Stories from Tuesday, October 3, 2017

SIDNEY, Neb. — Whew! Nothing was a breeze during Monday’s B-4 district golf tournament, but the top two McCook Bison made enough clutch shots to qualify for Class B state. A 92 would not have made the cut after 18 chilly, wind-blown holes on Sidney’s Hillside Golf Course...

COZAD, Neb. -- Ryann Lewis’ and Lexie Sines’ hard work paid off...

Logan Joseph Tschacher  July 29, 1989 - Sept. 30, 2017 LYONS, Neb. — Logan Joseph Tschacher was born July 29, 1989, in Alliance, Neb., to Leonard and Kay (Hardin) Tschacher. He went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017, at his residence in Lyons at the age of 28 years...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Noah Hofman made a big return to his hometown by winning Friday and Saturday's McCook Community College Invite at Heritage Hills Golf Course...

OGALLALA, Neb. -- Dundy County-Stratton ended its girls golf season with a seventh-place finish at Monday’s C-5 District Golf Meet at Ogallala’s West Winds Golf Course...

BENKELMAN, Neb. -- Dundy County-Stratton played some of its best volleyball Saturday in Benkelman...

HOLDREGE, Neb. — Randy Sparks, leader of The New Christy Minstrels, told his Holdrege audience Tuesday night, Sept. 19, at the Tassel, that he was born in Leavenworth, Kan. He said that his father moved the family from the eastern Kansas town to Oakland, Calif., so he could make more money. ($1 an hour) when he was a boy...

McCOOK, Neb. — Residents in the south McCook area can expect water outages in the coming days as part of a city water main replacement project. The service interruptions stem from the replacement of some 1,100 feet of water main with a new six-inch PVC water main. The project directly impacts approximately 16 service connections, eight valves and three fire hydrants, although the water department expects outages to a much larger number of customers...

LINCOLN, Neb. — The Nebraska Film office and the Nebraska Department of Economic Development announced the conclusion of the recent filming in western Nebraska. The Coen Brothers and Pan Shot Productions have completed a 50-day shoot with the last two and a half weeks in the Scottsbluff area. The resulting project will be released sometime next year on Netflix...

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — The Cambridge Trojans rushed for 444 yards and seven touchdowns during their 72-6 win over Alma Friday afternoon. Taten Benson and Drew Sprinkle nearly teamed to reach 400. Benson rumbled 17 times for 244 yards (14.3 per carry) while scoring four touchdowns in a 56-0 Trojan first half...

A dear friend is celebrating a birthday. A very special birthday as it is number eighty. Family and friends were gathering for a “surprise” celebration a couple days early so Grannie and your old columnist took part. It was a time to look back as a bit over 74 years ago Velma the honored guest and I, along with Charlene, Leonard, Ernie, Ruth and (twins)Jerry & Larry, all started kindergarten together. The school was District 8, a few miles south of McCook...

MCCOOK, Neb. — Typically tenacious Bison defense and two Corban Jernigan touchdown runs led McCook’s 13-8 JV football win over Kearney Monday evening. The Bison only allowed one big-play touchdown just before halftime that put visiting Kearney in front, 8-7...

LEXINGTON, Neb. — McCook delivered a final smashing performance before softball district play as the Bison won two of three GNAC tournament games Saturday. The Bison (16-12 record) should have great momentum when they host six B-6 foes at McCook’s Jaycees Complex on Thursday and Friday...

ALBION, Neb. — Today in Albion, the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office announced a resolution to an 80 year-old cold case. The case involves the murders of Boone County Sheriff Lawrence Smoyer and Boone County Constable William Wathen, who were shot on June 17, 1937 in a field northwest of Albion...