Stories from Wednesday, May 30, 2018

With both Nebraska and Kansas state track meets in the books, here's a look at the final Gazette track and field leaders...

McCOOK, Neb. -- This weekend’s John Mullen Pro-Am is set for two “big” milestones...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Athletic Director Bill Moos, Head Coach Scott Frost and members of the Nebraska football staff will visit all areas of Nebraska as part of the Husker Nation Tour presented by First National Bank. The two-day, 26-town blitz will take place on Monday, June 11 and Tuesday, June 12...

McCOOK, Neb. — The Sports Shoppe Cubs fell behind early and couldn’t come back in an 11-4 loss to the Carpenter Breland Funeral Home Phillies on Thursday. In the first inning, the Carpenter Breland Funeral Home Phillies got their offense started when DeAndre Berry singled on a 1-0 count, scoring one run...

GOTHENBURG, Neb. —The Hermann-Jones Bison 14-and-under baseball team’s now 2-2 following wins over Gothenburg and Cozad recently. Alex Anthony went three-for-three while also stealing seven bases in a 12-6 triumph at Gothenburg Thursday evening. Jacob Gomez-Wilson and Taylor Jacobs added two hits apiece with Gomez-Wilson scoring three times...

KEARNEY, Neb. — Both teams put up a bunch of runs, but McCook First Central Bank Juniors fell to Kearney 16-7 on Sunday. The Juniors (3-1 record) struggled to put runs on the board and had a tough time defensively containing Kearney, giving up 16 runs...

KEARNEY, Neb. — Kearney Runza suddenly made bad cabbage out of McCook National Bank’s victory plans and walked away with a 10-6 win Sunday afternoon. The Seniors were tasting their own great victory after turning an early 4-0 deficit into a 6-4 advantage...

LaJune Goss March 21, 1940 - May 28, 2018 OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — LaJune Goss passed on Memorial Day, Monday, May 28, 2018 at the age of 78. LaJune graduated from Prague, Okla., High School in 1958 and from Cottey College, in Nevada, Mo., in 1960, where she played basketball and field hockey. ...

CONNIE JO DISCOE Regional Editor BARTLEY, Neb. — It’s the last! It’s the best! It’s the cherry on the top of the ice cream sundae with whipped cream and Nutz! It’s the Southwest Public Schools Foundation’s last fun-fund-raising melodrama! It has good guys and pretty girls, a bashful hero, an evil villain and a chorus-girl villainess. There is love and dastardly meanness! There’s drama and candy sprinkles and spumoni!...

McCOOK, Neb. — A 15-mile parade of custom, classic and collectible cars will sweep through Southwest Nebraska communities Sunday. The first day of the 26th annual Nebraska Rod and Custom Association’s 600-mile “Tour Nebraska” driving event starts and ends Saturday in North Platte, covering the first 335 miles...

A controversial video game that allows users to act as a school shooter has been pulled from the market, but not for the reason you may think. Valve Inc. said Tuesday it would pull “Active Shooter” from its online gaming platform, but only because the controversy uncovered reasons other than the simple school violence portrayed...

I think the community should be aware of the following: On Friday, May 18, we were just starting our drive to Phoenix and because of weather concerns, we decided on the McCook to 83 route. About 8 miles east of McCook, we hit a small flash flood and a piece of metal punctured a tire. Late at night, not much was opened so we pulled into Casey’s...