Stories from Friday, March 10, 2017

Donald W. Owen AMARILLO, Texas -- Donald W. Owen, age 74, of Amarillo, passed away on Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m., Saturday, March 11, 2017, in Hillside Christian Church Chapel in Amarillo with Johnathan Mast officiating. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd., Amarillo, TX...

Robert "Mick" Michael Marshall April 14, 1950 - March 8, 2017 HOLDREGE, Neb. -- Robert "Mick" Michael Marshall, 66, of Holdrege, died Wednesday (March 8, 2017), at Kearney Regional Hospital in Kearney, Neb. He was born on April 14, 1950, in Holdrege to Robert and Evelyn (Edwards) Marshall. He graduated from Beaver City High School in 1968. He attended Central Community College and Kearney State College before enlisting in the Army National Guard...

LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nobody played the role of early party poopers like Hastings St. Cecilia Thursday afternoon. A terrific crowd of Southwest Roughrider fans were savoring their boys' first state tournament game at Lincoln Southeast High School. Then the game tipped off...

LINCOLN, Neb. -- The school from West Point just can't stop causing heartbreak for southwest Nebraska's best basketball teams this season. Just five days after their girls' state finals double-time defeat that stopped a 27-game win streak, Dundy County Stratton's boys hoped to get some revenge as the D-1 No. 1 seed against No. 8 Guardian Angels Central Catholic...

mccindians.com McCOOK, Neb. - The Nebraska Community College Athletic Conference released their All-Conference team for the 2016-2017 season on March 7, 2017, and three MCC Lady Indians have been selected for the team. Freshmen A'leah Davis, Erica Peet, and sophomore Kaylea Watson were the players selected for MCC...

R.B. Headley Gazette Sports Editor LINCOLN, Neb. -- A few blasts of Wauneta-Palisade heat weren't quite enough to overcome all that cold Thursday night at Lincoln East High School. The Broncos were blazing with bank-shot threes and late runs against Class D-2 state quarterfinal foe Mead...

102nd birthday Tena Larson-Wimer of McCook will celebrate her 102nd birthday on Thursday, March 16, 2017. Cards of congratulations will reach her at c/o Hillcrest Nursing Home, 309 W. Seventh, Room 426, McCook, NE 69001.

It comes to mind that a volunteer's job is never done. McCook happens to have some of the best and they work very hard to make this little burg in Southwest Nebraska the best it can be. Tom Corey, SWNGS President, and Chris Christensen have finished the installation of a big screen and sound bar at the library. Everything is up and running and just in time for our society to offer to the public an opportunity to watch webinars being presented by Family Tree this month...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Five resignations and three teaching contracts are on the agenda for the McCook Board of Education, at its regular meeting Monday, 6:30 p.m. at the junior high conference room. Resignations come from Tim Garcia, McCook Elementary principal, who has accepted a position as a principal in Colorado; Megan Soundy, McCook Elementary, who has accepted a position as principal in her hometown of Hayes Center, Neb., Marlene Meitle, who is retiring as a Title 1 teacher from McCook Elementary; Jeremy Reimers, science teacher at McCook High School, who has accepted a position at Bridgeport, Neb.; and Brooke Teel, Central Elementary, who has accepted another position.. ...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The City of McCook received praise last month during its annual audit for, among other items, spending nearly half as much on a per-resident basis on its local parks than more than a dozen Nebraska communities of similar size. The generosity of local businesses and community members may be balancing out, at least a portion, of the savings and helping hardworking city parks staff keep the majority of McCook's parks in top notch form...

McCOOK, Neb. -- With a cast of 50, perhaps double that in costumes and an ambitious set, the Southwest Nebraska Community Theatre Association continues to raise the bar for this opening weekend of Beauty and the Beast. Judging by Thursday night's dress rehearsal, which went off without a hitch, audiences are in for a treat...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The McCook Economic Development Corp. announced today the hiring of former intern Andrew Ambriz to serve as interim director. Ambriz will fill the role vacated by the unexpected resignation of Kirk Dixon last week. Ambriz will assume the position effective today, according to MEDC Board President Dennis Berry...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The McCook Community Foundation Fund is always looking for new and innovative ideas to help fund through MCFF's community grants. And the next grant deadline is quickly approaching, with grant applications for the 2017 spring grants due by 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 1...

For all the crimes that could get a person sent to prison, the most controversial ones have always been the ones dealing with felony drug offenders. And the issue seems to be divided right down the middle, like almost everything else is these days. A certain group contends that sending a user to prison is the wrong solution to a problem. ...