Stories from Thursday, December 13, 2018

McCOOK, Neb. — Parents of McCook Elementary students were lining up at the Kiplinger Arena on the Red Willow County Fairgrounds to pick up their children this afternoon, following a bomb threat. The following message was sent to parents at 12:59 p.m. today:...

CENTRAL CITY, Neb. — McCook seniors Morgan Fawver, DJ Gross and Colin Giron were all named Class B all-state football first team in Huskerlandprep this week. The Lincoln Journal-Star and Omaha World-Herald all-state teams are expected to appear this weekend...

Rita Mary (Sabatka) Bowles Oct. 7, 1927 - Dec. 10, 2018 McCOOK, Neb. — Rita Mary (Sabatka) Bowles was born in Rawlins County, Kan., on Oct. 7, 1927, to Frank J. and Mary Theresa (Heble) Sabatka. She passed away peacefully, with family by her side, on Dec. 10, 2018, at the home of Mary and Brian Esch, in McCook...

SARGENT, Neb. — Cambridge’s John tenBensel reached the championship round and teammate Bobby Evans captured a consolation title to lead Trojan wrestlers at Friday’s Twin Loup Invitational. The duo delivered 37 of 48 Cambridge points while placing 10th among 17 teams competing in this season opener...

IMPERIAL, Neb. — Junior Mallie McNair’s 24 points and 16-0 second quarter propelled Chase County past Sutherland, 55-27, Tuesday evening. Senior Taylor Williams added 15 points as the Longhorns raised their record to 3-2. Sophomore Alexis Richmond stepped up for five rebounds to go with five points...

Latest league results from TJ’s Family Fun Cener in McCook: Men’s Major Stockman’s Feed 264-186 Maris General Const. 256-194 Five Loners 242.5-199.5 Diamond Vogel 217.5-230.5 J&L Construction 216-228 T.J.’s Family Fun 206.5-242.5...

As I stood in the check-out line for what seemed like the sixteenth time this week – a close estimate - I determined the items on the conveyor belt would get me through the next 48 hours. Not that my cupboards were bare, but rather that the activities and events for the following two days were covered...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook Community College’s Ryan Maddera, has signed a national letter of intent to continue her volleyball next year at Division I Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, La. The sophomore from Greeley West High School in Colorado first came to MCC in December of 2016 for open tryouts...

LINCOLN, Neb. — A McCook man has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the August 2017 death of Todd E. Miller of Culbertson. Suzanne Gage, the director of communications for Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson, Lincoln, said Wednesday that Darin Mason, 42 years old, faces charges of first-degree murder, a Class 1A felony, and conspiracy to commit robbery, a Class 2 felony...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Patsy Lee Redfern, a resident of Brookdale McCook, made a presentation in remembrance of the bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. With the sponsorship of Danbury American Legion Auxiliary No. 276 she has written a book called “Red Willow Co. Veterans of Pearl Harbor.” This is her program on the “date that will live in infamy.”...

McCOOK, Neb. — The Mobile Pantry truck of the Food Bank for the Heartland, Omaha, plans a one-day distribution on the Hitchcock County Fairgrounds in Culbertson, Saturday from noon until 2 p.m. Shoppers MUST bring their own boxes and bags, and for their own convenience, a cart or wagon to move them. The elderly and handicapped are encouraged to bring along their own “muscle” because the boxes get heavy. There is no delivery service...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — A McCook native driven from her Paradise, Calif., home by the state’s deadliest and most destructive wildfire is featured in a Dec. 1 Los Angeles Times news story about the aftermath of the “Camp Fire” and generous Californians’ response to evacuees’ need for housing...

Local community and business leaders gathered for a ribbon cutting ceremony at Warner Real Estate Tuesday morning celebrating the regional real estate firm’s recent membership in the McCook Area Chamber of Commerce. Warner staff, from left, front row, Drew Carbaugh, Melissa Broomfield, Katie Graham donning the wooden scissors, with Chad Graham, second from right, and broker Kate Warner, far right. Agent Reuben Ahrens, a former long-time McCook resident, is in the back row, third from the right...

McCOOK, Neb. — U.S. 83 was blocked at West J Street in McCook following the collision of a truck and a van. A number of cattle in the truck were injured and expected to be euthanized.

Hard-core James Bond fans might be shaken to be told their hero has a problem, and perhaps stirred to make some changes in their own drinking habits. Analyzing six decades of 007 films, a study (http://bit.ly/2PxJo0u), “License to Swill,” published in the Medical Journal of Australia, concluded that Bond, James Bond, indeed has a drinking problem...

As you might expect — as I have been a newsman for more than half a century — I don’t agree with President Trump when he uses the term, “Fake News,” to describe the written, voiced and televised reports on political and topical happenings in the United States of America...

Tuesday afternoon, a construction crew cleans up what is left of a garage that slipped off a trailer during transport Monday from the corner of East 10th and B to East 12th and A, in McCook. The garage blocked the intersection at East 13th and A until crews could dismantle the then-damaged structure...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook's city manager said in a release at 4:38 p.m. today that bomb threats emailed to a local school and motel were unfounded. Parents of McCook Elementary students lined up at the Kiplinger Arena on the Red Willow County Fairgrounds to pick up their children this afternoon, following one of the threats, which police determined the be unfounded after the school was searched...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) and many other agencies have responded to several bomb threats in communities around Nebraska today. No devices have been found and the threats are believed to be associated with others reported through the nation today...