Stories from Friday, December 9, 2016

65th anniversary The family of Rex and Joyce Remington of McCook is requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 65th wedding anniversary on Friday, Dec. 16, 2016. They were married at the Methodist Church in McCook in 1951. Cards of congratulations will reach them at 108 S. Cherokee Road, McCook, NE 69001...

Hendrix Javi Luiz Garcia Fauna Garcia of McCook announces the birth of her son, Hendrix Javi Luiz Garcia, who was born Nov. 17, 2016, at Cambridge. He weighed 9 pounds, 3 ounces and measured 21 inches long. He has one sister, Zoe, 5, and brother, Gianny, 1. Grandparents are Paul and Carla Kinne...

Yvonne Charlene Austin Jan. 1,1 949 - Dec. 7, 2016 LINCOLN, Neb. -- Yvonne was born on Jan. 1, 1949, to John Henry and Aletha Bessie (McConnell) McBride in Ainsworth, Neb. She graduated from McCook High School in 1967. She then attended Kearney State College in Kearney, Neb., earning her Bachelors in Biology in 1971 and then her Masters in Biology in 1987. Yvonne worked as a program specialist for the State of Nebraska in the Department of Environmental Quality for 22 years, retiring in 2014...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Christmas may still be over two weeks away, but the McCook Bison wrestling team is already in the holiday spirit...

GOODLAND, Kan. -- McCook High's girls played host Goodland on even terms until an 18-10 Cowgirl fourth quarter clinched their 46-38 victory...

GOODLAND, Kan. -- Such a tease describes how the McCook Bison handled their Goodland Topside Tipoff Tournament opener Thursday afternoon...

McCOOK, Neb. -- McCook Community College's newest softball recruiting class is taking shape with five girls including McCook High senior Abby Kalinski recently signing...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Parker Hannifin Corp., the parent company of one of McCook's leading employers, announced this month that it is entering into a agreement to acquire CLARCOR, Inc. for $4.3 billion in cash, including the assumption of net debt. The agreement is of significance to Nebraska as one of Parker Hannifin's leading rubber-making plants is located in McCook, and one of CLARCOR's Baldwin Filter plants is located in Kearney...

KEARNEY, Neb. -- University of Nebraska at Kearney students are learning firsthand how stressful a police officer's job can be in a potentially lethal situation. Inside a UNK classroom recently, red lights flashed on targets set up against a dry erase board. Students, lined up in the front of the classroom, raised laser pistols and shot at the targets...

Lincoln, Neb. -- A new scholarship will provide aid to students in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources interested in careers in rangeland management. Longtime rancher Ron Krutsinger of Norfolk established the Garry Krutsinger Range Management Scholarship to honor his late brother with a $52,000 gift to the University of Nebraska Foundation. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The high school's FFA teacher who was hired last year by the McCook School board is resigning. The school board will be asked to approve the resignation at its regular meeting on Monday, 6:30 p.m., at the junior high conference room...

McCOOK, Neb. -- A local felon sentenced to jail time earlier this year for attempted possession of a deadly weapon was sent back to jail earlier this week in Red Willow County District Court on a Class 3 felony conviction for possession of a deadly weapon by a prohibited person...

McCOOK, Neb. -- A plea agreement was reached earlier this week in Red Willow County District Court with a McCook woman arrested on multiple charges in September of 2010, including making terroristic threats towards a police officer. The woman, 54-year-old Elizabeth Cooper formerly of 910 East E Street Apt. ...

John Glenn was an inspiration to the generation of Baby Boomers now moving into their retirement years, from his initial exploits as America's first astronaut in orbit, to his political career in the U.S. Senate, to his return to orbit aboard the space shuttle Discovery at the age of 77...

We think we know people pretty well, especially our loved ones and best friends, but we really don't know them very well at all. The best way to wrap your head around this concept is to think about how much you hold back from the people that are near and dear to you. ...

Issues relating to Nebraska's correctional systems are showing up in the news more frequently this year than ever before. Whether it is assaults on guards, riots, assaults on other inmates, or another problem, it can almost all be traced back to overcrowding and understaffing...

Arthur 'Pee Wee' Duane Blume Aug. 30 1934 - Dec. 6, 2016 McCOOK, Neb. -- Arthur Duane "Pee Wee" Blume, age 82, of McCook, passed away unexpectedly at his home in McCook on Dec. 6, 2016. He was 82 years old. Duane was born Aug. 30, 1934, in Atwood, Kan., to parents, Elmer and Ruth (Wilkinson) Blume. He was one of three children. The family later moved to Culbertson, Neb., where Duane graduated from Culbertson High School with the Class of 1946...