Stories from Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Russell Everitt ENDERS, Neb. -- Russell Everitt, 54, a resident of rural Enders, died Monday (Nov. 3, 2014), at Chase County Community Hospital in Imperial, Nebraska. Survivors include his mother, Alice Everitt of Hastings, Nebraska; wife, Vicky Everitt of Enders; daughter,Chancey Everitt of Enders; brother, Mike Everitt and wife, Julia of Torrington, Wyoming; sisters, Laura Raymond of Kenesaw, Nebraska and Rebecca Pursley and husband, Jerry of Tulsa, Oklahoma; father-in-law, Jim Ryan and wife, Diana of Santa Maria, California; brothers-in-law, Jim Ryan Jr. ...

Glenna White May 13, 1927 - Nov. 5, 2014 McCOOK, Neb. -- Glenna White, 87, died Tuesday (Nov. 4, 2014), at the Good Samritan Society in Oberlin, Kansas. Services are Friday, Nov. 7, 2014, 11 a.m. at McCook Christian Church with the Rev. Clark Bates officiating. Private family inurnment is planned...

CAMBRIDGE, NEB. -- Shiuvaun Jaeger, MD, a family practice physician with Tri Valley Health Systems, has been awarded the "Caring Kind" award. For 35 years, the Nebraska Hospital Association has paid tribute to nearly 2,200 Nebraska's most caring and dedicated health care employees by presenting them with The Caring Kind award...

If you're feeling blue today, it may be because your candidate didn't do so well on election day. On the other hand, it might just be because we're headed into the winter months, after an especially pleasant late summer and fall. Seasonal Affective Disorder is a real condition, and here are some symptoms:...

There is good news and bad news for this week. Let's get the bad news out of the way first. The celestial viewing this week won't be that good, the moon will be full tomorrow and will pretty much wipe out any viewing opportunities, at least in the early evening for the next few days...

"Thank you" goes to Jennifer Johnson and Dr. Nate Kotschwar for saving Mr. Pickles, the abused kitten. The world needs more people like you! All creatures have the right to not be abused and thrown aside like a piece of trash. Everyone who ons a pet has the responsibility to take care of that pet...

McCook voters turned out two incumbent school board members and re-elected two city councilmen Tuesday night, and one farmer from Southwest Nebraska defeated another one in a race to represent District 44 in the Legislature. "This campaign was a tough fight, but also one of the best experiences of my life," Steve Stroup of Benkelman said following his defeat by Dan Hughes of Venango for the legislative seat...

From left, Red Willow County Clerk-elect Tami Teel and retiring Red Willow County Clerk Pauletta Gerver pause during a busy General Election evening last night. Gerver has served a 20 year stretch and will pass the helm to Teel, who has worked in the County Clerk's office since 1991 in addition to being Deputy County Clerk since 1998...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The 35th graduate selected for the McCook, Nebraska, Senior High "Bison Alumni Wall of Fame" is Rita Doyle Roberts, Class of 1983. She will be the sole inductee for 2014. Rita Doyle Roberts is a self-employed free-lance artist who describes herself as a painter and as a designer. ...