Stories from Monday, March 9, 2015

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...

60th anniversary The family of Herb and Claudetta Peck of McCook is requesting a card shower in honor of their 60th wedding anniversary March 13. Cards of congratulations will reach them at 102 S. Eighth, McCook, NE 69001.

McCOOK, Neb. -- A local burglar sentenced to probation in 2013 admitted guilt to several violations last week in Red Willow County District Court. The offender, 20-year-old Joseph Sanchez, was subsequently scheduled for sentencing at 2 p.m. on April 6...

McCOOK, Neb. -- A McCook police officer responding to a report of a vehicle driving on a tireless rim had little difficulty tracking the offender down. The officer followed rim marks left on West 4th Street along Westridge Parkway and to a residence at 902 West M Street...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Celebrity skateboarder Tony Hawk's foundation has committed $10,000 toward McCook's skatepark, pushing the total in cash and commitments past $80,000, more than enough for the first phase of the project. A June groundbreaking is possible, said Rex Nelson of the Build McCook a Skatepark group...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Every morning, fourth grade students in Kim Heimann's class at Central Elementary ask the same question: "Did Charlie write us?" And if she can answer yes, there is an eruption of cheers and claps. Call it the Charlie connection, a friendship these students have struck up with a serviceman halfway across the globe in the Middle East...

NORTON, Kan. -- Bobby J. Tallent, 37, Norton, made his first appearance in Norton County District Court sunday night in connection with the shooting death of another Norton man Friday night. Tallent is in the Norton County Jail on charges of first-degree murder, three counts of attempted first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, burglary, theft and felony fleeing and eluding...

The Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, is at it again, picketing the funerals of a police detective and and two military personnel, the Nebraska Legislature and Doane College for promoting or at minimum tolerating homosexuality. The Patriot Guard Riders and other motorcyclists kept the group at bay when it attempted to disrupt the funeral of a McCook man killed in Iraq...

Over many years in the bakery, we got to know a great number of tradesmen, the people who supplied us with the raw ingredients needed to make our product. Seeing these fellows regularly was something we looked forward to, and a number of them became good friends. One such was Frank Buk, from Herndon, Kansas, who supplied us with fresh eggs...

Wilburta 'Bertie' Sue Carroll DeBauche Sept. 28, 1940 - March 9, 2015 INDIANOLA, Neb. -- Wilburta "Bertie" Sue Carroll DeBauche, age 74, passed away Monday, March 9, 2015, at Bryan Medical Center East in Lincoln, Nebraska. Bertie was born Sept. 28, 1940, in Monona County, Iowa, to Wilbur Carroll and Darlene Rains. She was baptized into the Catholic Church on April 2, 1950, and graduated from Onawa High School in Onawa, Iowa, in 1958...