Stories from Thursday, August 14, 2014

McCOOK, Neb. -- Deserving high school graduates received college scholarships from McCook Masonic Lodge No. 135 AF & AM during a lodge banquet Monday, May 19. McCook Lodge No. 135 $1,000 scholarships were presented to: Courtney Bradley, McCook Senior...

Darlene G. Carr Markwith April 30, 1939 - Aug. 12, 2014 McCOOK, Neb. -- Darlene G. Carr Markwith, age 75, of McCook, born April 30, 1939, in Ottawa, Kansas, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Aug. 12, 2014. She is survived by her husband, Jay R. ...

Barbara K. Vacha Nov. 25, 1946 - Aug. 12, 2014 BEAVER CITY, Neb. -- Barbara K. Vacha, 67, of Beaver City, died Tuesday (Aug. 12, 2014), at Harlan County Hospital in Alma, Nebraska. She was born on Nov. 25, 1946, at Norfolk, Nebraska, to Donald and Charlotte (Reeves) Ganser...

Vicky Rae Anderson June 15, 1955 - July 14, 2014 PERALTO, New Mexico -- Vicky Rae Anderson, 60, died at her home on July 14, 2014. She was born June 15, 1955, to Dawn (Glenn) Callander and the late Raymond Anderson at Mora, Minnesota, the oldest of four children. ...

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...

A McCook man was sentenced to state prison time last week after being convicted of felony drug possession and misdemeanor offenses for resisting arrest, carrying a concealed weapon and disturbing the peace.

A third man has been charged in connection with the 2012 burglary of D&S Hardware, a crime which included thieves taking a 2500 lb. safe before sending a forklift crashing into a fuel can locker.

Community Hospital is entering a new era after more than a decade of near constant construction activity and renovations to their McCook campus.

Robin Williams is gone. Legend. Master. Virtuoso. A touchstone. Lightning in a bottle. And now just ... gone. It's hard to wrap my head around the weight and finality of his passing. And it hurts my heart and soul when I ponder how deep and all-consuming the ocean of sadness underneath his kind exterior must have been for him to do what he (allegedly) did...