Stories from Thursday, April 20, 2017

ARAPAHOE, Neb. – The North Platte St. Pat’s Irish showed their dominance by outscoring their three closest challengers combined at Wednedsay’s Jim Mather Invitation. Loomis, Cambridge and Elm Creek tallied 165 total points comprared to those Irish’s 185...

ARAPAHOE, Neb. Super close races for both the team and hurdles titles captured headlines at Wednesday’s Jim Mather Invitational. Southern Valley senior Savana Quinn showed her ability to win great races. Her 100-meter high victory was by one-10th of a second (16.6 to 16.7), and she matched that feat during the always draining 300-meter intermediates (49.6 to 49.7)...

Latest results from league competition at TJ’s Family Fun Cener in McCook: Men’s Major 16/17 Maris Gen. Con. 310,5-199,5 Stockman’s Ford 288-222 Wagner’s Ford 281.5-226.5 Diamond Vogel 250.5-257.5 Family Issues 249.5-257.5 J&L Construction 238-268...

Do you remember when you were faced with that daunting question on a regular basis: Paper or plastic? Now, it’s just decided as you stand their cursing yourself for forgetting the dozens of cloth grocery bags at home. But in this case, I’m referring to paper vs. plastic when it comes to functioning on a daily basis. Do you like the convenience of pulling up a schedule on your phone?...

McCOOK, Neb. — Sam Smith could run for any Nebraska college or perhaps even venture down south to join the NCAA Division I Kansas State University Wildcats. “They (K-State coaches) were interested, but they told me I had to get faster,” he said about Nebraska’s former Big 12 Conference foe...

More than 70 participants with the Connecting Entrepreneurial Communities conference stop by the Carnegie Library in McCook Wednesday morning for the group photo. The conference opened Wednesday at the Keystone with lunch and a speaker at the Fox Theater, followed by 24 breakout sessions held at local businesses downtown. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — State lawmakers are mulling a proposal to add protections for Airbnb style lodging. The online marketplace has become popular in recent years for its ability to monetize extra space, sometimes as simple as a bed or air mattress, by connecting residents to travelers looking for unique accommodations...

McCOOK, Neb. — Five of the bills introduced by District 44 State Sen. Dan Hughes this session have advanced to final reading, with hope remaining for a couple of others and several slated for a renewed effort next year. The third-year senator introduced a total of 11 bills this session, touching on a broad spectrum of topics and nearly doubling the six bills he introduced during last year’s short session...

Southwest Nebraska Leadership Institute class members had a Quality of Life Day for their final meeting. Starting with a trip to McCook Chamber of Commerce and learned about all the functions of the chamber from Jamie Mockry, they next discussed community involvement with McCook Economic Development Corp. ...

STOCKVILLE, Neb. — Two Maywood and Curtis men are guilty of sexual assault felonies following a sentencing in McCook and a trial in Stockville this month. District Judge David Urbom has sentenced Terry L. Tobiasson of Maywood to five to seven years in prison on each of two counts of sexual assault of a child. Tobiasson entered guilty pleas in February...

Something about the word “high” seems to create controversy. Today is “National High Five Day,” which was invented, depending on whom you believe, by Dusty Baker and Glenn Burke of the Los Angeles Dodgers on Oct. 2, 1977, by Wiley Brown and Derek Smith of the Louisville Cardinals men’s college basketball team during the 1978-79 season, or by ancient Egyptians...

Manitou Springs is located outside Colorado Springs and near the Garden of the Gods. Tourists visit these locations and view Pike’s Peak, which is an extinct volcano of over 14,000 feet above sea level. My maternal grandmother, Mabel Helen Wright, was born in 1886 in a sod house in Alma, Neb. Her family members were homesteaders who came from Springfield and Dayton, Ohio...