Stories from Thursday, April 19, 2018

McCOOK, Neb. — JL Construction toppled unbeaten TAWAMA and beat Cooppermill twice to claim the YMCA Coed Volleyball Tournament championship. Coppermill forced a second title match Tuesday evening with its 7:30 p.m. match victory, but JL promptly recovered and conquered that 8:15 p.m. finale...

McCOOK, Neb. — In the future, if funding runs out, communities may have to come up with a small match to keep their airline service. That’s one of the scenarios that came up at a recent meeting in Scottsbluff, Neb., hosted by one of the program directors of Essential Air Service (EAS) in Nebraska...

With Colorado, California and Washington legalizing recreational marijuana and medical marijuana legal in many other states, an important issue is rarely raised. Impaired driving. Alcohol is the traditional problem when it comes to driving, but drug-caused motor vehicle accidents will climb as marijuana is more widely used...

TRENTON, Neb. -- Ryan Van Pelt couldn’t have asked for a better return...

McCOOK, Neb. -- Spencer Krysl loves the unpredictable nature of baseball...

ARAPAHOE, Neb. — Cambridge Trojan athletes scored nearly 200 combined points, but the Irish of North Platte St. Pats took both team titles from Wednesday’s annual Jim Mather Invitational. Ironically, the Irish won both by exactly five points: 103-98 over Cambridge’s girls and 101-96 vs. Trojan boys...

meeting so the public could be part of the discussion about the city’s potential big-ticket items. To no one’s surprise, the city’s 80-year-old outdoor swimming pool was the main topic of discussion. With my family heavily involved in swimming and diving, I am interested in what aquatic facilities are available in McCook...

ARAPAHOE, Neb. — Cambridge Trojan athletes scored nearly 200 combined points, but the Irish of North Platte St. Pats took both team titles from Wednesday’s annual Jim Mather Invitational. Ironically, the Irish won both by exactly five points: 103-98 over Cambridge’s girls and 101-96 vs. Trojan boys...

McCOOK, Neb. — Follow young Jim Hawkins and his friends as they sail a dangerous sea of adventure with Long John Silver and his pirate band at the helm this Saturday when the Missoula Children's' Theatre and over 50 local students present an original musical adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's epic novel ‘Treasure Island.”...

McCOOK, Neb. — State Sen. Dan Hughes said Gov. Ricketts was disappointed that the Legislature could not come up with property tax or tax relief before the session ended Wednesday. Hughes said he is one of 13 senators seeking a special session on that specific topic, but “there’s no way 20 more will sign on. A special session is not going to happen.”...

McCOOK, Neb. — A young child running into the breeze with a pinwheel … a child blowing on a pinwheel … a child poking a pinwheel into the sandbox. These are images of a happy, carefree child. “Every child,” say members of Southwest Nebraska CAT (Child Advocacy Team) and others concerned with the well-being of children, “deserves the kind of childhood represented by a pinwheel.”...

As you all know the legislature has adjourned for the year. I am as disappointed as you, that we were unable to provide any tax relief. I have always stated that property taxes, especially agricultural and real estate taxes are way out of line. I was one of the thirteen senators who signed a letter to the secretary of state asking for a special session to deal with all property taxes. ...