Stories from Thursday, October 13, 2016

E. Eileen Furrow Aug. 14, 1923 - Oct. 12, 2016 CURTIS, Neb. -- E. Eileen Furrow, 93, of Curtis, Nebraska, died Oct. 12, 2016, at Great Plains Health in North Platte, Nebraska. She was born on Aug. 14, 1923, to Vance V. and Fern Porter Farrar on a farm northwest of Maywood, Neb. ...

After a two-year hiatus, McCook and Holdrege are set to battle on the gridiron once more...

HERITAGE HILLS -- With a chip-in for an eagle on the final hole, the talented team of Brian Michaelis, Kevin Michaelis, Clint Coleman and Bob Gaulke took first place in Saturday's first flight of the Heritage Hills Golf Course 8-inch cup tournament...

Huge football games fill the Friday night schedule now that playoffs are just two weeks away...

BENKELMAN, Neb. -- Scott Lambley's classroom at Dundy County-Stratton High School looks like most science rooms. There are a number of workstations for lab exercises, the cabinets are filled with objects that I would fail to correctly identify, and the students are seated two to a table. Surely there's a skeleton somewhere...

Hubby and I celebrated our 18th wedding anniversary this week. I knew it was coming. It's not like it snuck up on me, but it seems that the busier our lives get, the less planning we do ahead of time anymore. Back in the day I would pick out a card at least a week in advance, write paragraph after paragraph of sappy sentences about love and whatnot, and the two of us would plan out how we wanted to celebrate, where we wanted to go and so on. ...

Did you ever flash your lights to warn drivers about the speed trap you just drove through? You might want to re-think that. At least don't post the position on your social media account, or you might wind up in court. Alert servers at an Omaha restaurant refused to serve a couple of minors who attempted to purchase alcohol recently...

McCOOK, Neb., -- McCook Chief of Police Isaac Brown was sworn in as the 2016-17 President of the Police Officer's Association of Nebraska last week. The more than 800 member association is primarily tasked with coordinating support or opposition to state legislation deemed important to Nebraska law enforcement agencies...

TRENTON, Neb. -- Hitchcock County Judge Anne Paine bound over to district court two methamphetamine-related cases following preliminary hearings in her county court Wednesday afternoon. Public defender Ryan Wilcox asked Judge Paine to reduce the charges against his client, Jesse J. ...

STRATTON, Neb. -- In two hours Saturday, a Mobile Pantry from the Food Bank for the Heartland provided 135 households -- 351 people -- with about 3,800 pounds of food. Supper Saturday night for those who took advantage of the Mobile Pantry could have included any number of vegetables -- fresh acorn squash, yummy -- macaroni and cheese or spaghetti with tomato sauce, or even sun-dried tomato soup with Texas toast. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- A former Benkelman and Bellevue woman arrested on two felony counts for possession of a controlled substance and attempting to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced to probation last week in Red Willow County District Court on a felony conviction for possession of alprazolam without a prescription...