Stories from Monday, April 30, 2018

SIDNEY, Neb. -- Even with the target on their back, Chase County wasn’t fazed...

AINSWORTH, Neb. -- Brown County saw plenty of red at Saturday’s Southwest Conference Track Meet...

McCOOK, Neb. -- With a weekend home, most tennis teams might suffer from apathy...

Kenneth L. Marvin Aug. 30, 1954 - April 27, 2018 HOLDREGE, Neb. — Kenneth L. Marvin, 63, of Holdrege, died Friday (April 27, 2018), at Phelps Memorial Hospital in Holdrege, Nebraska. He was born on Aug. 30, 1954, in Ainsworth, Neb., to Leslie “Shorty” and Leola (Bahlman) Marvin. He joined the United States Army in 1978. He was medically discharged in 1986. He then lived in Beaver City, Neb...

INDIANOLA, Neb. — A 19-year-old McCook man died in a two-vehicle head-on collision on a blacktop county road four miles south of Indianola about 8 a.m., today. The Red Willow County Sheriff’s Department and the Nebraska State Patrol are investigating the accident in which Johnathan B. Coburn was killed, according to Red Willow County coroner Paul Wood...

Arriving home after a long day at work, there’s nothing like being greeted by someone who’s delighted to see you, accepts you unconditionally and would like nothing better than spending time with you. A dog can do all of the above, as well as prodding you to get the exercise you know you really need, with, ahem, unpleasant consequences if you don’t take him for a walk...

Nebraska sports and music recently lost a friend and champion, with the death of Jerry Solomon. Jerry was well known in this area, which he loved to return. This, from the Gazette archives, is a story about his love of sports, especially basketball...

Our local newspapers tell important stories because they document ‘The Good Life.’ Unfortunately, those storytellers have become targets of another Washington, D.C. folly: an unnecessary trade war. While there is no question that Washington’s anti-trade talk is hurting Nebraska’s farmers and ranchers, others are starting to feel the pain too. ...

TRENTON, Neb. — The 10 best team scores, champions and all top six area placers during Friday’s RPAC championship meet. BOYS Teams: 1. Dundy Couunty-Stratton 114, 2. Southwest 95.5, 3. Cambridge 80, 4. Paxton 66, 5. Bertrand 54.5, 6. Arapahoe 49, 7. Southern Valley 46, 7. Wauneta-Palisade 46, 9. Medicine Valley 43, 10. Alma 24. Maywood-Hayes Center was 11th with 18 points and Hitchcock County finished 14th (four points)...

TRENTON, Neb. — The RPAC’s best athletes certainly didn’t wilt under a blazing sun that broke out for Friday’s annual track and field 14-team meet. Cambridge sophomore Korynn Clason and Wauneta-Palisade senior Faith Simpson topped all performers with three titles each...

TRENTON, Neb. — His three new RPAC records and four titles earned little praise from Phalen Sanford compared to some great “Lemon-aid” on a warm Friday afternoon. “What’s my highlight of the day? I’d say Wyatt Lemon hitting two PRs,” Dundy County-Stratton’s 2017 state champion and all-state football player proclaimed. “It’s certainly not anything I’ve done.”...