Stories from Thursday, December 10, 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...

Same song, second verse. Could get better, but it's gonna get worse. As you're soon going to hear, this has been quite a quarter of a year for Barbara and me. Going all the way back to August 30, when Barbara was life-flighted to Kearney with a sepsis scare, we have been looking life and death squarely in the eyes...

The Hitchcock County Historical Society and author Joy Hayden invite everyone with stories and memories of, or interest in, the 1935 Republican River flood to a presentation Sunday, from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m., in the TCDC Building east of downtown Trenton, Nebraska. ...

Congress has taken relentless criticism for its inability to do anything, but when it came to rewriting No Child Left Behind, there was no problem getting all three branches of government to work together. President Obama was expected to sign the bill today, which will change some of the most objectionable aspects of NCLB...

If I could save my favorite memory it would be a visit to Stowe, Vermont and the Von Trapp Inn. I was a guest of Stanton and Mary Ellen Porter at her familiy's farm at Randolph Center, Vermont. It had been owned by her family since the end of the Revolutionary Wary...

It's basketball season again so I figured it's time for some apologies. Just get it out there right now so I'm covered. Although I've improved a ton over the years, that sports rage monster buried deep inside me sometimes rears its ugly head and the calm and cool woman sitting peacefully in the stands, can have these sudden bursts of raving lunatic that are just unexplainable. I'll refer to it as Fierce Fan Mode...

CURTIS, Neb. -- Curtis Hometown Christmas will be 4 p.m. Tuesday in downtown Curtis. Activities will include a craft show, a free kids movie, Santa arriving on a fire truck, horse drawn hay rack rides, soup supper, a light contest, bake sale and more...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The process to rename city property in honor of someone remains the same today as it was in 2009, beginning and ending with City Council, according to city staff. A Gazette report earlier this week questioned whether the process to rename the McCook airport differed today when compared to a 2009 effort, which successfully lobbied to honor former Sen. ...

PALISADE, Neb. -- Because this is what her daughters would want to do, Lori Britton of rural Palisade wants to give to people through her herd of horses. Lori has a herd of horses, ponies and miniature horses, several of the minis she has taken to visit residents of the nursing home in Wauneta. They enjoyed participating in the parade during Wauneta's Harvest Fest celebration. She wants to start a program for veterans...

Red Willow Western firefighters Dallas Fletcher, left, and Nicole Cribbs refill a grass rig water tank to help fight an early-early morning fire north and east of Hugh Butler Lake today. Fire Chief Bill Elliott said the grass fire started with a downed power line about 3:30 a.m., and, despite rough, hilly terrain and cold winds up to 40-50 miles an hour out of the northwest, it was under control by about 6:30 a.m. ...

Floyd E. Lankford Feb. 15, 1935 - Dec. 9, 2015 McCOOK, Neb. -- Floyd E. Lankford, age 80, of McCook, passed away at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook on Wednesday Dec. 9, 2015. He was born in Telephone, Texas, on Feb. 15, 1935, to Noel and Vera Mae (Schrum) Lankford. ...

Gertrude Potthoff July 16, 1925 - Dec. 9, 2015 McCOOK, Neb. --Gertrude Potthoff, 90, pased away Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, at Community Hospital of McCook. She was born in Shӧnfeld, Kreis Kontiz, West Prussia, Poland, on July 16, 1925, to Johann and Anna (Rink) Karnowski. She attended Stadt Schule in Konitz and also took childcare courses. She immigrated to Germany after World War II...