Stories from Thursday, October 31, 2013

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...

Wedged in between a door frame and a wall in her home in McCook, Bernadette Miner recently found an old subscription receipt card from the McCook Daily Gazette, dated from 1931-32. As stated on the back, "The Daily Gazette carrier is a merchant in business for himself and depends on prompt collections for his working capital. ...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Sharon Bohling of McCook recently nominated Terry McCorkle, also of McCook, for the McCook Gazette/Linda Maiden State Farm Insurance Good Neigh-bear Award. In her nomination, Bohling wrote, "In October I went to McCorkle Motors to rent a truck. When Terry learned I wanted it to haul bicycles and parts from Superior to the Toy Box in McCook, he donated free use of his pickup. You can't ask for a better neigh-bear than that."...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Only two vacant apartments remain at East Ward Village in McCook. The recently built senior housing development began receiving tenants in February and hopes to be completely full by the end of the year. Landscaping and the installation of a related sprinkler system are nearing completion and the McCook Housing Agency has begun providing monthly educational activities for residents in the shared community room...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Eight lucky McCook Senior High "Senior Celebration" fall raffle winners will be announced Monday. Raffle tickets will be on sale at the Bison playoff game against Crete, Friday, Nov. 1, at Weiland Field in McCook, and Saturday, Nov. 2, outside Walmart...

McCook, Nebraska, Red Cross Blood Mobile coordinator Cathy Carman presents Del Harsh of Cambridge with a certificate and a pin for donating 19 gallons of blood to the Red Cross. Harsh said, "That's 19 on the record ... that's just since they started the card system. ...

The devil himself leers from an ore cart in a McCook, Nebraska, front yard, while a pun'kin-faced farmer leans on his pitchfork in another. Little trick-or-treaters will have to brave these and other scary yard decorations to get to the Halloween goodies at the front doors this evening...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- City fire and police officials spend significant time and energy training their staff to be prepared when unexpected calamities befall Southwest Nebraska residents. For this reason alone it should not have come as a surprise when those same officials had little difficulty responding to inquiries attempting to identify their level of preparedness for a zombie apocalypse...

There's little danger -- we think -- of the zombie apocalypse, discussed in today's Preview edition, occurring in time for tonight's trick-or-treat activities. But there is shure to be plenty of spooky traffic along Norris Avenue and other prime sweet-spots in McCook...

Many moons ago, there was a time when I felt tired and considered my day done, that I simply waltzed off to bed. Yes, sure, I had to shut off the TV, click off a light or two, put on some pajamas and brush my teeth, but a maximum of four to five things, and I was off to dreamland...

Shona Carlin, left, and Myra Stoney of McCook share a laugh as they put together a centerpiece during a Floral Designs class at McCook Community College, Tuesday evening.

Photographer Roxy Lang of Wilsonville, Nebraska, captures a portal into autumn via the railroad tracks along U.S. Highway 83 on Oct. 11, using these settings: f/9, 1/1000, iso1250, 70mm. The McCook Gazette would love to showcase your weather photos. ...

Norris Avenue is nearly shoulder-to-shoulder as the most popular route for trick-or-treaters.

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook Police Department advises citizens to exercise caution this holiday season, should they find themselves facing a potential zombie confrontation. "Citizens have the right to defend themselves and use deadly force in the face of being attacked with deadly force. They would have to be certain it was a zombie though," said Chief of Police Isaac Brown...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- Area emergency responders have several pandemic and emergency response plans in place and should be more then prepared should the area find itself overrun by the walking dead, at least according to McCook Fire Chief Marc Harpham...

McCOOK, Nebraska -- McCook law enforcement officers may be more prepared than any in the country to effectively stifle a zombie apocalypse, at least according to one official. "Our officers are very ready and willing, to deal with a zombie apocalypse. I believe we have a number of officers that are great enthusiasts of zombie apocalypse video games where they practice disposing of any and all zombies they find," said McCook Chief of Police Isaac Brown...