Stories from Tuesday, June 20, 2017

McCOOK, Neb. -- If first impressions make a difference, consider the McCook Herrmann-Jones juniors experts on the subject...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Here or there, now or later, the McCook AmFirst juniors keep winning...

Note: In reviewing the stories about the 1935 Republican River Flood in Southwest Nebraska one finds stories of heroism, of ingenuity, of luck, both good and bad, and tragedy-- the loss of property and of human life. Nowhere are all of these elements demonstrated more graphically than in the story of the Chas. Miller Jr. family...

McCOOK, Neb. -- An academic partnership between McCook Community College and the McCook Work Ethic Camp was discussed at Tuesday’s Community Involvement Committee meeting at the correctional facility. WEC Warden Pam Morello discussed a possible partnership and was hopeful that headway could be made on a potential academic setup with MCC...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Deb Fischer, a member of the Senate Commerce Committee, led a bipartisan group of senators Monday who sent a letter to Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao highlighting their concerns about the administration’s proposed cuts to the Essential Air Service (EAS) program...

FELLING FIELD — Thanks to a strong start the H & H Installation Mets defeated the Ruggles Angus Cardinals 4-1 in the opening game of the Majors Division Tournament Monday night. Mets’ leadoff batterColeton Lentz started the bottom of the first with a bullet to centerfield that resulted in a double...

Naomi Gertrude Osborn Feb. 24, 1929 – June 13, 2017 The Most Wonderful Wife, Mom, Grandma and Great-Grandma Ever BENKELMAN, Neb. —Naomi ("Omie") Gertrude Osborn, age 88, of Benkelman, passed away June 13, 2017, at the Hester Home in Benkelman. She was born to Minor and Maxine Lavell at their home in Rollins County, Kan., on Feb. 24, 1929. She attended McDonald High School and then began working in Benkelman...

Robert “Bob” Nemeth Sept. 2, 1921 - June 18, 2017 ATWOOD, Kan. — Robert “Bob” Nemeth, 95, died Sunday, June 18, 2017, in Atwood. Bob was born Sept. 2, 1921, to Kolman and Elizabeth Grill Nemeth on a farm five miles west of Herndon, Kan. He was baptized Sept. 25, 1921, in the Trinity Lutheran Church north of Ludell, and on April 14, 1935, was confirmed in the same church. Bob attended Trinity Christian Day School...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — McCook native Dennis Irwin recently joined Charles “Chic” Messbarger of Kearney to defend their National Senior Games tennis national championship. Irwin provided these insights about the quest for top honors again in the men’s 75-79 age division:...

CASPER, Wyo. — Mid-Plains Community College cowboy Chandler Comfort finished fifth in the nation following a week of competition. Comfort, of Gem, Kan., was the number one team roping heeler in the Great Plains Region heading into the College National Finals Rodeo on June 11...

It is that time of year when the county and city sit down to put together a budget for the coming year. That means that we the people who pay taxes to support those entities need to pay attention. There is no doubt in my mind that the commissioners and council members are good citizens and want to do what is right for the continuing good of the county and city...

McCOOK, Neb. — The stare was quick, cold and painful as a Florida Gator feasting on College World Series foes. The glare into Holdrege’s dugout only arrived after these visitors thought they were rattling McCook National Bank’s No. 1 pitcher. Kaden Sitzman’s nerves were surely frayed following a leadoff walk...