Stories from Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Wayne Moore Sept. 23, 1928 - Aug. 18, 2015 BARTLEY, Neb. -- Wayne Moore, age 86, of Bartley, passed away at the Beaver City Manor on Aug. 18, 2015. He was born on Sept. 23, 1928, north of Bartley in Red Willow County on the Rosier place, to Ralph and Sylvia (Rosier) Moore. He attended country school through the eighth grade, when he began farming with his family...

Adam Spanier Special to the Gazette McCOOK, Neb. -- My Starving Lion (MSL), the not yet famous, but fantastically talented, McCook based pop trio is out to make waves with their new album, 'The Underground LP.' The new album is power-packed with raw emotion, incredible diversity, inspirational and relatable lyrics, and melodies that play on the listener's hopes, fears, doubts, and joys. It's about the real struggles and pleasures humans experience every day, and it shies away from nothing...

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...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The McCook swimming pool appears to have fallen behind several other communities in the region and at least one local resident hopes to change that. Jody Crocker of McCook, like most city department heads, shoulders several responsibilities for the city. Her duties include the director position at the public library as well as manager of the city swimming pool in the summer...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Matthew's Place in McCook is helping parents learn how to be parents. At the Prairie Plains CASA -- Court Appointed Special Advocate -- office in McCook, Matthew's Place has all the comforts of home. With a kitchen, appliances, eating area, bedroom with bunkbeds and living room, 'Matthew's Place" is a homey setting that biological parents can use on supervised visitation with their children that have been placed in foster care...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Lt. Col. Derrick Riggs, who distributed 80 boxes provided through Ann Trail's Adopt a Chaplain project, will be in McCook next weekend. He will be at Sehnert's Bakery in downtown McCook at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, and at a potluck (meat provided) for project donors at Dick and Ann Trail's home Saturday at 6 p.m...

Seven-year-old Jayden Loghry of Trenton, Nebraska, checks out the texture of one of the paintings in the new Trenton downtown village square. Trenton tattoo artist Ginny Anderson painted the mural with the train, flag and pumping unit, and is working on another mural. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The City of McCook will be spraying for mosquitoes on Wednesday, August 19, 2015, beginning around sun down weather permitting. Although the chemical used is not harmful to people or pets, if you have any concerns please stay indoors. To eliminate prime mosquito habitat, please remove any standing water or unwanted vegetation on or around property...

Most of us don't think about rabies unless it's time to take the family pet in for vaccinations, but with less than a handful of documented cases of people surviving rabies, and with cases continuing to be reported in Southwest Nebraska and the rest of the state, now is a good time for a reminder...

Well, now that we have the Perseids out of the way for another year, let's continue with business. One thing we did notice while out looking for meteors -- even if you missed the meteor shower -- the constellations are changing. The Summer Triangle of Lyra, Cygnus, and Aquila, which have been on the eastern horizon are now directly overhead at midnight, ready to take the plunge into the downhill slide into the western half of the sky...

Well, now that we have the Perseids out of the way for another year, let's continue with business. One thing we did notice while out looking for meteors -- even if you missed the meteor shower -- the constellations are changing. The Summer Triangle of Lyra, Cygnus, and Aquila, which have been on the eastern horizon are now directly overhead at midnight, ready to take the plunge into the downhill slide into the western half of the sky...

McCOOK -- With no agenda, the topics ranged widely at Tuesday's "Coffee with a Cop" session at McDonald's Restaurant in McCook. During the morning get-together, Chief of Police Ike Brown, Sgt. Kevin Darling and School Resource Officer Ashley Donovan fielded questions and concerns about telephone scams, the start of school, the D.A.R.E. program, and the size and experience level of the McCook Police Department...