University researchers reached after reviewing a dozen studies published over the past five years on the relationship between health and consuming diet sodas...

I don't know why I try to help Hubby out, cause most the time I just screw it up. It's no different than him trying to do laundry or load the dishwasher. I've claimed my domain and I don't like him in it. When I get irritated at the crustified goop all over the dishes because they weren't rinsed off properly or my nice pants washed in hot with his socks and underwear, he just gets mad and says he was just trying to help. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Although generally in favor of the "early out" incentive program at the junior high school, that allows eligible students not to attend the last two days of the school year, the McCook School Board wants to see data on how that program works before it's implemented...

McCook Community College's new Vice President, Andrew "Andy" Long, right, talks with members of the community Wednesday at an official welcoming event at Sehnert's Bakery/Bieroc Café in McCook. Long was Area Dean of Enrollment Management for Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, Colo. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- MNB's 15th Annual Hot Summer Nights Concert series will strike all the right chords in McCook this August with an impressive lineup featuring the country songwriter duo Belles and Whistles and classic rockers Anthony and the Anamals...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- A McCook man accepted a plea agreement last week in Red Willow County District Court admitting guilt to being a felon attempting to possess a deadly weapon. The conviction will be his second Class IV felony conviction of 2013. The offender, 33-year-old Zachary P. Shepherd of 1606 W. Eighth Street, was subsequently scheduled for sentencing at 11 a.m. on Sept. 9, 2013...

Curlicues of crazy clouds coil over McCook, Nebraska, late Wednesday afternoon. While nothing developed from these clouds, it did rain -- for an amazing third night in a row -- during the early-morning hours today. Some gauges caught up to half-an-inch...

The Internet is alive with the story of the pending two-day auction of the former Lambrecht Chevrolet Company in Pierce, Nebraska. The dealership closed 17 years ago. The Minnesota--based auction company is touting a number of vehicles with fewer than 10 miles on the odometer, plastic on the seats, original factory stickers still in the windows and hub caps and floor mats still in the trunk...